Delhi witnessed 12 per cent less fatal accidents in comparison to the last year, till mid June. According to the statistics accessed by The Pioneer from the Delhi Police, most of the people lost their lives in car accidents and one person also killed after being hit with a cycle rickshaw in the capital.
The number of people killed in road accidents till mid-June stands at 706. The death due to road accidents till the same period in the last year was 803. While the overall deaths in road accidents reached to 1629.
According to Special Commissioner of Police (traffic) Muktesh Chander, the decrease in road accidents is the outcome of traffic police presence on road and the strict actions against the traffic violators.
“Measures taken by the traffic police in the past few months including strict challaning against the over speed and rash driving helped us in decreasing the fatal accidents,” said Chander.
The statistics also showed a total of 122 people died in car accidents, this year. last year, it was 119, till mid-June. While, a total of 94 people killed in trucks or HTV (heavy traffic vehicle) accidents, 98 per cent lost their lives last year. Accidents on two wheelers claimed 58 lives this and 61 last year.
A total of 33 persons killed in tempo accidents while 49 people lost their lives last year. Stats, also shows that one person died after being hit by cycle rickshaw. Chander said that they have also come up with an idea of installing red flags on the central verge of dividing roads to curb road accidents late night.