A 'black spot' is a patch of 500 metres of the road on which five or more accidents with fatalities or grievous injuries have taken place in three years, according to the norms set up by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the Indian Road Congress. A review of corrective measures at road-accident prone “black spots” across Pune district was conducted in a meeting of District Level Road Safety Committee chaired by District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh on Monday.
During the meeting, Deshmukh directed stakeholders to furnish all the accident-related data to Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) launched by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) for effective analysis of mishaps. The meeting was attended by officials from Pune Rural Police, Pune City Police and Pimpri Chinchwad police along with teams from Regional Transport Office (RTO), the office of District Civil Surgeon and various entities involved in road construction.
According to norms set up by the MoRTH and the Indian Road Congress, a patch of 500 metres of a road on which five or more accidents with fatalities or grievous injuries have taken place in three years is known as “black spot”.
During the meeting, officials reviewed the black spots on the roads constructed by agencies such as state and central Public Works Department (PWDs), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporations. Discussions were held on the corrective measures undertaken as well as those pending at these spots.
Deshmukh underlined the importance of updating the accident information on iRAD and directed the civil surgeon to ensure information on accident victims treated at private hospitals is also submitted to the system.