You don't need to be elderly to twist your ankle on the cratered pavements of Mumbai.
The young are just as likely to trip and break a bone if they don't watch their step at all times.

The city roads have pushed pedestrians, cyclists and even public transport users to the edge. Anybody not in a car has to constantly battle to get by without a scratch on certain roads.

LUCKNOW: About 16 people die and 58 are injured every hour in India due to road accidents - the death rate, in fact, is equivalent to wiping out about 40 per cent of the population of a small natio

The bicycle tracks in Jayanagar, inaugurated in 2012, have been taken over by motorists to park their vehicles and nothing is being done to fix the problem.

Pedestrians and cyclists have emerged as the most vulnerable group on Delhi roads with the two of them accounting for the largest share of road injuries and deaths.

City ranks fourth in country in number of accidents, according to findings by Centre for Environment and Science.

Audit for safe accessibility - a presentation by CSE at round table conference on "Our safe right of way" on June 23, 2014, in New Delhi.

Read the presentation: http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/safety%20audit.pdf

Our safe right of way - a presentation by Centre for Science and Environment at Dialogue on Assessment of Safety and Accessibility in Indian Cities, New Delhi, June 23, 2014.

Read the presentation: http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/main%20presentation.pdf

CSE releases the assessment of road accidents and accident hotspots; presents findings of its safety audit; puts forth an action plan

Deadly tally: About 16 deaths and 58 road injures per hour in India; share of fatal accidents in the total is up from 18 per cent in 2003 to 25 in 2012

Delhi records an average of five road accident deaths per day – four of these are of pedestrians and two-wheeler riders. Every week, two cyclists and one car rider dies in Delhi

The worst accident hotspots are near flyovers and junctions

In India, traffic accidents are not on the health agenda. It's high time the agenda was changed.

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