Bad Roads Are The Major Cause Of Accidents

Tag : Himachal Pradesh

Director of College of Traffic management of Faridabad, Dr Rohit Baluja said that human’s errors and neglecting due to drunken driving, over speeding and overtaking notwithstanding the bad condition of roads and vehicles, violation in constructions along the roadside and absence of reflectors are also responsible for accidents to a great extent. He was there for three-day capacity building program on traffic management for Himachal Pradesh police where he said that accidents on national highways and state highways accounts for 34 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively, of the total road accidents in the state.
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Pointing the Bajroli Pul accident near Theog in May this year, where 22 persons were killed, he said that the bus did not meet the fitness parameters, width of the road was only seven meters, the carriageway was four meters and a sharp bend with potholes was spotted making driving hazardous, as per the  study conducted by the institute.

To avoid such accidents in future, Dr. Rohit suggested to advise to improvise the condition of the roads. He stated another case of accident in Mandi district’s Aut tunnel, where eight accidents took place during 2015-16. He said that the lights were dim, and there was no reflective marking and there was over speeding while overtaking and high beam dazzling lights of vehicles were the factors mainly responsible for accidents. There is no second chance for commuters in a hilly state like Himachal and as many as 1,086 persons lost their lives in road accidents in the state in 2015,” he said.

90 per cent of the signage were not as per the standards and vehicles are intercepted at curves for checking, was what the teams of the institute also observed. To give more teethe to police; he suggested suitable amendments in Himachal Motor Vehicle Act.

“The silver lining is that in spite of a significant increase in the number of vehicles plying on roads, the increase in road users and length of roads, the average accident rate has not gone up,” said Sanjay Kumar, the Himachal DGP. He added, “In most of the cases the drivers blame for the accidents on the basis of the account given by the eyewitnesses and the injured that put the blame on the driver, but in the process of investigation, other reasons like condition of roads and vehicles, etc., emerge.”

Source: The Tribune.

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