Haryana has witnessed a 5.67 per cent decline in road accidents in January 2020 in comparison to the corresponding period of last year.
Similarly, the road fatalities also came down by 3.96 per cent while incidents of injuries to person saw a dip of 11.17 per cent, said Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava.
He said that as per official figures, the number of road mishaps in January 2020 came down to 881 from 934 in the similar period of 2019. Besides, the road fatalities have also declined from 429 in 2019 to 412 in 2020. The cases of injuries to persons also reduced during this period. In total, 739 cases of injuries to persons were reported in 2020 as compared to 832, last year, he said.
The DGP said that reduction in road accidents and fatalities in the first month of calendar year 2020 has been possible with effective traffic safety measures, better enforcement of traffic regulations and road safety awareness campaigns conducted by Haryana Police. Police alongwith the departments concerned focused on the improving road conditions too, he said.
We are hoping to maintain a further downward trend in road accidents in the days to come, he added.
Yadava said that state Police has also initiated to bring down the accidents and fatalities in road mishaps on the 187 KM stretch of NH 44 from Kundli (Sonepat) to Shambhu Border (Ambala) on NH-44. For this, a memorandum of understanding had been exchanged with Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), Faridabad under which the IRTE will conduct a detailed road safety audit of this stretch.
Police Department will work actively to implement the recommendations emerging out of the road safety audit being done by institute with the help of NHAI and Transport Department, he further added.
He also urged the people to maintain road safety and follow traffic rules.