316 car accidents claimed 51 lives in 17 months: RTI

Nagpur: Accidents involving four-wheeler drivers have claimed more lives than other modes of road transport in the city in last 17 months. From January 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021, there were 316 accidents due to cars, killing as many as 51 pople.
In comparison, 200 trucks were involved in road accidents in the jurisdiction of Nagpur city police commissionerate, which claimed lives of 102 people.
The data was shared by Nagpur city traffic police in a reply to an RTI query filed by activist Abhay Kolarkar.
Bus drivers were involved in 29 road accidents that claimed lives of five people.
Roads in the city are unsafe as compared to ring roads where mostly heavy vehicles ply. As per the RTI reply, roads and major thoroughfares in the city witnessed 1,022 accidents that killed 255 persons. On ring roads, there were 101 accidents in which 36 persons were killed.
When it comes to violating traffic rules and regulations, two-wheeler riders lead the pack. As many as 2.48 lakh two-wheeler riders paid Rs 3.56 crore as fine for not wearing helmet while riding.
The traffic police collected Rs1.20 crore fine from 84,379 riders without valid driving licence in the last 17 months.
As many as 69,262 people were caught for using mobile phones while driving. They paid Rs 1.20 crore in fines.
The cops penalized 13,939 motorists/drivers for speeding, which is a major violation that contributes to road accidents, and collected Rs19.94 lakh fine from them.
For other violations like wrong-side driving, 5,032 people paid Rs 20.19 lakh fine while 49,398 coughed up Rs75.62 lakh for jumping red lights.
Honking in silent zones led to 299 motorists/drivers paying up Rs 1.15lakh fine.
The RTI reply also revealed that against issuance of 11,07,991 e-challans, 4,89,740 violators haven’t paid fine of over Rs20.44 crore.
ROAD REALITY
Roads--———Accidents——----Fatalities
City roads————-1,022—————----255
Ring Roads————101———————36
Vehicle---Accidents---Killed
Car--——-316————-51
Trucks——200———-102
Bus————29———05
Top violations
Violations————-Cases———Fine
Without helmet——-2,48,999—---3.56Cr
Signal jumping———49,383--—-75.6L
Speeding—————-13,939——20L
Wrong-side driving--—5,032——20.2L
Using cell phones——69,262--—-1.2Cr
Honking in silent zone---299——-1.15L
No licence driving——84,379---1.2Cr
(Fine in Rs)