India has the worst record of road safety in the world. The numbers are truly horrific. India accounts for 10 per cent of global road ...
03:17 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Kozhikode: Three NIT-Kozhikode students hailing from Andhra Pradesh were killed and four others injured when their car collided with a lorry near Vadakara in the district on Sunday, police said. The students of the National Institute of Technology here were proceeding to a nearby place on a weekend trip when the mishap occurred at Kainatti Punchirimillil. The deceased were identified as Harish (21), Raju (19) and Hitesh (21) police said....
04:10 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Many call India the head injury capital of the world. Nearly 2 lakh Indians die every year of head injuries, according to NIMHANS. The simplest preventive is getting people to wear helmets. That's the key message that came out of retreat in Jodhpur. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 13, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the state government and health department to issue a directive to hospitals to attend to all trauma patients. This also applies to the private hospitals in the city too. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 31, 2013
A GPS traffic application like Waze can help minimise road accidents with better deployment of police at the most accident prone sites, shows a study. ...
12:52 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Detroit: Computer-controlled braking systems in cars and light trucks are saving thousands of lives in the United States, according to a three-year study released on Friday by federal safety regulators. The systems have been required on all light-duty trucks and passenger vehicles under a 2007 US federal safety regulation. The requirement was phased in over the years covered by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study. It estimated that...
01:11 PM, Dec 01, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday stepped into controversy after saying that good-looking girls and mobile phones were primary reasons for road accidents. "If you have a good motorcycle, good mobile and a beautiful girlfriend, accidents are bound to happen," he told media. The BJP leader is not the first one to make such a controversial remark. In India, it is the order of the day, especially...
10:31 PM, Nov 10, 2012
1. A Northbound Hurricane Hurricane Sandy is moving slowly toward the north-northeast but is expected to turn to the north and west later Sunday and Monday, forecasters say. At some point, it's expected to become what's known as an extratropical storm. Unlike a tropical system like a hurricane, which gets its power from warm ocean waters, extratropical systems are driven by temperature contrasts in the atmosphere. Although Sandy is currently...
10:56 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Bloomsburg: The National Weather Service has downgraded Sandy from a hurricane to a tropical storm but warns that "widespread impacts" are still expected into next week for the US East Coast. The storm was expected to increase in speed and move away from the Bahamas and parallel to the southeast coast of the United States later this weekend. Maximum sustained winds dropped to near 70 mph early Saturday, pushing it...
02:56 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Washington: Ever dreamed of riding a car that drives by itself? The fantasy may turn into a reality by 2015. American auto maker General Motors (GM) is in the final stages of developing a semi-autonomous car that can stay in its lane, steer away from danger, apply breaks when needed, completely on its own, nearly eliminating the possibility of an accident. The company expects the technology to be in cars...
07:18 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has served jail for her irresponsible driving, feels it's unfair that fellow actress Amanda Bynes has not yet been arrested for her ongoing driving indiscretions. "Why did I get put in jail and a Nickelodeon star has had no punishment so far," Lohan tweeted, making an indirect reference to Bynes. "These are the moments that I appreciate my life experiences, living without regrets and...
05:52 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: The Government Railway Police (GRP) has started a new website, displaying figures of the number of men, women and transgenders who have fallen victim to railway accidents. This is the first time that transgenders have been included in the GRP administration statistics. According to GRP officers, they have been asked from their superiors to compile the list in three categories, male, female and transgender. The total number of accidents...
02:37 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Bangalore: It has been seven months since the Bangalore Traffic Police made it mandatory for drivers of both light and heavy commercial vehicles to wear seat belts. Unlike other cities, till date, this community has not taken the rule seriously especially the heavy commercial vehicle drivers. From the month of January till July, 1,38,353 spot fines have been levied and another 15,480 notices have been sent by the authorities. Sub-Inspector,...
02:26 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Mumbai: The cherry red buses operated by the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) once raised spirits of commuters on the citys roads. But over the years, that seems to have been replaced with a kind of dread, thanks to the long history of accidents involving them. At least 15 people have died since January this year, after being hit by BEST buses, and 417 have been injured, say statistics...
03:28 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Our roads are simply not the safest places for pedestrians, it seems. As many as 3,272 pedestrians lost their lives in the state in road accidents in a matter of 18 months. This shocking data was presented in the Assembly on Monday by Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. In all, 21,665 pedestrians were also injured in road accidents during 2010-2011 and between January 1 and June 30, 2012, Thiruvanchoor said...
01:35 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Three persons died and as many as 20 persons, including two children, were injured in six separate road accidents in the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Dr Ramachandran Nair, 68, of Jagathy, Shiji, 32, of Chirayinekeezhu and Kumaravelu, 90, of Parassala. Dr Ramachandran Nair was killed when the car in which he was travelling from the city to Kadakkavur collided with a KSRTC bus, which was...
12:56 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Chennai: The roads of Chennai seem to be getting deadlier by the day. According to statistics in the recently released report titled Accidental Death and Suicides in India (ADSI 2011), prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau, Chennai has recorded the highest number of road accidents. The number is a staggering 9,845 cases in the year 2011. This is the highest among 53 cities in the country last year, and...
02:09 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Sixteen people have been charred to death and over 35 have been injured after the Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. Following is a list of the train accidents in India since the year 2000: January 2011: Goods train derails in Ghaziabad. April 2011: Mumbai Rajdhani Express catches fire near Ratlam, no deaths....
10:33 AM, May 22, 2012
HYDERABAD: Most of the Volvo buses, which have airconditioning facility, catch fire due to short-circuit. Besides,the buses have the engine at the rear and a delicate chassis. There were several possibilities for eruption of fire like disturbances at the exhaust man-pole located near the silencer, leakages from the fuel tank or short-circuit in the engine.When a Volvo bus meets with an accident, the damage to the vehicle can be immense...
10:23 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: A DTC driver accused of driving rashly and mowing down a pedestrian, who was crossing a road, has been absolved of the charges by a Delhi court which held that drivers cannot always be blamed for accidents due to the "menace of jaywalking" in the city. Observing that "even the most vigilant driver cannot avoid an accident if someone unexpectedly walks into middle of the road", Metropolitan Magistrate...
03:39 AM, May 12, 2012
