Thursday 22 December 2011

Every 75 minutes, a road accident takes place in the twin cities and Cyberabad

On an average, every 75 minutes, a road accident takes place in the twin cities and Cyberabad. The major hospitals get around four or five road accident cases daily.

  • According to traffic authorities, 359 fatal accidents have occurred in the twin cities, while Cyber-abad reported 1,075 fatal accidents this year till November 2011.
  • Most of the accidents are caused by overspeeding. Despite the Outer Ring Road turning into a death trap, there’s no emergency trauma care centre on the 91-km stretch that is open for traffic, and casualties have to be rushed to hospitals kilometres away in Jubilee Hills, Hitec City, Malakpet or LB Nagar.
  • Dr Bhaskar Rao, Kims Hospital CEO and president of AP super specialty hospitals (Asha) says the hospital receives around three or four accident cases every day.“From the nature of the injuries it is evident that most of the accidents are due to speed driving or drunken driving in two or four wheelers and for not following safety measures,” he said.
  • Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills and Yashoda hospitals also report three to five accident victims daily.
  • Cyberabad deputy commissioner of police S. Chandrasekhar Reddy said, “On an average, we have around 80-90 fatal cases a month in the area. In November alone, there were 93 cases. Most of these are due to over-speeding cars and bikes.”
Fatal figures
Accident prone areas in twin cities: * Abids, Goshamahal, Necklace Road, Kache-guda, Trimulgherry, Nampally, Sultan Bazaar, Panjagutta * Cyberabad areas: ORR, Rajiv Chowk-LB Nagar, Rajendranagar, Vanas-thalipuram, Hayathnagar, Shamirpet-Turkapally.

Twin cities accidents January-October 2011
Accidents: 2,237; Injured: 2,154; Deaths: 359

Cyberabad accidents
Accidents: 3,332; Injured: 3,311; Deaths: 1,075

"Statistics available with the Andhra Pradesh Road Safety Authority revealed that a record number of 39,000 accidents took place in the State up to 2011 November-end this year, resulting in 13,853 deaths..(According to the Hindu Article)


Day before Yesterday we lost a Ex Ministers's son so immediately the following  announcements:
by the Govt..
  • 10 patrolling vehicles, which would be pressed into service from January 1, and would be ...equipped with speed guns and other electronic devices and would chase vehicles exceeding speed limits.
  • A sum of Rs.3 crore would be released immediately for this purpose.
  • One police outpost would be provided for every 100-km stretch.
Will these measures help unless the youth themselves are sensitised, and behaviour change is aimed at with  parents taking  responsibility of ensuring their children also Depict Road Friendly Behaviour as the saying goes : The behaviour of the people on road depicts the general behaviour  of the city " 

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