Road Accident Deaths

Deaths caused due to pollution should be matter of concern: NGT Chairperson

National Green Tribunal Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that apart from the lives lost due to road accidents, deaths caused on account of pollution should be a matter of concern

Over 19,400 road accidents due to loss of control by driver in 2021: Report

A total of 19,478 road accidents occurred in 2021 due to loss of control by the driver due to inappropriate speed, distraction or misjudging a curve, which claimed 9,150 lives and injured 19,077 people, according to a report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). The report titled 'Road accidents in India -- 2021', said the nature of accident or collision types at aggregate national-level data shows an increase in 2021 compared to 2020. India's star cricketer Rishabh Pant had a miraculous escape after his luxury car crashed into a road divider and caught fire after he dozed off at the wheel on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in the early hours of Friday. The 25-year-old suffered injuries on his head, back and feet but is in stable condition, Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Ajai Singh said. A total of 4,12,432 road accidents occurred in 2021, which claimed 1,53,972 lives while 3,84,448 people were injured. According to the report, hit from the back (2

Form special units to facilitate motor accident claims: SC to states

The Supreme Court has directed the states to constitute a special unit in police stations within three months to investigate and facilitate motor accident claim cases. Issuing a slew of directions, the top court said on receiving intimation about a road accident by a motor vehicle at a public place, the SHO concerned shall take steps as per Section 159 of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act under which an Accident Information Report is to be filed to the Claims Tribunal within three months by the police. "In our view, the head of the Home Department of the State and the Director General of Police in all States/Union Territories shall ensure the compliance of the Rules by constituting a special unit in the police stations or at least at town level to investigate and facilitate the motor accident claim cases. The said action must be ensured within a period of three months," a bench of Justices S A Nazeer and J K Maheshwari said. The top court said after registering the FIR, the ...

20 crash-prone zones identified as hit-and-run zones in 2021: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police identified 20 crash-prone zones as hit-and-run zones in the city in 2021, according to an official report. The criteria to identify such zones was based on three or more fatal crashes (hit-and-run cases) registered within the range of 500-metre diameter, the report released by the city police said. Shastri Park/IT Park, Punjabi Bagh Chowk, Mukarba Chowk, Seemapuri roundabout and Bhalswa Chowk reported four fatal crashes (hit and run) each. Similarly, Haider Pur Metro Station, Libaspur bus stand, Prem Bari pull, Rajdhani Park, Rama Road crossing, GTK Depot, Okhla More reported three fatal crashes (hit and run) each, the report stated. "Installation of CCTV cameras and stationing of CATs ambulances at these places can be effective in preventing fatalities. These are the places with high-speed corridors and the places where there is heavy vehicle movement during the night," it added.

Term cover is not enough, buy personal accident cover too: Experts

This policy is especially handy when an accident results in disability, impairing a person's earning capacity

Is wearing a seat belt mandatory while travelling in the rear seat?

Under Rule 138 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, a person "seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats" is required to wear seat belts

World's deadliest roads in focus after Cyrus Mistry's fatal crash

Prior to the pandemic, there was one deadly road crash in India every four minutes, equal to 11% of all crash-related deaths globally

Focus back on road crash deaths after Cyrus Mistry's fatal accident

The fatal road accident involving former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry on Sunday once again brought into focus the high number of deaths caused in such incidents every year in the country, with government data showing a record 1.55 lakh lives were lost in 2021. Mistry, 54, was killed this afternoon after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district when he was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car. The accident took place around 3.15 pm on a bridge over the Surya river. It seems an accident, said Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil. According to National Crime Records Bureau data released recently, over 1.55 lakh people were killed in road crashes across India in 2021 -- an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour. This is the highest death figures recorded in such accidents in any calendar year so far. Besides the deaths, 3.71 lakh people were also injured in 4.03 lakh 'road accidents' across the country last year, showed the NCRB figu

4 children killed, 11 injured as jeep collides with truck in MP's Ujjain

Four school children were killed and 11 others injured after the jeep in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Monday, a police official said. The accident took place near Jhirniya Fata in Unhel town when the children were on way to the Fatima Convent School, Nagda, Ujjain's Superintendent of Police Satyendra Shukla said. The injured children were referred to a hospital in Indore, an official said.

60% of black spots which caused over 28,000 highway deaths rectified: RTI

Sixty per cent of black spots on national highways in India where more than 28,000 killings took place in road crashes in a period of three years have been rectified now, according to official data.

18 killed in Uttar Pradesh as truck rams into stationary double-decker bus

Eighteen people were killed when a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle.

Parents of road accident victims entitled to compensation: Delhi HC

Parents are dependent on their children at some stage of life and it would be inequitable to deny compensation to those who lost their ward in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has said

At least 25,108 deaths occurred in truck accidents during 2018: Report

A truck's speed rarely goes beyond 50-60 km per hour, but they account for a high number of road fatalities every year

Govt defends hefty traffic fines, cites 500,000 accidents every year

Various reports have said a two-wheeler rider was fined Rs 23,000 in Gurugram for various norms violations, while a truck driver was given challan for Rs 59,000

Only those with less than 3 kids be allowed to contest polls: RLP leader

According to RLP leader Hanuman Beniwal, one of the reasons for growing number of road accidents was India's rising population

19 Indians die daily in drink-driving mishaps. Here's how that can change

In 2015, 3% of road accidents in India were attributed to driving under the influence of alcohol

Rash drivers face less jail time for killing people than cow killers: Court

India accounts for 10% of global road accidents with more than 1.46 lakh fatalities annually