Safe Roads

Road accidents are being analysed by government agencies to elevate safety.

- Sukhpreet Singh

A recent conference held at Delhi by the SIAM (Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers) and ACMA (Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India) in association with VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie), Germany, with the support of MoRTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways), put the stoplight on road accidents and how the government is analysing them to elevate safety. The latest statistics revealed during the course of the event put the loss of lives of people in road accidents in India is the last one year at 1.5 lakh This would account for 12.50 per cent of road traffic crashes globally. With 72 per cent of the victims in the age bracket of 15 to 49 years (and accounting for a total of 4.6 per cent road fatalities), the data released by MoRTH’s Transport Wing on August 4, 2017, indicated high road fatalities and a resultant need for roads in India to be safer.