{"id":202949,"date":"2022-08-31T21:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=202949"},"modified":"2022-08-31T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:37:45","slug":"killer-on-the-road-road-fatalities-are-going-up-because-users-dont-take-basic-precautions-and-road-design-is-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/killer-on-the-road-road-fatalities-are-going-up-because-users-dont-take-basic-precautions-and-road-design-is-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer on the road: Road fatalities are going up because users don\u2019t take basic precautions and road design is poor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Killer on the road: Road fatalities are going up because users don\u2019t take basic precautions and road design is poor<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0<strong>The Times of India<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>31<sup>st<\/sup> August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Infrastructure <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context: This article discusses about the issues associated with road accidents and ways to reduce it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the current situation of road accidents? <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2021 marked the highest ever road accidents and numbers are expected to increase in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Two-wheelers accounted for 44.5% of deaths, up from 35% in 2018, and pedestrian deaths have doubled to 12% of deaths since 2018.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What does the data say?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>NCRB report blames over-speeding for 60% deaths and dangerous\/careless driving for 26% deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Union Ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) data shows that 70% of two-wheeler travellers killed in 2020 weren\u2019t wearing helmets. 84% of car travellers who died weren\u2019t wearing seatbelts.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What has led to such accidents?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The <strong>predictable and uniform design of medians, intersections, lanes, shoulders, and pedestrian paths are absent<\/strong> in most urban centers.<\/p>\n<p>Most <strong>highways still lack enough safe crossing facilities<\/strong> for motorists and pedestrians while illegal openings in medians are big concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Techniques like <strong>rumble strips<\/strong> aren\u2019t employed adequately.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>How road accidents can be minimized?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Motor Vehicles Act amended in 2019 has made<strong> seat belts and helmets<\/strong> compulsory but <strong>there is lack of enforcement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A study from IIT Delhi has suggested that more<strong> focus should be made on street and highway design<\/strong> and enforcement rather than the current overwhelming focus on motor vehicle safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cKiller on the road: Road fatalities are going up because users don\u2019t take basic precautions and road design is poor\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Times of India\u00a0on\u00a031st August 2022. 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