Road safety annual report 2017
The IRTAD (International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group) Road Safety Annual Report 2017 provides an overview of road safety performance for 2015 in 40 countries, with preliminary data for 2016,
Road Transport
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Road accidents in India- 2016
<p>There were 4,80,652 road accidents in 2016, claiming 1,50,785 precious lives and leaving another 4,94,624 persons injured. In 2-16, accident severity measured by number of persons killed per 100 accidents has reached 31.4 and 46.3 percent of accident deaths were in the age bracket of 18-35 years.</p>
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Chokepoints and vulnerabilities in global food trade
<p>There are significant and under-appreciated risks and vulnerabilities in the global food trade and key physical chokepoints where things could go wrong, according to this report published today by the think tank Chatham House.</p>
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Managing speed
In the context of the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week, WHO has released Managing speed. The document highlights that excessive and inappropriate speed is among the key risks for road traffic deaths and
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The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017 as passed by Lok Sabha on 10-4-2017
The Lok Sabha passed the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill 2016 that provides for the imposition of hefty penalties on auto companies found manufacturing faulty vehicles. The bill also seeks statuary guidelines
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The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017 as passed by Lok Sabha on 10-4-2017
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/ozone-pollution.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 198px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This bill passed by the Lok Sabha on
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Biogas for road vehicles
Switching to biogas as vehicle fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector between 60% and 80% compared to fossil-based fuels like gasoline and diesel. This brief highlights the technologies
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The political economy of road safety: a policy-oriented literature review
Road safety is a major international health issue – every year an estimated 1.25 million people are killed on the world’s roads and up to 50 million people incur non-fatal injuries. Despite the scale of
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Two Hundred Thirty Ninth Report of the Committee on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016
The Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture submitted its report on the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 on February 8, 2017. The Bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and was
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Bicycle transportation will reduce road crashes, save lives, says FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that the use of bicycle as a mode of transportation will not only reduce incessant cases of road crashes in the nation’s highway, especially in urban areas,