Jaipur: Rajasthan has witnessed the socio-economic losses Rs 49,230.86 Crore due to a road accident since 2016, according to an analysis conducted by consumer unity and the trust community (cutting), international.
This means, every year there is an average loss of Rs 9,846 Crore in the state due to an accident.
However, because less death and injury due to a pandemic, the figure decreases to around Rs 8,000 Crore in 2020.
According to data from the Ministry of Road Transportation and Jalan Raya India and the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 51,044 people have been killed in an accident on the road From 2016 to 2020, which means that every day there are 29 deaths every day in Rajasthan which shows that at least one person dies in a road accident every hour.
Madhu Sudan Sharma, Senior Program Officials, Road Safety, Cuts-International, said, “Accident costs include the number of medical, production, human, property damage and admin costs.” He said, “Rajasthan can avoid unwanted loads around Rs 10,000 Crore per year over accidents, injuries, and deaths, in a bad economy if the appropriate enforcement mechanism is developed.
The state needs to focus on five risk factors, which includes not Wearing a seat belt and helmet, driving drunk, high speed, and child safety, to reduce accidents.
“Experts claim that the burden is the addition of extraordinary social trauma faced by victims of road accidents.
They argue that the reduction of traffic speed can prevent many deaths and serious injuries, which are also themes for World Warning Day 2021.
“In Rajasthan, the transportation sector, in general, cannot be beneficial unless roads and deaths are drastically reduced.
Each death is Rs 91.16 Lakh, the cost of each fatal and sad injury is Rs 3.64 lakh and minor injury fees are Rs 77,938 as a World Bank report on injury and disability traffic disability, “Sharma added.
World day reminder days for road traffic victims are celebrated on the third Sunday every November.
Today’s international celebration is dedicated to remembering many millions of victims of road traffic throughout the world.
It was started by the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) in 1995 and was adopted by the resolution of the UN General Assembly on October 26, 2005.