Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
Traffic Accidents
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Bus burns after CNG leakage
Gurgaon: About 40 passengers had a narrow escape on Saturday evening when the CNG fuelled Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus in which they were travelling went up in flames near the Management Development Institute(MDI) in Gurgaon. Fire department officials said that initial investigations have shown that the CNG bus caught fire because of a leak in the gas cylinder. According to eyewitnesses, the bus, which plies on the Karol Bagh-Gurgaon route, caught fire around 6 pm, after it reached the MDI Chowk on Mehrauli Gurgaon road. No one was hurt as all the passengers had got down from the bus before the mishap took place.
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Disagreement over bus corridor project
Project design, measures for safety of motorists being questioned "Need for advance warning system for the commuters' Signal-length being reworked to ensure average delay of 40 seconds In spite of a general agreement on the need for a dedicated bus corridor to segregate traffic and ensure smooth flow, differences of opinion have emerged over the manner in which the Bus Rapid Transit Corridor project is being implemented in the Capital.
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Panel to formulate traffic management plan
The Haryana government has decided to constitute a committee comprising transport, urban development departments and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary for the purpose of formulating a traffic management plan for Gurgaon and other towns of the state.
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CM halts work on new bus corridors
There is some respite at last. Disturbed by the growing popular anger over the manner in which the Bus Rapid Transit corridor has been conceived and is being implemented, CM Sheila Dikshit is learned to have ordered the six other BRT corridors be put on hold until the first phase of the pilot project
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Road traffic deaths, injuries and disabilities in India: Current scenario
In 2005, road traffic injuries resulted in the death of an estimated 110 000 persons, 2.5 million hospitalizations, 8-9 million minor injuries and economic losses to the tune of 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in India.
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On the road: accidents that should not happen
If you are aged 15
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News Snippets
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Trauma care centres need of the hour
Need of the hour is to systematies trauma care centres
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Walking down to work, how safe is it?
What about the rights of pedestrians?
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Another ammunition cache in Ghaziabad
There will be many more if we don t clean up