WHAT MAKE TOO MANY ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KERALA

Huge number of people fall die on our roads year after year. Many are injured and become seriously incapacitated. We may find below the number of accidents and deaths in the recent past.

Year         No. of             No. of
                 Accidents      Deaths
2016          39420            4287
2017          38470            4131
2018          40181            4303
2019          41111            4440
2020          27877            2979
2021          16312            1719

The New Indian Express says that according to Sri Upendra Narayan, road safety expert and visiting faculty in many academic institutions across the state including Kerala Police Academy, motor cycles constitute as little as 1% of the total vehicles in the world, yet these contribute to almost 20% of accidents in the world. He says further that there are several reasons for the increasing number of bike accidents. First, indisciplined and immatured bike riding. Most of the bike riders are young people. Sri Upendra also points out a number of deficiencies in traffic rules in India.

There is a general allegation that most of the road accidents in Kerala are caused by intoxication. The fact is far from it. According to available information, during 2017, out of 38470 accidents, 23 were found under intoxication and that makes 0.06%. In 2018 it was 157 out of 40181 and that makes 0.4%.

In Kerala the chief cause of road accidents must be the attitude of the people on the driving seats irrespective of their age and type and conditions of the vehicles they drive.

(Indebted to: 1) Reports by Crime Records Bureau of Kerala Police.
2) Report by Toby Antony in The New Indian Express dated 27th March 2021)

K V George

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