Transport

Telangana can improve road safety: World Health Organisation

Telangana was the youngest state in the country it had the highest scope for better road safety law enforcement.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2016
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Vehicular Safety, WHO, Legislation, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Transport

City roads in India unsafe for pedestrians, cyclists': World Health Organisation

BHUBANESWAR: Traffic related fatalities in the country have increased by 4.6 percent in 2015 resulting in the death of over two lakh persons.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Roads, Pedestrians, Cycles, WHO, Vehicular Safety, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Transport

Unreal licence test: 235 pedestrian deaths recorded in Hyderabad

RTA’s driving licence test checks only 3 of 24 parameters listed in MV Act.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2016
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Pedestrians, Traffic Accidents, Right To Information (RTI), Vehicular Safety, Transport
Transport

World Bank funding for road safety in Telangana

The Hyderabad- Bijapur road safety project is expected to finish by June next year.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Vehicular Safety, World Bank, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Air Pollution

Traffic poles will now have SOS systems

Kolkata: After Monday's schoolbus accident in New Town, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) authorities are planning to install smart poles in the township.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Suman Chakraborti
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Vehicular Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, LEDs, Traffic Accidents, Air Pollution Control, Air Pollution
Transport

The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016

The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016, which is a historic Step towards making roads safe and saving lakhs of innocent lives, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 9th August, 2016. The Amendment aims to address the issue of road safety and improve the facilitation of the citizens while dealing with transport departments.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Road Transport, Public Transport, Traffic Accidents, India, Legislation, Vehicles, Parliament
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Accidental deaths & suicides in India

The report contains comprehensive information on various aspects of deaths due to accidents and suicides.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2016
Ministry of Home Affairs
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, Farmers, Debt, Landless, Poverty, India, Diseases, Statistics, Natural Disasters, Occupational Accidents
Transport

Official government statistics of road traffic deaths in India under-represent pedestrians and motorised two wheeler riders

Reliable data on traffic deaths are important for planning road safety programmes and evaluating progress. Although pedestrians comprise approximately 40% of traffic deaths in low-income and middle-income countries, official government statistics in India suggest that pedestrians comprise less than 10% of deaths.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Kavi Bhalla, Nidhi Khurana, Dipan Bose & et al
Injury Prevention
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Tags:
Traffic Accidents, India, Statistics, Pedestrians, Two Wheelers, Belgaum (D), Karnataka, Cycles
Habitat And Urbanisation

Waterlogging, accidents give drivers nightmares

Showers on Tuesday evening caused waterlogging in many parts of the city.Jams were also reported in east and south Delhi due to breakdowns and accidents.

Publication Date: 
13/07/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waterlogging, Traffic Accidents, Municipal Corporations, Rainfall
Air Pollution

Countdown timers to return after 8 years

Ahmedabad: Forget those restless seconds while waiting for a traffic light to turn green. Traffic Signal Countdown Timers (TSCT) will be back at 186 traffic junctions in the city.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2016
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T), Congestion, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Traffic Accidents

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