By any measure, India’s roads are among the most dangerous in the world. Each day, nearly 500 lives are lost to road accidents.
A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a Toto at the Kathali area on the Arambagh-Kamarpukur road early this morning left five people seriously injured.
At least 12 people were killed and 9 others injured in two separate road accidents in Chitrakoot and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh during the past 24 hours.
An elderly man and a two-year-old girl were killed in two separate road accidents due to reckless driving. The incidents led to agitation and road blocks in the respective areas.
According to police data, road accidents witnessed a reduction of 14 per cent, fatalities by 27 per cent and injuries by 18 per cent.
Presiding over the meeting of the Road Safety Fund Management Committee on Thursday, Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said by using this technology, a grid is automatically generated for such places on the live map.
Highway hypnosis, also called the white line fever, is a mental state in which a person can drive a truck or automobile, with no recollection of having consciously done so.
The injured were admitted to the common health centre in Saraiya.
Reckless driving and congested roads are the main causes for traffic accidents in war-torn Afghanistan, according to officials.
The 2020 year saw the death of 2,511 motorcyclists and two-wheeler-riders. Of the ill-fated road accident victims, as many as 2,008 did not sports helmets.
