Road Accidents
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Mumbai lockdown: Death toll due to road accidents drops significantly
India | Apr 27, 2020, 12:47 PM ISTMumbai 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.
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Starting schools late may help reduce rates of vehicle accidents involving teens: Study
Science | Feb 19, 2020, 03:48 PM ISTLater 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.
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Road accidents claimed 1.51 lakh lives in 2018
India | Nov 19, 2019, 06:35 PM ISTThe 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.
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62 pedestrians die daily in India; check states that top list of road fatalities
India | Nov 18, 2019, 09:05 AM ISTPedestrians 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.
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High traffic fines to avert road accidents: Nitin Gadkari
India | Sep 11, 2019, 04:46 PM ISTAccording 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.
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A teenager dies every hour in road accidents in India: NGO
India | Jun 29, 2019, 06:32 AM ISTAs 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.
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Five killed, 12 injured in two road accidents in U'Khand
India | Dec 14, 2018, 06:16 PM ISTThe injured were rushed first to primary health centre Badechina from where they were referred to hospitals in Almora and Haldwani, it said.
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Delhi govt proposes to bear treatment cost of road accident victims in private hospitals
India | Dec 12, 2017, 10:50 PM ISTGiving 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.
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1.5 lakh people die in 5 lakh road accidents every year: Gadkari
India | Mar 09, 2017, 01:38 PM ISTRoad 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.
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Yamuna Expressway becomes death highway with 548 fatalties in 5 years
India | Feb 27, 2017, 01:36 PM ISTThere have been a staggering 4,054 accidents since the Expressway opened in August 2012.
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400 die a day in road mishaps: Know which city tops the list
India | Jun 10, 2016, 04:48 PM ISTMumbai 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.
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400 people die everyday in road accidents in India: Report
India | May 08, 2016, 01:41 PM ISTNew 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
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Men between 18 & 45 years are the worst victims of Road Accidents
India | Jan 14, 2016, 05:55 PM ISTThe 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
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Road mishaps kill 382 daily“350% more than terrorism
India | Sep 23, 2015, 12:42 PM ISTIndia'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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Indian-American surgeon on a mission to save lives on Indian roads
India | Feb 16, 2015, 07:49 PM ISTWashington: An Indian-American surgeon is on a mission to save thousands of lives that are lost on Indian roads every day with an innovative training programme for trauma first responders using a $200,000 simulator dummy.Rajasthan
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Maharashtra govt to formulate road safety policy: Fadnavis
National | Jan 06, 2015, 06:58 AM ISTThane (Maha): With a view to reduce the alarming number of road accidents in Maharashtra, the state government will formulate a road safety policy, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced here Monday. “It has been observed
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Changing traffic lane without indication rashness: Court
India | Dec 03, 2014, 12:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: A court here has held that changing lanes in moving traffic without proper indication amounts to rashness and that vehicles coming from behind also need to maintain safe distance from the one ahead
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Aamir Khan pledges to never be a bystander in road accident
Bollywood | Oct 12, 2014, 07:54 PM ISTMumbai: Superstar Aamir Khan, who hosts “Satyamev Jayate” - a show that raises important social issues in the country, has now decided to help those who get injured in road accidents.The third season of the
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Seven dead, 14 injured as two trucks collide in UP
India | Jul 16, 2013, 07:42 AM ISTShahjahanpur, UP, July 16: Seven people died and 14 others injured when two trucks collided on National Highway 24 near Tilhar in Shahjahanpur district on Monday. All seven who died were travelling in a truck.
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Five killed in Gurgaon road accidents
India | Jan 31, 2013, 07:00 PM ISTGurgaon, Jan 31: Five people were Thursday killed in two separate road accidents here due to heavy fog, police said."Jasbir, Dayaram and Gulshan, all of them in their early 30s, died on the Gurgaon-Pataudi road