India’s road safety

India’s Road Safety Month

This year instead of "Road, Safety Week", a month-long campaign "National Road Safety Month" will be observed from 18th January 2021 to 17th February 2021.
The theme of this year is, "Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha".

India’s road safety data

India has the world’s worst record on road safety.
India has, according to the just-released World Bank-commissioned report, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities:
- 1% of the world’s vehicles but 11% of all road accident deaths;
The Union Transport Ministry put the number of dead in 2019 at 1,51,113 and injured at 4,51,361.
Those who suffer the most are from low-income households, especially in rural areas, and women bear the long-term financial and psychological impact of the losses more.
India’s highways have witnessed 61% of deaths from just 5% of all accidents, as per 2019 data.
Political parties and others fix illegal flag poles and spears on car bonnets and metal contraptions to SUV bumpers, which are deadly in an accident.

Steps to be taken

The Centre must now set a timeline to operationalise the National Road Safety Board, to lay down engineering standards and complaints procedures that will help citizens hold States to account.
Need for technical investigation which will be conducted by safety experts.

Way ahead

Ending the “silent pandemic” of accidents will need education, civil society cooperation and professional policing.

Source: TH

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