Road Accidents In India Statistics

A survey by the Traffic and Highway Department has endorsed the fact that the city authorities continue to be indifferent to the fact that Gurgaon has the most unsafe roads in the state with a high risk of accidental deaths.

The survey was conducted to take steps towards accident-free traffic management. It took into account road accidents on major intersections in all 21 districts where four or more deaths have been reported in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In the survey report prepared by DIG (traffic and highways) Sibash Kabiraj, 31 spots have been identified across the state and ironically, 25 are in Gurgaon followed by four in Faridabad, one in Kaithal and one in Panchkula. The report also states that barring Kaithal, no other district authority has done anything to reduce the risk factor at these spots.

The report further highlights that out of 129 accidental deaths during this period, 125 were reported from Gurgaon. The report also holds lack of speed breakers and traffic signals, ill-designed roads and encroachments on roads responsible for these deaths. Ten deaths occurred at Himgiri Chowk, 10 at Qutub Plaza, 12 at Mahavir Chowk, nine at Z Chowk near Sector 28, 12 at the Kanhai intersection and nine on the Golf Course Extension Road crossing. All this due to lack of traffic signals, the report states.

At some of these intersections, accidents took place because traffic signals were switched off after 10 pm, the report has pointed out.

“No matter what happens on roads, it’s the police that draw the flak. The truth is most of the accidents here happen due to bad engineering, poor road conditions and infrastructure,” said Police Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk.

“This report should be seen vis-a-vis the expenditure of both MC and HUDA. HUDA claims to have exhausted funds, but not even a single road can endorse development work. It’s time the authorities wake up to the situation,” said Raman Sharma, social activist.

Gurugram: An IT engineer working in a company in Gurugam, was killed after a truck-trailer hit his car near Ambience mall on the Delhi-gurugram Expressway when he was on his way home from worke on saturday morning.
The driver of the truck, who fled from the spot of the accident, has been arrested, police said.
The truck trailer hit the engineer's car from the opposite direction after breaking the road divider and the iron grill.
Arun Singla (36), the victim, was a resident of Delhi's Lajwanti Garden, Mayapuri and was returning home after completing his night duty. He is survived by his mother, wife and two-and-half-year-old son.
Nitesh Bansal, brother-in-law of the victim, said that he witnessed the accident as he was also returning home from work at the same time and he was driving his Alto car close to Singla's car.
According to Bansal, the accident took place near Ambience Mall at around 5:45 am.
"We left our office at Suncity in Sector 54 at around 5:15 am. After crossing Rajokri, a trailer coming from Delhi side suddenly hit Singla's car. The iron rod from the iron grill damaged the Singla's car and he was injured. I rushed toward his car and took him out of it. Then, I took him in my car to a government hospital in Gurugram. He was declared dead by the doctor's" said Bansal, a resident of Sector 61, Noida.
The truck came from the wrong side of the road which is why the accident occurred, claimed Bansal. A case has been registered under section 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of IPC at Udyog Vihar police station.
The accused driver Lila Ram (38) was arrested by the police. The trailer was registred in Rajasthan. "After verifying the fact and looking carefully at evidence, we arrested the driver,"said ASI Mahender Singh ,Udyog Vihar police station.
Police confirmed Ram was driving beyond prescribed speed limit and lost control of the vehicle as a result trailer collided with the iron grill and hit the Singla's car on other side of the road.