Hyderabad fourth in road accident deaths with 370

Hyderabad: Hyderabad stands in fourth in the number of road accidents with 2,846 cases behind Chennai (7,580), Delhi (5,768) and Bengaluru (4,611) as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2018. A total of 310 persons died in road accidents in Hyderabad.This marks a 0.4 per cent increase since 2017 when 2,834 cases were registered, the NCRB said.

According to the NCRB report, 22,867 accidents were reported in the state, including road accidents (22,230) and railway accidents (637) and a total of 7,244 persons died.

Speeding accounted for 18,649 accidents, which caused 19,617 injuries and 5,377 deaths. Dangerous or careless driving or overtaking caused 2,070 accidents and 650 deaths. Driving under the influence of alcohol caused 168 accidents including 163 injuries and  49 deaths. Besides that weather conditions like poor visibility and other causes resulted in 147 accidents which resulted in 57 deaths and 171 injuries.

In Hyderabad, speeding accounted for 1,852 accidents cases in which 254 people died. Another 42 died in accidents caused by dangerous or careless driving or overtaking. Drunk driving caused 11 accidents resulting in three deaths.

Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, additional commissioner of police, traffic, Anil Kumar said, “Our priority is to reduce the number of fatal accidents. We have come a long way in reducing the fatal accidents in 2016 when there were 410 deaths by implementing different measures and awareness campaigns. Every year there is a tremendous growth in the number of vehicles plying on the city roads. Despite that, we are able to curb the fatal accidents.”