Sajid Bashir
Sunday, December 26, 2010
LAHORE
AS many as 332 people lost their lives while 27,264 were injured in 26,155 traffic accidents in provincial metropolis during the last 10 months, the data collected from Rescue 1122 and Edhi says.
On the other hand, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Capt (Retd) Mobeen claimed that the figures collected by the Traffic Police showed only 1,276 accidents taking place in Lahore during the last 22 months (from January, 2009 to October 2010) in which 658 people had been killed.
According to Lahore Emergency Service (Rescue 1122), more than 86 accidents take place daily on the City roads (about four accidents per hour). Over 92 people fall victim to these accidents daily (four every one hour). Among these victims, over 69 per cent people are between 11 to 30 years of age. Minor injuries aside, Rescue 1122 has categorised the injures into spinal, head, leg and multiple fractures totalling 26,137 during last 10 months. Of these there were 4,051 leg fractures.
Around 3,176 accidents took place during the month of October in the City in which 2,985 people were injured, around 102 road mishaps daily (four accidents per hour).
Over 47 per cent accidents happened due to motorcyclists, 30 per cent because of cars, 19 per cent due to motorcycle-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, 6 per cent due to commercial vans, 0.7 per cent due to trucks and 0.5 per cent due to buses.
Over 39 per cent accidents occurred due to carelessness, 25 per cent due to overspending, 15 per cent due to wrong-turns, 5 per cent due to U-turns while 14 per cent accidents due to other reasons.
The authorities’ concerned need to come up with a state-of-the-art technology to check rising road accidents. The City, particularly its northern areas need wide and encroachment-free roads. Auto and motorcycle-rickshaws are stated to be the main reasons for accidents in northern parts of Lahore. There is a dire need to check unfit vehicles and underage and overage driving on roads. Motorcycle rickshaws are seen driven by underage people and buses by overage drivers but traffic police hardly takes action against them.
In some areas such as Garhi Shahu, Chamra Mandi, Circular Road, Lorry Adda, Shadbagh and Mughalpura the involvement ratio of motorcycle-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws has increased the number of accidents.
When contacted City Traffic Officer, he said that only 1,276 accidents took place from January 2009 to October 2010 in which 658 people were killed. He said that the record complied by Rescue 1122 was not correct as there was a considerable difference between the figures complied by the two departments.
He said that accidents happened due to two major reasons, one wrong-turns and the second rash-driving. “We have launched a media campaign to educate the commuters to avoid such accidents in future,” he concluded.
CTO Capt (Retd) Mobeen said that traffic police was trying its best to come up with new and effective ways to guide the citizens regarding road safety laws. He said that the traffic police are weekly conducting special training sessions in different colleges and universities to educate the students regarding traffic safety laws.
He said that traffic police have also published pamphlets which were being distributed by the traffic wardens in the City.
Rescue 1122 spokesman Fahim Jahanzaib said that the data complied by the them was absolutely correct as they mentioned all details including names, addresses, ages, causes and times of accidents and types of injuries.
He said that City Traffic Police officials had been deployed at specified places while they had to go to every nook and cranny of the City to meet emergencies.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=22250&Cat=5&dt=12/26/2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
LAHORE
AS many as 332 people lost their lives while 27,264 were injured in 26,155 traffic accidents in provincial metropolis during the last 10 months, the data collected from Rescue 1122 and Edhi says.
On the other hand, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Capt (Retd) Mobeen claimed that the figures collected by the Traffic Police showed only 1,276 accidents taking place in Lahore during the last 22 months (from January, 2009 to October 2010) in which 658 people had been killed.
According to Lahore Emergency Service (Rescue 1122), more than 86 accidents take place daily on the City roads (about four accidents per hour). Over 92 people fall victim to these accidents daily (four every one hour). Among these victims, over 69 per cent people are between 11 to 30 years of age. Minor injuries aside, Rescue 1122 has categorised the injures into spinal, head, leg and multiple fractures totalling 26,137 during last 10 months. Of these there were 4,051 leg fractures.
Around 3,176 accidents took place during the month of October in the City in which 2,985 people were injured, around 102 road mishaps daily (four accidents per hour).
Over 47 per cent accidents happened due to motorcyclists, 30 per cent because of cars, 19 per cent due to motorcycle-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, 6 per cent due to commercial vans, 0.7 per cent due to trucks and 0.5 per cent due to buses.
Over 39 per cent accidents occurred due to carelessness, 25 per cent due to overspending, 15 per cent due to wrong-turns, 5 per cent due to U-turns while 14 per cent accidents due to other reasons.
The authorities’ concerned need to come up with a state-of-the-art technology to check rising road accidents. The City, particularly its northern areas need wide and encroachment-free roads. Auto and motorcycle-rickshaws are stated to be the main reasons for accidents in northern parts of Lahore. There is a dire need to check unfit vehicles and underage and overage driving on roads. Motorcycle rickshaws are seen driven by underage people and buses by overage drivers but traffic police hardly takes action against them.
In some areas such as Garhi Shahu, Chamra Mandi, Circular Road, Lorry Adda, Shadbagh and Mughalpura the involvement ratio of motorcycle-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws has increased the number of accidents.
When contacted City Traffic Officer, he said that only 1,276 accidents took place from January 2009 to October 2010 in which 658 people were killed. He said that the record complied by Rescue 1122 was not correct as there was a considerable difference between the figures complied by the two departments.
He said that accidents happened due to two major reasons, one wrong-turns and the second rash-driving. “We have launched a media campaign to educate the commuters to avoid such accidents in future,” he concluded.
CTO Capt (Retd) Mobeen said that traffic police was trying its best to come up with new and effective ways to guide the citizens regarding road safety laws. He said that the traffic police are weekly conducting special training sessions in different colleges and universities to educate the students regarding traffic safety laws.
He said that traffic police have also published pamphlets which were being distributed by the traffic wardens in the City.
Rescue 1122 spokesman Fahim Jahanzaib said that the data complied by the them was absolutely correct as they mentioned all details including names, addresses, ages, causes and times of accidents and types of injuries.
He said that City Traffic Police officials had been deployed at specified places while they had to go to every nook and cranny of the City to meet emergencies.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=22250&Cat=5&dt=12/26/2010
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