Questions are being raised about the flawed design, concrete roads and their suitability in Indian environmental conditions as the 165-km long Yamuna Expressway reported 548 fatalities in 5 years
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An expert committee set up by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recommended the use of GPS tools to analyse and examine black spots and road accidents across the country
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In spite of third party insurance being mandated by law, more than half of the vehicles plying on India’s roads do not have any sort of cover
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Road accidents in India take more lives than natural disasters and diseases do and these figures are on the rise. With the aim of addressing this problem, the pending Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2016 is an attempt to create an exhaustive and comprehensive legislative framework for road safety in India
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The Maharashtra government today assured the Bombay High Court it had initiated a process at Regional Transport Offices (RTO) across the state to provide land to lay down road track for testing four-wheelers. The government also assured a division bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka it would conduct a special drive to check vehicles for the purpose of issuing fitness certificate.
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The year 2014 alone witnessed 2.37 lakh road accidents on national and state highways across the country which had left at least 85,462 people dead and 2.59 lakh injured.
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday asked the state police, health department and other agencies involved in the Agra-Lucknow Expressway project to ensure adequate security, medical and safety measures in place when it opens for public on December 23.
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Highlighting the importance of road safety and the problem of drink driving in the country, the Supreme Court today ordered the closure of all liquor shops along state and national highways by April 1, 2017.
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Bystanders are the critical link in ensuring that medical assistance reaches an injured person as swiftly as possible. However, 74 per cent of bystanders are unlikely to assist an accident victim.
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The Rajasthan Cabinet today cleared the first state road safety policy with a target to bring down casualties in road accidents by 50 per cent.
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Delhi Police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma made a strong pitch for imparting education about road safety to young children, saying their behavior can play the lead role of “sentinels” within their family and peers.
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Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya recently criticised Telangana’s excise policy, saying it has made liquor freely available and caused adverse social and economic effects.
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