A total of 1405 accidents took place in the state last year. Of these, the maximum 1079 accidents were caused by rash driving, in which 582 died and 849 were injured. In 98 accidents, 53 died and 81 were injured due to driving in the wrong direction.

There are 46 deaths in five districts of the state. On these accident prone roads, Transport Minister Chandan Ramdas has instructed to take safety measures before the rainy season. He said that all the concrete measures for road safety should be taken while completing the tender process of all the black spots which are untouched.

Which black spots in which district
Dehradun: Seven Mode, Chandni Chowk, Kali Mandir, Anna Hazare Chowk, Mothrowala Chowk, Saraswati Vihar, Purani Choki, Ambari Mode, Lehman Bridge, Bright Angel, Badawala, Langha Road, Near Harbatpur Mazar, Chhabra Road Tiraha Sahaspur, Rangadwala Chungi, Opposite Law College and Amitabh Tax Tiles Mill.

Haridwar: Imlikheda GIC Tiraha, Malakpur Chungi, Double Gate Over Bridge Mohanpur, Military Chowk, Rasiyabadha, Gandikhata, Yellow River, Chidiyapur and Tierachha Bridge from Swadeshi Company.
Tehri: Kangusali Madannegi Motorway.

Udhamsingh Nagar: Village Sisauna, Near Keshowala Mode Bajpur, Stadium Tiraha to Ujjain Tiraha, Opposite Nagla Bypass, Dineshpur Mode to Sakania, Surajpur to NIMT, 31st Corps PAC, Nagla University Gate to Shantipuri Gate, Pilibhit Road between Charubeta to Mandel until.

Nainital: Chhoi Tirahe to Shamshara Hotel Mode, Pilikothi, Lamachaud, Reliance Petrol Pump Kashipur Road, Kashipur Road near Nathanpir Mazar, Ranikhet Road near Amdanda Barrier, Lakhanpur Square to PWD Guest House, Himmatpur Square, VIP from Railway Station Gate, Motahaldu.

Learn the most about rash driving

The road safety council meeting also discussed the causes of accidents. It was told that a total of 1405 accidents took place in the state last year. Of these, the maximum 1079 accidents were caused by rash driving, in which 582 died and 849 were injured. 53 killed and 81 injured in 98 accidents due to driving in the wrong direction.

18 killed and 17 injured in 27 accidents even after overtaking from wrong direction. In cases of drunken driving, 16 accidents took place, in which four died and 20 were injured. Six killed, one injured in seven accidents of wrong parking. 11 died and two were injured in six accidents due to the poor condition of the vehicle. Two accidents occurred due to the weather, in which one was killed and one was injured. Five died and four were injured in four accidents when the animal suddenly came in front of the vehicle. 131 died and 100 were injured in 159 accidents due to other reasons.

Cars and heavy vehicles are getting deadly
According to the Transport Department, last year the maximum number of 369 accidents were caused by cars. This was followed by 305 accidents involving medium or heavy load vehicles. There were 241 accidents of two wheelers, 25 of three wheelers, 49 of taxi-maxi, 70 of minibus, bus, 82 of tractor trolley, 103 of unknown vehicle and 66 of light weight vehicle. 95 accidents of other vehicles were registered.

Road accidents are happening more in villages than in cities
. It also came to the fore in the meeting that in the last three years, more accidents took place in rural areas. In 2020, there were 458 accidents in villages, 732 in villages and 673 in cities in 2021, 275 in villages and 242 in cities between January and April this year. In these, the deaths have also taken place in the villages and the injured have also been more.

More accidents
in the plains districts. are happening. There were 328 accidents in Dehradun in 2019, 246 in 2020 and 365 in 2021. There were 327 accidents in Udham Singh Nagar in 2019, 271 in 2020 and 361 in 2021. There were 300 accidents in Haridwar in 2019, 229 in 2020 and 354 in 2021. There were 197 accidents in Nainital district in 2019, 147 in 2020 and 177 in 2021. The least number of accidents occurred in the state, five in 2019, four in 2020 and nine in 2021 in Bageshwar district. On an average three to 46 accidents are taking place in the hill districts in a year.