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Road Accidents: 12 people have died in a road accident in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A day earlier, a bus caught fire on the Lucknow-Agra Express, killing one person and injuring 11 others. A day before this accident, 7 people were killed and more than 20 people were injured in an accident near Ambala. At present, the number of road accidents has increased. While people usually believe that fog or rain are more likely to cause accidents. According to the data of the Ministry of Road Transport, this is not so. Most accidents occur in summer. Transport experts have given the reason behind such a high number of accidents.
According to the data of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 16849 people have died in 412432 road accidents in the last one year. The highest number of road accidents have occurred in the months of May and June. 43307 road accidents occurred in May and 39432 in June. In which 16791 people died in May and 14762 in June.
More accidents happen on the road due to heat rather than rain or fog
If we talk about fog, it occurs the most in January. This month 13677 people died in 37040 road accidents. If we talk about rain, it rains in North India from July to September. During this period, the most road accidents occurred in July. 12266 people died in 37228 road accidents. According to statistics, more accidents occur in clear weather than in fog and rainy season.
SK Pandey, minister scientist of Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), said that when there is heavy traffic on the roads, the chances of accidents are high. In the month of May-June, school holidays start and people go to villages or for sightseeing. In such a situation, traffic on the road increases and road accidents also increase. On the other hand, fewer people go out in fog and rain and drive more carefully, which reduces the chances of accidents.