India Sees 47 Accidents & 18 Deaths Hourly, Road Engineering As A Concern: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari underscores a critical imperative: prioritizing lives through enhanced road safety measures. Identifying road engineering as a concern, he challenges the existing detailed project report approach. Efforts are invested in enlightening engineers about recurrent mistakes. Gadkari cites alarming statistics: India witnesses 47 accidents and 18 deaths hourly, with a staggering 70% of road accident fatalities occurring within the 18-34 age group. His message, shared at the New Car Assessment Program (Bharat NCAP), emphasizes urgency in reshaping road safety strategies and reiterates the gravity of reducing accidents and fatalities across India's roads.