Shocking Statistics reveal that India recorded over 600 road accidents with 140 deaths from March 25 to May 3 in the lockdown period, most of them due to over speeding.
The nationwide lockdown has been in place since March 25 and since then, it has already been more than 45 days. In this time, most people stayed home and our roads across the country were virtually empty. People were going out only for essential purposes or for medical needs. In spite of most people not taking to the wheel and strict measures by state and central police, India managed to record 600 road accidents in the first two phases of the lockdown. While its bizarre how this could happen in the first plac, it also highlights our negligence towards the pandemic.
According to a report by the SaveLife Foundation – which is working to further the cause of road safety in the country – there were over 600 crashes between March 24 and May 3, resulting in 140 deaths.Of those, over 100 of those deaths were recorded in nine states alone – Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. The cause of most of these crashes was overspeeding, the report adds.
During this entire duration of lockdown, we have been consistently reporting to you about cops seizing several vehicles and penalizing drivers for breaking lockdown rules. We have even reported to you about a couple of deadly accidents during the lockdown and it does not come as a surprise that even when the entire nation was confined to their homes, we had as many as 600 road accidents with even 140 deaths. Considering that the streets would be empty, many people took to the roads in late hours of the night or in early morning and thought it is the best time to test how fast their cars really are. The result of that action speaks in the statistics here.
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The statistics also reveal that 57% of the deaths were of those who were driving themselves but more interestingly, 30% of the deaths were of migrant workers trying to make their way back home. Interstate travel was prohibited during the lockdown which left thousands of migrant workers stranded in the cities in dire situation. With no other alternative, most migrant workers either took the journey back home on their foot or found someone willing to drive them home. The report also reveals that these casualties even included essential service providers and doctors who were travelling to or from their place of work.
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Surely there has been a clear drop in the number of absolute road accidents and fatalities during the lockdown with most people being confined to their homes. However, the rate of death in road accidents surprisingly continue to be the same as before. Such callous actions on part of citizens is absolutely shameful. It also goes on to stress the importance of state governments prioritising road safety in the Standard Operating Protocols for interstate travel at a time when the healthcare system in the country is already overwhelmed by the steady rise in COVID-19 cases.
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