Gurugram. Every year, more than four hundred people die in one thousand road accidents in Gurugram. Gurugram Traffic Police and Rahgiri Foundation conducted a survey of road accidents and deaths in the year 2023. Many shocking things came to light in this. According to the report of the year 2023, the maximum accidents and deaths in the district have occurred between six in the evening and six in the morning. This survey was conducted to reduce accidents and accidents. In such a situation, a target has been set to reduce road accidents and deaths by 20 percent in the coming one year. According to the port, 439 people died in 1190 road accidents in the year 2023. Apart from this, 1020 people were seriously injured. In these accidents, 62 percent of the deaths occurred between six in the evening and six in the morning. 58 percent of the accidents also occurred at night.
Gurugram’s roads are not safe to walk at night
According to experts, Gurugram roads are not safe for night driving. In Gurugram, one youth dies in a road accident every 20 hours. This has been revealed in the data prepared by the traffic police. Road safety experts said that the city roads are not safe for night driving. Lack of adequate lighting, bad roads, lack of signage boards and reflectors on these roads is also a big reason. Apart from this, illegal parking of vehicles on the inner roads of the city including Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal is also a big cause of accidents. Apart from this, drivers also put other’s lives at risk by driving in the wrong direction in the pursuit of a short-cut at night. The awareness campaign of the police is also ineffective. According to the report, 2.1 percent of the total network of roads in Gurugram is National Highway, but the concern is that 45 percent of road accidents and deaths occur in only 2.1 percent of the area. Whereas 55 percent of deaths and accidents occur on the inner roads of the city.
Most accidents in a week occur on Wednesday
The survey has revealed that most accidents happen on Wednesdays. Apart from this, five roads of the city are most unsafe at night, which include SPR Cloverleaf on Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, Ghata Village Chowk, Golf Course Road, MG Road and Farrukhnagar. Most accidents and deaths happen on these roads at night. The traffic police has also issued challans to two thousand drivers who violate traffic rules. One thousand challans are issued by the zonal officers of the traffic police, while more than one thousand challans are issued daily through CCTV cameras installed on the roads. DCP Traffic Virendra Vij said that most accidents are happening on the city roads at night, in which many people are losing their lives. An action plan will be prepared in collaboration with all the departments to reduce accidents. Everyone will work together on this. This year, a target has been set to reduce road accidents and accidents by 20 percent.