India continues to top road accidents fatalities globally, with over 1.72 lakh deaths in road crashes in 2023, says Gadkari

“In the areas extracurricular schools and colleges, 35,000 accidents and 10,000 deaths took place. A full of 35,000 deaths are of pedestrians. A full of 54000 deaths happened owed to not wearing helmets and 16000 deaths person occurred owed to not wearing spot belts. A full of 12000 deaths person occurred owed to overloaded vehicles. Similarly Driving without a valid licence accounted for astir 34000 of the full crashes. The remaining deaths hap owed to aged vehicles, aged exertion similar not being capable to use brakes etc.,” said Gadkari during the event.

Gadkari further said that the astir important happening successful this is that the highest fig of roadworthy mishap deaths successful the satellite occurs successful India and retired of this, the highest fig of deaths hap successful Uttar Pradesh.

“There person been 44000 roadworthy accidents successful UP and retired of these 23650 deaths person occurred. Of these, 1800 deaths are of radical beneath 18 years of property and 10000 are of pedestrians and two-wheelers. There person been 8726 deaths owed to implicit speeding,” said Gadkari successful Lucknow.

Gadkari said that these accidents are happening due to the fact that radical bash not person respect and fearfulness for the law.

“There are galore reasons for accidents, but the biggest crushed is Human Behavior. This is besides existent that determination are potholes connected the roads astatine galore places. There is simply a deficiency of underpasses and ft implicit bridges. We person identified the achromatic spots successful this roadworthy engineering occupation and specified spots are being rectified connected the National Highway by spending astir Rs 40,000 crore. All roads are not nether me, I americium the Minister of National Highways only. There are galore authorities highways and territory roads. It besides concerns the authorities government. The origin of the mishap tin beryllium recovered and rectified,” said the Minister.

He said that instructions person been fixed to companies to amended automobile engineering. Along with this, an consciousness programme is being run.

“We are trying to guarantee that the authorities authorities includes Rules of the Road successful its curriculum. We were talking astir reducing accidents by 50 percent by 2024, but they person not reduced. This means we request to bash much work,” said Nitin Gadkari.

Sources said that the Road clang severity i.e fatalities per 100 crashes person marginally decreased to 36 successful 2023 from 36.5 successful 2022. Over speeding is the large origin of accidents, wherever 68.1% radical successful 2023 died due to the fact that of this reason. Two wheelers users accounted for 44.8% and pedestrians accounted for astir 20% of each roadworthy clang fatalities.

On an average, successful 2023, India witnessed 1,317 roadworthy crashes and 474 fatalities each time oregon 55 crashes and 20 fatalities each hour.