Road Safety Statistics & Insights Revisited- You may get Goosebumps
Sunil Ladwa
Utilizing my decades of road expertise to build safety first culture | Road Safety | Fire Safety | Industrial Safety | Scaling Ladwa Solutions
Don’t be a Fool, Follow the Rules.
We can read this type of safety slogan on a daily right? you can probably remember dozens of these by now.
But how many of you follow road safety rules?
How many of you witness people frequently violating rules?
Let's delve into it for some mind-blowing statistics.
Statistics Of Road Accidents In India (2019-2021)
Some time back, I was referencing to MORTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) website to pull out some statistics or reports covering road accidents in India.
Upon searching for almost 2 years, I realized that the data present on the website isn’t updated. There is no data for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 on the Ministry website.
But I needed these figures to understand the impact of government initiatives, various Ngo's efforts in awareness as well as advancements in road safety equipment.?
I was kind of intrigued to check what are the figures now on Road accidents as we are building highways, expressways, and national highways across India.
We filed one RTI to enquire about various statistics pertaining to road accidents in India.
Check out the slides below to know all the mind-blowing figures
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Most Frequent Road Safety Violations
Traffic violations are a common occurrence on the roads, but what are the most frequent ones?
We surveyed LinkedIn users to find out and the results are in! The most frequent road violation is using a mobile phone while driving, followed by not following the road signs, not wearing seatbelts & helmets
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The State-wise Road Accidents in India [Infographics]
Since 2000, there have been 81,49,079 accidents, 24,24,251 deaths and 88,60,070 injuries, making India’s roads one of the most dangerous in the world.?
Source: Deccan Herald
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12 Tips On Road Safety You Should Follow
Are you always on the lookout for ways to stay safe while on the road? Do you know the best practices for driving? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you're in luck!
In this section, we'll share 12 tips on how to stay safe while on the road. From obeying traffic signals to wearing Seatbelts, we'll cover everything you need to know to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
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Latest Road Safety News
#1-Government's Recent Initiative For Road Safety
The government is pushing serious efforts toward Road Safety. With just a 1% vehicle population we still account for 10% of the road fatalities. Its time for India to reduce it <1%.
.The?#WorldBank?approved a $250 million loan for the Indian government's road safety program that addresses the high road accident fatality rate in the country.?
#2- Better road safety measures could save half a million lives annually worldwide
New global and country-level estimates suggest that routinely wearing helmets and seat belts, obeying speed limits, and avoiding driving drunk could save between 347,000 and 540,000 lives worldwide every year.
The benefits of more motorcyclists wearing helmets would be the biggest in China, where 13,703 lives could be saved every year, followed by Brazil (5,802 lives), and India (5,683 lives), says the study published in The Lancet.
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Ladwa's New Project -
Embassy TechVIllage had a unique problem of managing massive parking lots for over 45,000 employees and over 40 corporates.
Ladwa Solutions Inc's team of experts used their 25+ years of experience in designing end-to-end solutions for deploying parking management plans on the 84acre campus.
Some of the high-quality products we used are convex mirrors, speed breakers, car stoppers etc.
To know more, simply reach out to me in DM or write me at [email protected]
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Do you have any safety tips that you would like to share with our readers? Let us know in the comments below!
I have a small request, I am looking to build this "Safety Buzz" to reach every professional in Safety Industry. To achieve this, I will like Industry peers to contribute to this newsletter.
I can be reached at [email protected]