Haryana Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Navdeep Singh Virk on Sunday said that the State has been continuously witnessing a downward trend in fatal road accident and fatalities this year.
“The number of road fatalities declined by 3.55 per cent in past nine months till September in comparison to the corresponding period of last year. Similarly, the road mishaps also came down by 4.47 per cent while injuries to person decreased by 5.74 per cent,” he said.
Virk said this has been made possible with the sustained efforts, increased traffic safety enforcement as well as road safety awareness programmes conducted by Haryana Police.
He further said that police has taken appropriate remedial measures to ensure road safety in coordination with concerned agencies under the Haryana Vision Zero project.
Sharing the official data, Virk said that the number of road accident deaths between January and September dropped down to 3744 from 3882. Similarly, the road mishaps cases have also witnessed a downward trend from 8521 to 8140, which saw a decline of 381 cases.
Apart from this, incidents of injuries to person saw an impressive decline of 425 cases. In total, 6976 cases of injuries to persons were reported till September as compared to 7401 last year, he said.
He added in addition to improving the road infrastructure with close coordination with concerned authorities, the Haryana Police is also keeping a close eye on drunken driving cases and heavy goods vehicles plying without protective devices. We will keep working on creating awareness and further reducing the rate of accidents and fatalities, he added.
The ADGP also urged the people to follow traffic rules and save their precious lives as well as of others.