Only 1 fatal mishap in Mumbai due to bad roads, potholes in ’18: RTI
TNN | Mar 8, 2019, 08:08 IST
Picture used for representational purpose onlyMUMBAI: City traffic police have claimed that only one fatal accident occurred due to potholes and bad roads in the city last year, in response to a Right to Information (RTI) plea filed by an activist.
Shakil Ahmed Shaikh had sought the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents in the city since 2014, and the number of fatalities due to bad roads. The traffic department replied on February 28 that 2,736 people died in road accidents between 2014-18. Of these, 2,284 victims were male. In 2018, only two persons died in an accident due to potholes and bad roads, police said.
“I find it tough to believe that a single fatal accident was caused from potholes when city roads are in such a pathetic condition,” Shaikh told TOI. “This basically indicates that police have not been recording bad roads or potholes as a reason for a road crash. The police’s job should not end at recording accidental deaths. An analysis of what caused the casualties is key,” Shaikh added.
The traffic department stated that 18,029 people were injured in road accidents since 2014. Of these, 14,150 were males.
A report filed last year by Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety, headed by former apex court judge Justice K S Radhakrishnan, said 14,926 persons had died in road accidents due to potholes in 2013-17 across the country. Supreme Court, after perusing the report, had said these deaths were “unacceptable” and the number was probably more than those killed on the border or by terrorists. “This indicates that the authorities are not maintaining roads properly,” a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had said.
Shakil Ahmed Shaikh had sought the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents in the city since 2014, and the number of fatalities due to bad roads. The traffic department replied on February 28 that 2,736 people died in road accidents between 2014-18. Of these, 2,284 victims were male. In 2018, only two persons died in an accident due to potholes and bad roads, police said.
“I find it tough to believe that a single fatal accident was caused from potholes when city roads are in such a pathetic condition,” Shaikh told TOI. “This basically indicates that police have not been recording bad roads or potholes as a reason for a road crash. The police’s job should not end at recording accidental deaths. An analysis of what caused the casualties is key,” Shaikh added.
The traffic department stated that 18,029 people were injured in road accidents since 2014. Of these, 14,150 were males.
A report filed last year by Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety, headed by former apex court judge Justice K S Radhakrishnan, said 14,926 persons had died in road accidents due to potholes in 2013-17 across the country. Supreme Court, after perusing the report, had said these deaths were “unacceptable” and the number was probably more than those killed on the border or by terrorists. “This indicates that the authorities are not maintaining roads properly,” a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had said.
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