Road safety is one issue that needs special attention as there's one death reported every 4 minutes on the streets of India. India holds the highest number of deaths due to road accidents. According to the World Health Organization report, India suffers from the highest number of deaths - around 1,05,000 in absolute terms annually- due to road accidents in the world owing to poor infrastructure and dangerous driving habits.
Road traffic crashes take the lives of nearly 1.3 million every year, and injure 20-50 million more
in the world, India along with China are listed among countries with the highest number of deaths.
Poor road infrastructure, failure to comply with speed limits, growing drinking and driving habits, and refusal to use proper motorcycle helmets and use child car seats, are
among the main factors contributing to deaths from road
crashes.
As Road Safety week is currently being observed across the country, everybody who drives on the roads should essentially take a unanimous pledge to comply with traffic rules, speed limits, wear helmets and must not drive while drunk. These are the only ways we can reduce number of road casualties in India. Let’s make all our `yatra’ as `shubh yatra’ and journey and `Happy Journey’
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