Transport

Youth constitutes 40% of car accident victims: Study

At least 40 per cent of those dying on Indian roads are below 24 years of age, shows a recent study on road mishaps in the country.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2014
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Traffic Accidents, Chennai (T), Delhi, Bangalore (T), CSE Study, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Transport
Transport

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014

A Bill further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2014.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2014
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Motor Vehicle Act 1988, Traffic Accidents, India, Vehicles, Motorised Vehicles
Transport

Question raised in Rajya Sabha regarding rise in road accidents, 07/07/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha regarding rise in road accidents, 07/07/2014.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, India, Parliament
Transport

SC issues notice to Govt on plea to ban e-rickshaw

A PIL was filed stating that the vehicles don't conform to motor vehicle laws

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rickshaws, Battery Vehicles, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Transport

3,500 perish in road accidents every year in State: Report

New plan mulled for road safety

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Traffic Accidents, Vehicular Safety, Cycles, Transport
Transport

No car? At risk on 6 roads

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.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Pedestrians, Cycles, Public Transport, Traffic Accidents, CSE, Transport
Transport

Delhi tops the country in fatal road accidents and pedestrians and cyclists falling victim, claims CSE

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

Publication Date: 
04/07/2014
Priyanka Singh
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Delhi, Traffic Accidents, Cycles, Mumbai, Chennai (T), Bangalore (T), Lucknow (T), CSE Study, Public Transport, Sunita Narain, WHO, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Pedestrians, Transport
Transport

Roads in Uttar Pradesh most unsafe in country

The roads of Uttar Pradesh account for more deaths than any other state in the country.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2014
Kapil Dixit
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Roads, Traffic Accidents, Vehicular Safety, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Transport
Transport

Road accidents caused 50.4% deaths in state'

Assam's roads have been termed 'unsafe' by a 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, with the state recording the fifth-highest number of deaths caused by road accidents in the country.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2014
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Traffic Accidents, North East, Two Wheelers, Three Wheelers, Vehicular Safety, Transport
Transport

Chennai roads unsafe: Report

CHENNAI: The city’s road safety has come under fire with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report pointing out that the maximum number of road accidents occur here.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2014
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Road, Chennai, CSE Study, Traffic Accidents, Public Transport

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