Two killed in separate road mishaps
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.
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.
According to the data of facial injuries reporting to the OPD of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, at Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital Shimla, the year 2022 witnessed 256 patients visiting the hospital out of which 64 (25 per cent) patients required major operations.
The accidents took place near Udmari village in Balipara Tehsil and Dighai Gaon late Tuesday night.
During the fortnight, employees who arrive at work without a helmet for the second time in a department will not be given an entry and counted absent.
With 9,431 road accidents in 2020, the average number of accidents reported daily came down to 26 as compared to about 30 cases of mishaps were reported everyday in 2019.
Besides enforcement and other measures, concerted focus and initiatives should be on greater public awareness on road safety through audio-visual, social, print and electronic media to encourage greater public involvement
Out of these 62.86 percent accidents are caused by over speeding which could be reduced by making people aware of road safety
As many as 24 labourers were killed and at least 15 injured when the truck they were travelling in collided with another at around 3 am on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district.
According to the police, the incident happened in Mihauli area between 3.00 am and 3.30 am when a trailer truck coming from Rajasthan, carrying around 50 labourers, collided with a DCM van which was coming from Delhi.
