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Number of deaths on roads is not decreasing, National Road Traffic Injury Surveillance System will have to be created
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways constantly expresses concern that despite all efforts, the number of road accidents and the loss of life in them is not decreasing. Of course, the negligence of drivers towards traffic rules is a major reason, but at the same time the problem is also that the government has not been able to improve the necessary mechanism for monitoring and improvement till now.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways regularly shows concern that, notwithstanding all these initiatives, accidents and deaths in them are not reducing. Of course, drivers' oversight of traffic rules is a primary cause, but simultaneously, the issue is that to date, the government has not been capable of enhancing the required mechanism of checking and improvement.
In the report of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Center of IIT Delhi, concern has been expressed that India does not yet have a National Road Traffic Injury Surveillance System.
It is ironic that the data of the states does not match with the portal of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In the India Status Report on Road Safety-2024 report, experts have asserted that there is a need for a dependable accident data system for every facet of operating a successful road safety program.
