India has only about 1 percent of the world’s vehicles but accounts for 10 percent of the world’s road accidents. According to Save Life Foundation, there is a road accident death in India every four minutes and about 380 deaths occur every day, equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing daily. School buses need to be […]
Fact sheet Reviewed September 2016 Key facts About 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15–29 years. 90% of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have […]
Transport minister says these are the people ‘opposed to transparency and computerisation in the highways sector’. New Delhi: Blaming ‘vested interests’ for delaying the Road Safety Bill, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said its non-passage remains his “biggest regret” as more people are getting killed every year in road accidents than […]
My Dear Countrymen, Namaskar! This year the rains have started on a good note. This will definitely prove beneficial to our farmer brothers and sisters in sowing of kharif crops. I am very pleased to share an immensely good news with you all. We have always faced scarcity of pulses and oilseeds in our country. […]
“The Decade of Action for Road Safety can help all countries drive along the path to a more secure future… Today, partners around the world are releasing national or citywide plans for the Decade, hosting policy discussions and enabling people affected by road crashes to share their stories widely. Now we need to move this […]
Speeding is a major road safety problem in all countries. Faster driving speeds increase the likelihood of a crash occurring, and the severity of its consequences. Interventions to reduce speed can lead to significant reductions in road traffic injuries. In urban areas, with high concentrations of pedestrians and cyclists, measures to reduce speed are critical […]
The driver’s role is the apex point in road safety measures. It is well known that drivers are at higher risk of being involved in a crash. New drivers need to gain more experience since they are at a higher risk of being involved in a crash. They need to become skilled and safer drivers through […]
Several rules are implemented for safety on roads, but these are not reflecting in the road accident statistic rates. The increasing fatalities rate shows us that the problem needs to be studied on the basis of technical and modern science. The speed governors are the best solutions for these crises. The reach of speed governors […]
Initially commercial vehicle owners will have to shell out less than Rs 10,000 per vehicle for the purpose of installing speed governors within their vehicle. The state government’s policy to make speed governor mandatory in all vehicles increases the sale of speed governors. Several States have decided to make speed governors mandatory for school buses, […]
India tops the list when it comes to road fatalities and accidents. Data shared by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways revealed an increase of 4.6% in the total accident fatalities in the country, from 139,671 in 2014 to 146,133 in 2015. The analysis of road accident data in 2015 reveals that motorised vehicles […]