Amazing that a booming city like Srinagar where road vehicles have tripled in the last decade is still without traffic lights
Srinagar: About 63 people lost their lives while 537 were injured in 514 accidents across the city in 2009, a report prepared by Traffic Police says.
The report shows the number of killed in road accidents was 43 in 2008 and the accidents pick up pace in summers when both vehicular and pedestrian movements are high owing to Durbar move and tourist influx.
The reports suggest that the number of accident-related picked up pace in September 2009 when 10 people lost their lives in 60 accidents while July topped the accident rates in which seven people lost their lives in 66 road accidents.
Of all the accidents 62 accidents involved two-wheelers, while minibuses accounted for 56 accidents followed by Tata Sumo’s figuring in 31 accidents.
(Rising Kashmir)