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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Deadly NHs: Just 2% of roads, 35% of fatalities -Dipak K Dash

Deadly NHs: Just 2% of roads, 35% of fatalities -Dipak K Dash

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published Published on Mar 26, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 26, 2018
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: National Highways constitute only 2% of India’s road length, but account for nearly 35% deaths in road accidents. The corresponding figures for state highways are 3% and 28%.

Of the total 1.5 lakh road fatalities in 2016, over 94,000 people died on national and state highways. On an average, one life is lost in every three accidents on NHs and state highways. Road safety experts feel the data highlight the need for dedicated patrol forces on these highspeed corridors since there is hardly any enforcement of traffic rules by local police.

Traffic violations such as speeding, drunk driving, leaving vehicles parked on road and overloading are rampant and are the main reasons of crashes and fatalities.

The SC had in November also observed, “It is also necessary to set up special patrol forces along the National Highways and State Highways for which necessary steps must be taken by the state governments and Union Territories.”

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The Times of India, 26 March, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/deadly-nhs-just-2-of-roads-35-of-fatalities/articleshow/63457611.cms


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