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Road and highway safety solutions:

Status, Essentials, Trends…

There have been concerted efforts nationwide to improve
safety on Indian roads. How far have we progressed? What

are the essential features of managing a safe system of
roads? What are the strategic measures and decisions in this
direction? What are the emerging trends in road accidents
– its types, costs, profile of states, rural v/s urban driving

environments, and are rural roads stereotyped? Vishnuraj V.
Thampan spoke to a few providers of safety solutions while
assessing the way forward at this point of the continuum

n his message contained in
the Annual Report on Road
Accidents in India 2021,
Nitin Gadkari, Minister
for Road Transport and
IHighways says, “It is
indeed a matter of great concern
that despite the continuing
efforts of the Government in this
regard and our commitments for
halving fatalities we have not
been able to register significant
progress on this front.”
The unique complexity of the
driving environment in India
hasn’t deterred MoRTH from
setting the bar high. It is only
when viewed in the context of the
mesh of realities and resources
available, that the magnitude
of challenge to make progress
emerges. In 2021, about 67%
of total accidental deaths in
1,53,972 Road accidents in India,
was accounted for the 18-45
years as the worst affected age
group. It speaks for the need to
follow personal value system of
responsible driving above any
other priority.

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