Six members of a family died and two are battling for life after a private bus, that came from the wrong side for nearly eight kilometres, crashed into a Mahindra TUV vehicle.
Road accidents in India 2021: As per the report, Uttar Pradesh retained its top position in road accident fatalities at national level like in 2020, accounting for 15.2 per cent of the total fatalities followed by Tamil Nadu (9.4 per cent) Maharashtra (7.3 per cent), and Rajasthan (6.8 per cent).
All the devotees were residents of Sanmugasundarapuram village and were returning home following their visit to Sabarimala.
Lucknow Agra Expressway Accident: Five people dies in separate road accidents on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway. As per the police statement, the accidents happened due to dense fog.
This ingeniously engineered system will prevent fatal injuries, especially in the Hilly Areas.
South Africa has been ranked as the world’s most dangerous country to drive in while India came in at fourth place, according to a research study undertaken by international driver education company Zutobi.
Mumbai lockdown: According to RTO data, 13 people were killed in 94 road accidents in Mumbai in March this year, compared to 40 deaths in 258 accidents during the same month last year.
Later school start times are associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers, according to a study which may lead to more optimal school time tables which take student safety into account.
The number of people killed on Indian roads recorded a rise of 2.37 per cent to 1.51 lakh in 2018 and 70 per cent of the victims fell in the age bracket of 18-45 years, according to a report released by the highways ministry on Tuesday.
Pedestrians and cyclists accounted for 15 per cent and 2.4 per cent of all road deaths, respectively. Globally, pedestrians are treated as the most vulnerable road users and their protection gets the highest priority.
According to the Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the higher fines are meant to save lives rather than augment revenue.
As per the 2017 data, the total injuries due to helmetless driving were 35,975 and 36,687 deaths for all categories of two-wheeler driving.
The injured were rushed first to primary health centre Badechina from where they were referred to hospitals in Almora and Haldwani, it said.
Giving details about the scheme, Jain said the Cabinet has approved the scheme for victims of three types of accidents - motor accidents, acid attacks and fire incidents.
Road Transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said in Lok Sabha that as many as 1.5 lakh people die every year in 5 lakh road accident in the country.
There have been a staggering 4,054 accidents since the Expressway opened in August 2012.
Mumbai has got the dubious distinction of the city with maximum road accidents in the country, while the number of deaths in road mishaps is highest in the national capital.
New Delhi: In India, over 400 people were killed in road accidents every day in 2015 in road accidents, data submitted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Rajya Sabha last week
The government launched the Road Safety week on 11th January, 2016 with an aim to tackle the growing number of road accidents in the country. In 2014, about 5 lakh road accidents claimed more than 1.4
India's daily death toll due to road accidents is more than four times the annual death toll from terrorism.As many as 139,671 people lost their lives on India's roads during 2014 – 382 deaths every
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