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  Road accidents claimed 1.51 lakh lives in 2018

  India | November 19, 2019 18:35 IST

  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.  

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  62 pedestrians die daily in India; check states that top list of road fatalities

  India | November 18, 2019 9:05 IST

  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.

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  High traffic fines to avert road accidents: Nitin Gadkari

  India | September 11, 2019 16:46 IST

  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.

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  A teenager dies every hour in road accidents in India: NGO

  India | June 29, 2019 6:32 IST

  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.

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  Five killed, 12 injured in two road accidents in U'Khand

  India | December 14, 2018 18:16 IST

  The 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 | December 12, 2017 22:50 IST

  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.

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  1.5 lakh people die in 5 lakh road accidents every year: Gadkari

  India | March 09, 2017 13:38 IST

  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.

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  Yamuna Expressway becomes death highway with 548 fatalties in 5 years

  India | February 27, 2017 13:36 IST

  There 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 | June 10, 2016 16:48 IST

  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.

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  400 people die everyday in road accidents in India: Report

  India | May 08, 2016 13:41 IST

  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

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  Men between 18 & 45 years are the worst victims of Road Accidents

  India | January 14, 2016 17:55 IST

  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

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  Road mishaps kill 382 daily“350% more than terrorism

  India | September 23, 2015 12:42 IST

  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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  Indian-American surgeon on a mission to save lives on Indian roads

  India | February 16, 2015 19:49 IST

  Washington: 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 | January 06, 2015 6:58 IST

  Thane (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 | December 03, 2014 12:53 IST

  New 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 | October 12, 2014 19:54 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | July 16, 2013 7:42 IST

  Shahjahanpur, 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 | January 31, 2013 19:00 IST

  Gurgaon, 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