Why India’s Ways are in the world’s most deadly

India’s newspapers are full of traffic accidents – the reports of traffic accidents – drunk drivers, drunk drivers, stationary trucks and two-wheeled cars collapsed with larger vehicles.

These daily tragedies emphasize a silent crisis: In 2023, more than 17,230 people died on the Indian roads, 474 deaths or all three minutes

Despite the release of the official accident report for 2023, traffic and highways were referred to Minister Nitin Gadkari to draw a picture of a grim In a road safety event in December.

He was 10,000 children between the dead. Accidents near the school and college, 10,000 deadly, 35,000 pedestrians lost their lives. Two-wheel drive drivers also gave birth to death. Excessive speed usually appeared as the biggest cause.

The lack of major security measures proved to be fatal: 54,000 people died without wearing a helmet and wearing seat belts.

Other basic reasons include excessive loading that causes 12,000 deaths and includes a reliable licensed driving in 34,000 accidents. Driving on the wrong side also helped death.

In 2021, 13% of accidents entered the drivers with a student permission or a reliable license. Many vehicles along the way are the main security features such as old and seat belts – leave unable bags.

This dangerous road environment is becoming even more difficult with the chaotic traffic mixture of India.

A series of users followed the ways of a daring. Motor vehicles, buses and motorcycles have motorized vehicles such as bicycles, rickshaws and hand kits, animal designs, pedestrians and cunning animals. Hawkers flush to roads and footpaths to force pedestrians to the roads and footpaths, to make the stream of pedestrians and traffic.

Despite efforts and investments, India’s ways remain among the most dangerous in the world. Experts say this is not only in infrastructure, but a crisis in human behavior, applied gaps and systematic indifference. Traffic accidents apply an important economic load, The price of India is 3% of the annual GDP.

India has The second largest road network in the world6.6 million kilometers (4.1 m miles) range from the United States. National and state highways together make up approximately 5% of the total network, while other means, including other ways, including other roads, including other ways. There are about 350 million registered vehicles.

Gadkari, road safety and the law, many traffic accidents occurred in many road accidents.

“There are several reasons for accidents, but the greatest human behavior,” he said.

Again, this is just a part of the picture. Pointed to Gadkari last month Poor Civil Engineering practices – Defective road design, standard construction and weak management – along with non-adequate plaques and signs, as well as those who are excitedly highly traffic accidents.

“The most important sinners are civil engineers … small things like road signs and marking system are very weak in the country,” he said.

The Ministry has been said since 2019 Large drawbacks on 59 national highwaysLast month, the Assembly said in an accident, including caves. By 13,795 Accident-inclined “black spots”Only 5,036 was under the long-term rectification.

Over the years, the road safety inspections conducted by the Center for Transport Research and Injuries (Tripp) in the Indian Institute of India (Tripp) revealed serious flaws in the road infrastructure.

Get Accident Obstacles. These are meant to keep the vehicles that remove the road safely – without sliding them. But in many places, they do the opposite.

Despite the clear standards for zap, space and installation, surface reality, it often gives a different story: Incorrect height metal obstacles are placed in concrete bases or weak. These flaws can cause a vehicle, especially to a truck or bus, instead of stopping it instead of safe.

“If not completely shown, the accident barriers can hurt more than good,” Geetam Tiwari, IIT Delhi, Professor of Civil Engineering, BBC.

Then there are tall medians – or road divisors for the locals. High-speed roads are likely to gently separate the movement of medians in the opposite direction. There are many cm (3.9in), but there are many checks.

When a high-speed vehicle struck a vertical media of the tire, the tire explosion raises the risks, even the vehicle – leads to dangerous leaps. Many medians in India are simply prepared in view of this threat.

The lying on a highway near the capital, stands as a Stark example – a road that slides with dense settlements on both sides without security measures to protect residents. People’s traffic jams in medians like high speed traffic discharge.

And then there are roads raised. The recurring revival on many rural roads, left the main road above six to eight inches.

If this instant drop can be fatal – especially when a driver starts to prevent an obstacle. Two-wheeled ones are at the most risk, but even cars can also slide, tip or convert. The danger with each layer added only continues to rise, experts say.

Obviously, India’s road design standards are firm on paper – but it is poorly applied in place.

“One major issue involves minimal penalties in accordance with security standards. Agreements are often connected to the miles that are generally built – Sub says,” says Prof. Tiwari.

Minister Gadkari recently announced Ambitious plan to raise 25,000 km of highways up to four lane. “This will help reduce accidents on the roads,” he said.

Experts like Chicago University Kavi Bhalla are skeptical. Mr Bhalla, who works on road safety in low and medium-lucrative countries, claims that India’s road design is often imitated by the country’s unique traffic and infrastructure needs.

“There is no reason to believe that the road expansion will cause less traffic death. In India, there are many evidence that the road development in the higher traffic speed, which is fatal to pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycles.”

“Copy the key issue, the new roads in India simply copy road designs used in the United States and Europe, where the environment of the road is very different. In the United States, the United States is investing in the United States in the United States,” Mr. Bhalla added.

The government “applies 5ES” strategy to solve the crisis of road safety: Road engineering, vehicles, education, application and ambulance services, KK Kapila, the International Road Federation. (According to the report of the Indian Legal Commission, in a timely manner, the accident may maintain 50% of the death accident.)

Mr. Kapila, with the road safety plan, helps to the federal government. He says that the seven main states were asked to identify the most accidental prone elongations. After implementing the target interventions based on the frame of 5ES, these stretchers “became the safest in their own states,” he said.

Most of most economists agree to build more ways, it is key to the growth of India, but should not prioritize the lives of stable and pedestrians and cyclists.

“The price of development should not be born by the poorest segments of society. If this does not happen, the roads will only be smooth, cars faster and more people will die.

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