30 schools and 32 metro stations in Delhi identified as accident-prone and black spots
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The report says the high-risk sites in Delhi are commonly found on high-speed national highways, expressways, or arterial roads. They are often road sections which cut through places with high pedestrian volume such as schools, metro stations, and commercial areas.
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About 30 schools and 32 metro stations across Delhi have been identified as high-risk dangerous sites with incidents of deaths by road crashes being reported from these areas. The victims in both these locations are pedestrians and the reason behind their deaths is the lack of proposed sidewalks, footpaths, pavements, and road crossing facilities, according to an analysis report by the city transport department.
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The reasons behind the large number of accidents around the schools, metro stations and other areas are due to poorly-constructed intersections with no clear lane markings and delineation, traffic calming, and pedestrian infrastructure, it says. The design of the road network forces vulnerable road users to mix with heavier and faster vehicles, it adds.
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As per the report analysis of three years from 2019 to 2021, speeding has been observed mostly among heavy vehicles—pickups/light trucks (63 per cent), minivans/minibuses (53 per cent) and large buses (44 per cent). “It is particularly concerning that buses are one of the vehicles which mostly speed, considering they are a primary mode of public transportation used by the majority of people in Delhi (43 per cent of travel is in buses). Hence, city-wide traffic enforcement activities need to focus on improving measures to address the higher speeds among buses and other heavy vehicles,” the report says.
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