Serious towards road accidents, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to conduct a crash investigation on the lines of aircraft accidents. Uttar Pradesh is the first State in the country to conduct such an investigation.
Agra to Noida via Aligarh Yamuna Expressway has been selected for crash investigation. The government has started survey work in association with Save Life Foundation of Delhi.
Under this, suggestions will be made after studying various aspects of accidents. Separate nodal officers have been appointed in each district from the transport department and traffic police to investigate the accidents on this expressway passing through five districts. Agra-Lucknow Expressway is proposed to be selected in the next phase.
Crash investigation happens in the country so far due to an aircraft accident. This investigation goes to the bottom of the accident, so that future types of accidents can be prevented. On the report of the International Road Federation, a crash investigation of vehicle accidents was started in Europe and Britain.
A technical examination of the accident-prone vehicle is done to find out the cause of the accident. Research is done on the length, width, height of the road and the materials used to make it.
Based on all these things, a report is prepared on every aspect of the accident. Based on that report, suggestions are made regarding road construction and training of drivers is done.
175 died in 2019 on Yamuna Expressway:
Yamuna Expressway was brought into operation in 2012. It has a length of 165 kilometers and width 100 meters from Agra to Noida. The 18 km stretch of this expressway going through Agra to Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh and Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida), and Aligarh and 2 km long part of the border of Hathras district. So far, more than 1000 people have lost their lives in over 5500 thousand accidents on this route. There were 151 accidents in 2019, killing 175 people. Earlier in 2018, there were 149 accidents. 124 people died in these. In 2017, there were 763 road accidents in which 146 people died.
RTO Enforcement of Agra division, Anil Kumar has been appointed as nodal officer on behalf of the Transport Department for crash investigation. He will represent the RTOs of Aligarh and Gautam Budh Nagar including Agra. Also, SP Traffic Satish Chandra from Aligarh and CO Sadabad from Hathras have been nominated. Similarly, in Mathura and Gautam Budh Nagar, officers have been nominated by the traffic police. These officers will provide the necessary data and resources to the Save Life Foundation on every aspect for survey and investigation of accidents.
Crash Investigation Course for police:
Police of five districts connected with Yamuna Expressway will be given a course of crash investigation in the first phase. This course is being done in some technical institutes in the country. The responsibility of conducting the course has been given to the Save Life Foundation. The work of marking the inspectors for the course has started. In such a case, if a case of vehicle accident is registered, the same inspector will be considered competent to investigate it. Also, a divisional inspector of the transport department will also be placed in the investigation team for technical examination of the vehicle.
Fariduddin, RTO Enforcement, Aligarh Division said that Uttar Pradesh is the first state to initiate crash investigation in vehicle accidents. It is starting from Yamuna Expressway. The state government has an agreement with Save Life Foundation. RTO enforcement of Agra has been made nodal from the Transport Department. SP traffic from Aligarh has been made nodal. In the coming years, this step towards curbing the vehicle accidents will prove very meaningful.