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competition success review annual subscription Published this article page no  34 Road accidents in India According to MoRTH Road accidents in India kill almost 1.5 lakh people annually. India has 1% of the worlds vehicles but accounts for 11% of all road accident deaths. o In the last decade alone road crashes have killed 1.3 million and injured over 5 million in India. o Road accidents in 2019 compared to the previous year i.e. 2018 decreased by 3.86 percent.Type of road accident Of the total number of accidents in 2019 Minor injuries accounted for the largest share of about 35% followed by fatal accidents of about 31% with Grievous injuries accounting for another 28%. o Grievous injury accident is one in which one or more victims suffer serious injury requiring hospitalization.  Economic cost 2019 World Bank report puts the road crash and serious injury cost estimate at 7.5 per cent of Indias GDP for 2016. It is more than twice the figure cited by the government at 3 per cent of GDP. Measures taken by MoRTH to improve road safety and ameliorate the impact of road accidents I. VISION ZEROThe Ministry has formulated a comprehensive National Road Safety Strategy to address the issue of road safety which provides the framework for National collaboration on road safety improvement and allow for a move towards VISION ZERO.This strategy covered themes on Education Publicity and awareness campaigns Engineering (both of roads and vehicles) Enforcement and Emergency Care. II. Research oriented Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD)IRAD is a robust system to enable the States and Centre to o Comprehend the information related to road accidents o Analyses the root cause of road accidents and o To develop and implement dataled road safety interventions 31 Research in Road SafetyEncourages increased activity in programmes of road safety research by identifying priority areas funding etc.Establishing centres of excellence in research and academic institutions. III. Behavioural change Improved road use behaviourGuidelines for the Scheme for setting up of Driving Training Centres (DTC)Establishment of Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) and Regional Driving Training Centre (RDTC) Publicity and awareness campaignsSpreading Awareness through TV Films Radio Spots and Print mediaRoad Safety Awareness Workshops Conducted in StatesInvolvement of NGOs and other Stakeholders. IV. Changing Transit Systems Engineering (both of roads and vehicles) measuresFor road o Identification and rectification of accident black spots and Road Safety Audits o Traffic Calming Measures and Installation of crash barriers competition success review annual subscription buy.

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competition success review annual subscription Published this article page no  33 ROAD SAFETY Why in news? Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has notified constitution of the National Road Safety Board. About National Road Safety BoardIt shall consist of the Chairman and not less than three but not exceeding seven Members to be appointed by the Central Government.The functions of the board inter alia are o Formulate specific standards for road safety traffic management and road construction for hilly region and guidelines for capacity building of traffic police highway authorities etc. o Formulate Guidelines for establishing and operating trauma facilities and paramedical facilities for consideration by the Central Government. o Provide technical advice and assistance promote good Samaritans and good practices and conduct research for road safety and traffic management. Concerns regarding ONDCUnnecessary intervention In general governments should intervene in markets only when there is a clearly identifiable market failure or massive societal benefits from creating shared infrastructure.Protest from private entities Larger ecommerce giants are protesting as they have already invested heavily in the R&D as well as deployment of their own processes and technology.Privacy and security concerns Such open network may lead to collection of personal data which may have privacy issues and its open nature may expose it to hackers. 30 o Promote consistency between international technical standards and domestic technical standards. The problem of Road Accidents Globally and in IndiaGlobal Statistics According to a World Bank report (2021) road accidents globally injure more than 3000 persons every day. o Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) are the 8th leading cause of death globally. o The risk of a road crash in lowincome countries is three times higher than compared to that in highincome countries. o India tops the world in road crash deaths (WHO 2018) with more than 400 fatalities per day competition success review annual subscription buy.

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