On Wednesday, a six-year-old woman died after a dashing truck hit a motorbike in Noida’s Wazidpur. In the same accident, 4 males misplaced their lives and one sustained extreme accidents after their automotive, coming from the incorrect path, hit a tractor at Noida’s Sector 24 on October 1.
Within the final eight months, there have been 773 instances of street accidents – virtually 6.6% extra as in comparison with the final 12 months – exhibits knowledge shared by the Gautam Buddh Nagar Site visitors Police on Wednesday. From January 1 to August 31, 2023, the district reported 725 instances. These embrace instances wherein there have been fatalities and accidents.
“We have now develop into extra vigilant in opposition to visitors violations,” mentioned Gautam Buddh Nagar, Commissioner of Police, Laxmi Singh. She mentioned most challans issued within the district are for offences like driving with no helmet, rash driving, leaping pink lights, driving within the incorrect lane, and dashing.
As per the info, the full variety of challans issued for driving with no helmet from January to August final 12 months was 6,89,883. In 2024, this spiked by 65.23% with 11,39,866 challans issued.
Equally, challans for rash driving elevated by 57.59% this 12 months and people for driving within the incorrect path noticed a rise of 26.02%. “Initially, in Noida, most accidents would occur when drivers would hit a parked car however now, these instances have come down,” she mentioned. On the rise in challans issued for driving within the incorrect lane, Singh mentioned individuals take shortcuts considering they’ll save gas. “However the reality is when one drives within the incorrect path, the velocity can’t be the identical and the particular person is extra more likely to meet with an accident.”
A Site visitors Police officer mentioned on Wednesday alone, they seized 39 automobiles in simply 45 minutes for driving within the incorrect lane. Most of these seized automobiles, he mentioned, had been bikes.
The officer additionally mentioned the rise within the variety of e-rickshaws has additionally contributed to a rise in street accidents: “It’s troublesome to control them. Most of them are owned by influential individuals and infrequently rented to locals. Each time we take motion in opposition to them, they create a nuisance.”
The officer additionally famous that e-rickshaws are sometimes stationed haphazardly and drive with out headlights to avoid wasting their battery. “In sure instances, riders coming from sharp turns or reverse lanes don’t see them, resulting in accidents,” he mentioned.
Commissioner Singh mentioned the pressure is working critically on the ‘Golden Hour Coverage’, which is the primary essential hour after an accident. On the spot first assist given to street accident victims throughout this hour will increase their possibilities of survival and reduces the severity of accidents.
“Each time, we’re alerted to an accident, the native Station Home Officer instantly rushes to the spot. These injured are instantly taken to the close by hospital. This has introduced down the loss of life charges,” she mentioned.
She additionally mentioned most street accident instances happen due to unplanned street building. “Some roads have sharp U-turns, that are obtuse in angle, and the median intersections are usually not correctly outlined. We have now written to Noida Authority officers repeatedly, however have didn’t get any reply from them,” she alleged.
Nevertheless, Noida Authority Chief Govt Officer Lokesh M mentioned he is able to take up any proposal to ease congestion on roads and cut back the variety of street fatalities. “We have now a delegated Site visitors Police personnel within the Authority, who takes care of the division. All of the roads had been constructed earlier than my appointment. If, by any probability, I’ve missed these letters, I’ll look into it with quick impact,” the CEO mentioned.
Commissioner Singh additional mentioned newer offences like driving in no-entry zones, driving with out retro-reflective tapes, and use of lightbars, have been highlighted individually for an in depth motion plan.
