Page 6 - Road Accident

116,000 accidents, about 48,000 deaths on national highways in 2020: Govt

A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed

4 killed, 10 injured in serial road accident on highway in Karnataka

Four people died on the spot and 10 others suffered severe injuries in a serial accident that took place on National Highway - 4 near Alur Cross in Chitradurga district

At least 18 dead, 25 others injured in bus accident in southern Ecuador

At least 18 people were killed and 25 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the Sucua canton of the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago in southern Ecuador

53 migrants dead, 54 injured after cargo truck crashes in south Mexico

A cargo truck jammed with people rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge over on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49

18 killed after a pick-up van rams stationary truck in Bengal's Nadia

Eighteen people were killed during a funeral procession after a pick-up van carrying the bier rammed into a stationary truck in West Bengal's Nadia district

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expresses grief over Nadia road mishap

At least 18 people were killed and 5 others injured in a road accident in West Bengal's Phulbari area of Nadia district

Four killed as truck overturns in West Bengal's Siliguri area

A truck laden with boulders overturned in West Bengal's Siliguri area on Thursday evening, killing four people and injuring at least three others, police sources said. A fire brigade team, on learning about the accident, rushed to Jaleshwari bazaar in Siliguri and used a crane to move the toppled truck, under which several pedestrians lay trapped, the sources said. Seven people were rescued from the spot and rushed to two local hospitals in critical condition. Two persons were declared "brought dead" at Siliguri District Hospital, while two others succumbed to their injuries at North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, the police sources said. Identities of the deceased and injured were yet to be determined. According to the sources, the truck driver lost control of the vehicle, following which it overturned.

Twelve dead in bus-trolley collision in Rajasthan's Barmer

According to police, the injured were rushed to a government hospital, which referred 13 victims to Jodhpur hospital as their condition was critical

With single data source, India tends to underreport road crash deaths

India banks solely on the police force for this data, ignoring other critical sources

Couple going to market run over by roadways bus in UP's Firozabad

A couple was run over by a speeding Uttar Pradesh roadways bus in the Ramgarh area

Punjab: Couple killed, 10 kids injured as car collides with school bus

A Jammu-based married couple was killed while 10 children sustained injuries in a collision between a car and a school bus on the Amritsar-Jammu National highway here on Tuesday, police said

10 killed after truck falls into gorge in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah

Many were injured

Flyover on Gurugram-Dwarka Expressway collapses, 3 workers injured

The broken span is part of the 29-km long expressway, which is intended to connect Kherki Daula on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway with Shiv Murti near Mahipalpur

Tiger Woods seriously injured in California car crash, condition stable

Woods suffered multiple injuries to his legs that required surgery, but was conscious and lucid when he was found.

Jalgaon accident: Modi approves Rs 2 lakh for kin of each deceased

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in the tweet that ₹50,000 would also be given to those who have sustained serious injuries in the acciden

PM Modi expresses grief at loss of lives in road accident in Jalgaon

Sixteen labourers were killed after a truck overturned in Jalgaon, police said

PM Modi condoles loss of lives in road accident in Andhra's Kurnool

"The road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district is saddening. In this hour of sadness, my thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. I hope that the injured recover at the earliest"

India accounts for 10 per cent of global road crash victims: World Bank

India has one per cent of the world's vehicles

This scientist is making roads safer with mobile telematics technology

Hari Balakrishnan of MIT has been working on inferring bad driving behaviour using sensor data from phones and other IoT devices in vehicles to help reduce thousands of road crashes each year

Vehicles in Priyanka Gandhi's convoy collide in UP's Hapur, none hurt

No one was hurt in the incident that took place near Garh Mukteshwar area. The vehicles, including SUVs, were following Gandhi's car