Additional Director General of Police R K Vij reviewed the road safety and status of road accidents in the state in a meeting held at Police Headquarters on Wednesday.
Government of India, Road, Transport and National Highway ministry is organising the nationwide 31st National Road Safety Week from January 11 to 17, 2020. Vij also reviewed the preparation for the road safety week in the state.
AIG (Traffic) Sanjay Sharma listing out data said, in 2019, the state recorded 13772 road accidents causing death of 4959 persons and injury to 13369 others. When compared to 2018, in districts of Dhamtari, Durg, Kabeerdham, Mungeli, Janjgir, Surguja, Kanker, Kondagaon, there has been reduction of accidents in 2019. But in other districts death rates have recorded higher in road accidents. In primary data, there is reduction of 0.7% (92) in road accidents but death has increased by 8% (367) while the injury has been increased by 5.1% (644). State has registered 150 new black spots.
During the meeting, he reviewed the preparation for safety week, new grey/black spot related quantitative/qualitative information, driving license suspension, third party insurance, over-loading, speed governor in school buses, awareness programme, good Samaritan, health of drivers in commercial/industrial areas, eye test, accident data recording, state road safety council and district road safety council taken decisions and others.