683 DIE AFTER BEING HIT BY PRIVATE CARS

NEW DELHI: Around 683 persons died since 2016, after they met with road accidents involving private cars, claimed the Delhi Police data adding that over 4,000 people were killed in accidents involving more than 20 different types of vehicles in the city.

The Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) has prepared road safety plans through which they are generating awareness among different sections of society. The data from January 2016 to July 2018 accessed by Millennium Post claimed that in 2016 around 266 persons died whereas last year around 288 persons were killed in road accidents involving private cars. In the current year, 129 people died in road accidents and the offending vehicles were private cars.

More than 1,500 people were killed by unidentified vehicles. “The vehicles carrying goods killed over 300 persons. The scooter and motorcycle were involved in killing more than 200 persons whereas over 150 persons lost their lives after being hit by Tempo,” added the police data.

Different types of buses including DTC killed over 260 persons whereas the police vehicles killed four persons.

One person was killed by a bullock cart. The other offending vehicles were E-rickshaw, Gramin Sewa, ambulance, crane, delivery vans, tanker, taxi, tractor, trailer, TSR.

More than 17,000 persons were injured by twenty different kinds of vehicles and the same number of accidents were reported from them and 3,900 were fatal.

The speed of motor vehicles is universally agreed to be the most important factor contributing to crash, injuries and fatalities on roads. Speed influences both crash risk and crash consequence.

Delhi have 10 black-spots which are Mukundpur Chowk, Jahangirpuri bus stand, Azadpur chowk, Bhalswa chowk, Burari chowk, Britannia chowk, Siraspur, NH-1, Delhi Gate, Shahdara flyover from where regular accidents have been reported.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Alok Kumar told the Millennium Post that they have identified colonies where most of the population are pedestrians, cyclists or use two-wheelers when they go for work.

“In many cases, they are the victims. We organised camps and made them aware about road safety. The DTP also conduct awareness campaigns in schools through debates about safety,” added Alok Kumar.

The traffic police are also active on Twitter and Whatsapp where they provide commuters with details regarding traffic snarls on the regular basis.

Training Parks have been established in Delhi with a view to imparting road safety education to road users in a practical way.

The other offending vehicles were E-rickshaw, Gramin Sewa, ambulance, crane, delivery vans, tanker, taxi, tractor, trailer, TSR