Page 14 - Road Accidents

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

An organisation is making roads safer as well as protecting Good Samaritans

Building a trauma registry is next on the agenda. Currently, data on accident deaths is compiled through first information reports (FIR) recorded immediately after an accident

Story in numbers: Killer roads, fatal rides cost India 5% of GDP every year

Road accidents cost India 3 to 5 per cent of GDP every year, and are avoidable if the country improves its roads and city planning, train its drivers better, and enforce traffic laws

Road accidents in 2018 rose 2.4% to 151,000; 70% deaths in 18-45 age group

The working age group of 18-60 accounted for a share of 84.7 per cent in the total road accident deaths.

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

Long road to compensation

The proposed law is inadequate to assuage the agony of road accident victims

Supreme Court concerned over pothole deaths, says situation is frightening

The bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that the issue involves a serious question of life and death of a person

Speeding in fog: 5 powerlifters killed, 1 critical in Delhi road accident

According to a preliminary investigation, the speed of the car was very high

Deadly afternoons: 35% Indian road accidents reported between 3 pm and 9 pm

In 2016, there were 1,317 accidents reported every day in India or 55 every hour

Road accidents claim a life every 3.5 minutes

Thirteen states accounted for 86% of the total road accidents

150,000 people killed in road accidents in 2016: Report

Around 46% people killed on Indian roads belonged to the age group of 18-35 years

Kashmir: Road accidents kill 46% more people than armed conflict in 13 yrs

Since 2004, vehicles have killed 46% more people in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) than armed violence

150,000 die in road accidents every year: Centre

Nitin Gadkari said a 4% increase in the number of accidents has been witnessed in last three years

1.5 lakh people die in 5 lakh road accidents every year

Nitin Gadkari said 14,268 kms road are being converted into four-lane roads for Rs 1,83,180 cr

Road accidents up 9% in 4 years; 3 people die every 10 minutes

Delhi (8%) and Jaipur (5%) had the largest number of deaths in road accidents, among 53 cities

India can avoid tag of being accident capital of the world: Supreme Court

51,204 people were killed in road accidents on the national highways in 2015

Reward for people for taking road accident victims to hospital

An e-rickshaw driver bled to death from his injuries after being hit by a speeding tempo as no one came to his rescue

Help road accident victims, no authority will harass you: Delhi Minister

An e-rickshaw driver bled to death from his injuries after being hit by a speeding tempo as no one came to his rescue

Maximum road mishaps took place between 3 a.m. & 6 p.m. in 2015: Report

Total 1,46,133 people lost their lives in 5,01,423 road mishaps last year

Mumbai on top in road accidents, death toll highest in Delhi

In 2015, there were about 5 lakh road accidents in country, of which 1.46 lakh people were killed