Road Safety
If you and your news organization are still covering road traffic fatalities the way news organizations have always covered them — as random, isolated “accidents” with sad but largely unavoidable consequences for the victims — you are missing one of the major news stories of our time. Simply put, the carnage on the world’s roads […]
India has 1% of the world’s vehicles but accounts for 11% of all road accident deaths and 6% of total road crashes (MORTH, 2018). Every day, around 42 children and 31 adolescents are killed in road crashes, contributing 10% to the total road crash deaths, with most of these deaths occurring near schools and colleges. […]
दुनिया के कुल वाहनों के सिर्फ 1 प्रतिशत व्हीकल ही भारत की सड़कों पर दौड़ते हैं, लेकिन सड़क दुर्घटना में मरने वालों का आंकड़ा हमारे देश का दुनियाभर में 11 प्रतिशत है। जबकि रोड़ एक्सीडेंट में कुल भागीदारी 6 प्रतिशत है। (मार्च, 2018) दुनियाभर में रोजाना होने वाली मौतों में 42 बच्चे और 31 युवा […]
Experts, journalists, and RJs discuss innovative editorial and programming strategies to protect children from road traffic injuries Ahmedabad, 16 October 2024 – To protect children from the increasing dangers of road accidents, over 30 media professionals from print, online, and radio gathered in Ahmedabad for a two-day ‘National Media Workshop on Road Safety,’ organized by […]
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