The State Government has initiated steps for undertaking road safety audit of the black spots on different roads across the State.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary GC Pati at the State Secretariat here on Friday. Pati directed the Transport Department to link up accidents and traffic offence committed by the drivers with their Driving licence (Dl) database so that appropriate actions can be taken against reckless driving. Police have been instructed to mention the Dl numbers in accident case records. The Dl would be cancelled if drivers cause accidents for reckless driving. Pati too directed the department and police officials to carry on joint awareness drives in this regard.
The department was asked to come up with a clear cit guideline within 15 days.On this occasion, the Transport and Research Wing (TRW) of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry made a presentation about accident scenario in Odisha. As per the report, the State records around 1.97 per cent of country’s total accidents and shares 2.81per cent road-accident related deaths. In 2014-15, Odisha recorded around 9,648 accidents in which 3,931 persons died and 11,087 persons were injured. Accident rate per 10,000 vehicles is around 18.91 per cent against the national average of 26.8 per cent.