Haryana Police on Tuesday said the number of road fatalities, injuries to person and cases of road and traffic accidents registered have declined between January and July this year.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk said that during first seven months, road fatalities has dropped down to 2954, which is 4.2 percent lower than the 2018 figure of 3080. Similarly, the number of injuries to person and cases of road and traffic accidents registered also witnessed a decline of 6.4 per cent and 4.3 per cent respectively.
Virk said that 5436 persons were injured in road accidents in 2019 as compared to 5785 in 2018 which recorded a decline of 349 cases. The number of cases registered upto July 2019 was 6400 as compared to 6677 cases in year 2018.
The ADGP said Police is constantly working on the modules to bring down road fatalities at minimum level as most of the accidents take place due to traffic violations.
"We have also formed dedicated traffic police and highway teams to monitor traffic violations," he said.