Last Year Delhi Witnessed 1 Fatal Accident Every Square Kilometre And 4 Deaths Every Day

Half of the accident cases in Delhi last year were hit-and-run cases and 44% of the victims were pedestrians.

An accident analysis report released by traffic police found that Delhi had one fatal accident per square kilometre of road stretch in 2017 while on an average, four people died every day in accidents. Mukundpur Chowk had the highest number of hit-and-run cases last year.

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During the study, police found private cars and taxis to be the biggest killers on the road. Two-wheeler riders were found to be the second most vulnerable lot after pedestrians, comprising over 32% of the total victims. Police also spotted an increase in the number of deaths of cyclists, especially in the morning hours. Africa Avenue and Alipur Road were found to be the two most dangerous roads for pedestrians. Ring Road and Outer Ring Road were found to be the most dangerous stretches overall. Police identified 303 points across the city as accident-prone of which 145 were the most dangerous.

The study also found that there were more fatal accidents in the evening. As many as 845 fatal crashes occurred after dark while 720 happened during the day.

Even though the peripheral expressways reduced the number of goods vehicles in the city, the maximum number of accidents occurred between 7pm and 2am. However, the number of goods vehicles involved in such accidents came down.

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It was found that 65% of the accidents took place due to driver¡¯s error of which 24% were caused due to speeding and 14% due to dangerous driving like disobeying traffic rules. Poor lighting on the road led to 56% of accidents last year while 39% were caused by potholes.

Central and east Delhi were found to be more prone to simple accidents where vehicles were damaged, but west and outer Delhi were found to be prone to fatal accidents. Police said open village roads and speeding were the reasons behind the rise in the number of fatal accidents on these stretches.

But what has worried the police is the increase in the number of fatal accidents in Lutyens¡¯ Delhi from 57 in 2016 to 65 in 2017. Most of the accidents took place between October and December. Police said better laid roads and proper signage could reduce the number of fatal accidents.

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Areas around Janakpuri, Najafgarh, Tilak Nagar, Mayapuri and Bawana were more prone to accidents involving heavy vehicles and in most cases they were found to be incidents of hit and run. Cars were found to be the biggest offenders in Rohini, Burari and Kalyanpuri areas. Drivers from Delhi were found to be involved in 67% of the accidents while those from Haryana were involved in 20% of cases. Last year, 81 people died after crashing their own vehicles.

The traffic police issued 2,34,422 challans for dangerous driving, 1,39,985 for speeding and 33,342 for drunk driving last year. A record 11.02 lakh challans were issued to two-wheeler riders for not wearing helmets.