kolkata (India) correspondent: In the year 2021, number of fatal Accidents already touched 134 and last year it was 120. That is almost 20% rise in fatal Accidents as compared to last year. A few findings in this year’s performance will keep the Police Headquarters Lalbazar brass a bit worried. Eighteen lives have been lost since the withdrawal of transport regulations on July 1. It is a considerable number since all accidents took place within seven weeks. There have been nine hit-and-run incidents during this phase,seven of which have ended in fatalities.
Among the of victims, most of them are pedestrians, passengers getting off buses, cyclists and two wheeler riders. Police blame the sudden jump in two wheelers and four wheelers on city roads as one of the key reasons. “Most of them have bought these vehicles with two objectives – to maintain social distance and to reach office because of unavailability of public transport. However, not many are very conversant with traffic rules, nor are expert drivers. This is leading to accidents said an officer. “We will also focus on pocket to pocket analysis and carry out traffic re-engineering rather than concentrating on dry overall statistics.”
“Traffic volume and its flow this year have been erratic due to the Pandemic and they do not provide the scope for usual comparisons. While there was definitely a drop in public transport besides the full Lockdown – two wheelers (both motorised and non-motorised) comprised the bulk of the traffic “, stated an officer.Dc (Traffic) Arijit Sinha said all possible steps were being taken to tackle the accidents.
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