555 highway accidents befell attributable to leaping of purple mild.
New Delhi:
A complete of 1,997 highway accidents occurred in 2021 attributable to the usage of cell phone by drivers whereas driving, which claimed 1,040 lives, in line with a Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways (MoRTH) report.
The report titled ‘Highway accidents in India — 2021’, additional stated 555 highway accidents befell attributable to leaping of purple mild which claimed 222 lives in 2021.
In line with the report, whole quantity accidents and dying attributable to potholes in 2021 respectively stood at 3,625 and 1,481.
The report famous that highway accidents are multi-causal which requires multi-pronged measures to mitigate the issues by concerted efforts of all businesses of each central authorities and state governments.
It stated the highway ministry has formulated a multi pronged technique to deal with the problem of highway security primarily based on training, engineering (each of roads and automobiles), enforcement and emergency care.
A complete of 4,12,432 highway accidents occurred in 2021, which claimed 1,53,972 lives whereas 3,84,448 folks have been injured.
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