Road Safety

Two 108 ambulance employees received praise for handing over Rs 4 lakh cash to the family of a road accident victim they rescued.According to police, S Alexander, 37, who ran an overseas job consultancy at Pattukottai, met with an accident around 5.30am on the Papanadu Road. His two-wheeler rammed gunny bags, containing black gram crop, stacked on the roadside. He […]

Three members of a migrant worker’s family from Krishna district died in a road accident in Munagala on NH-65. The deceased were identified as Naga Malleswara Rao, 42, his wife Mamoollamma, 35, and their daughter Durga, 16. Rao’s five year old son Konda Babu suffered severe injuries in the accident. According to Munagala SI Satyanarayana Goud, the mishap occurred at around 5pm when a speeding SUV coming […]

Amid all the negativity surrounding the Covid-induced lockdown, the restrictions have come as a blessing in disguise in a way as the number of accidents has come down significantly. The city has seen 40% drop in the number of road accidents reported in first six months of 2020 as compared to the corresponding period last […]

Six people were killed and at least 20 others injured when the private bus they were travelling in fell off the Lucknow-Agra Expressway after hitting another vehicle in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred at around 5:15am 122 kilometres from the state capital of Lucknow. The bus, according to police, […]

Amid all the negativity surrounding the Covid-induced lockdown, the restrictions have come as a blessing in disguise in a way as the number of accidents has come down significantly. The city has seen 40% drop in the number of road accidents reported in first six months of 2020 as compared to the corresponding period last […]

NEW DELHI: Global crash test agency NCAP on Monday said vehicle safety standards in India are dramatically improving. UK-based Global New Car Assessment Programme serves as a platform worldwide to promote the most important motor vehicle safety standards issued by the United Nations.Global NCAP took to Twitter to upload a series of cars undergoing crash tests. The video begins with the […]

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday notified regulations for tyres, safety glass and external projections, among others, under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR). The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has made amendments in CMVR. The specification for the tyre pressure monitoring system ( TPMS) for vehicles up to maximum mass of 3.5 tonnes has also been provided, the […]

At least five people were killed and four others injured after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Thursday evening, police said. At least five people were killed and four others injured after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the […]

In a road accident in Nagaur’s Ladnun police area, four persons were killed and one injured after two trucks collided with each other on Wednesday morning. After the head-on collision, the heavy vehicles caught fire due to which three persons died on the spot while two others were rescued. Of the two, one succumbed to […]

Data shared by the Hyderabad traffic police showed a 23% decrease in road accident deaths in the first six months compared to the same period last year. It also revealed a 38% decrease in pedestrian deaths.Based on last year’s data, the traffic police said it had identified 60 accident-prone ‘Black Spots’ in the city to control further incidents. “The […]