Prayagraj: by by increasing road accidents either in the fatal and non-fatal category, senior police officers have taken a review of black spots or accident-prone areas in four districts range.
Prasagraj has the highest 52 spots, including five on national highways and one on the state highway, followed by Fatehpur (24), Kaushambi (16) and Pratapgarh (11).
There are currently 40 black spots on the national highway in four districts, including Prayagraj (5), Kaushambi (9), Pratapgarh (7) and Fatehpur (19).
Likewise, there are 12 black spots on the state highway – Prasagraj (1), Pratapgarh (4), Fatehpur (2) and Kaushambi (5).
Inspector General of Police (Range of Prayers) K Singh told Tii, “We are looking for short and long-term steps to end black spots.
We consult with other departments such as RTO and PWD for the same thing.” He said, ” Status of each black place located on national highways and the country together with other connecting roads is being reviewed …
Police are studying the nature of accidents, victims, causes, and related problems before claiming to be accident -Prone area.
These spots are resolved After looking into the history of the place and the number of accidents reported in the last three years.
“Traffic police officials are also busy studying the reasons and history of these specific fields where accidents have occurred more than three times.
The number of Range Police revealed that as many as 671 people had died in 1,184 road accidents between January 1 and June 15 this year in the four regencies of the Prasagraj range.
A total of 671 people, including 249 in Pralanraj, 191 were in Fatarh, 191 in Kaushambi, lost their lives between January 1 and June 15.
In the same period, 689 people were also injured – Pralanggih (334), Pratapgarh (334), Pratapgarh (124), Fatehpur (153) and Kaushambi (78).
Traffic police claim that violations of the speed limit and driving rash are two main factors behind accidents on these black spots and the number of new black spots that tend to be added in the list.