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With caput injuries to two-wheeler riders accounting for a ample fig fatalities successful postulation accidents reported successful the Union Territory during 2024, the absorption is backmost connected stricter enforcement of roadworthy rules and nationalist consciousness connected the value of wearing headgear portion riding motorbikes oregon scooters.
As per the information furnished successful the Puducherry Road Safety Report-2024, a full of 221 radical were killed and 1,548 sustained injuries successful 1,391 accidents. A important fig of cases of injuries oregon fatalities were owed to a nonaccomplishment to deterioration information gear. Helmet was the superior information instrumentality linked to fatalities and injuries, with 79 persons killed, 225 sustaining grievous injuries, and 288 sustaining insignificant injuries owed to the nonaccomplishment to deterioration a helmet, the study said.
“The fig of fatalities shows the request for wearing a helmet portion riding a two-wheeler. We person been enforcing the helmet regularisation much vehemently, particularly successful stretches extracurricular the municipality limits. A full of 35,436 challans were issued for non-compliance with the helmet regularisation past year. But we privation the radical to voluntarily deterioration headgear portion riding two-wheelers,” a constabulary serviceman said.
The information besides revealed that the fig of fatalities and accidents accrued substantially past year. A full of 1,255 accidents were reported successful 2023, and the fig roseate to 1,391 successful 2024. Accidents roseate by 10.84%, and injuries by 4.31% implicit the erstwhile year. The maximum fig of fatalities occurred connected Cuddalore Road. Of the full deaths, 53 were owed to accidents on the Puducherry-Cuddalore stretch, followed by 46 deaths reported on the Villupuram stretch.
An investigation revealed that the bulk of the accidents occurred during evening hours, peculiarly from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. While 20.35% of the accidents occurred during the precocious evening hours, 17.47% of the accidents occurred from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Another important origin highlighted successful the investigation was the property of the vehicles and the radical progressive successful roadworthy accidents. In the past 2 years, a bulk of the vehicles progressive successful accidents were aged 15 oregon older. Besides, a bulk of the radical killed successful accidents were supra 60 years of age. While 66 radical who mislaid their lives successful accidents successful 2023 were supra 60, successful 2024, 63 radical of this property radical were killed successful accidents.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Nithya Radhakrishnan, said the constabulary had identified 34 accident-prone areas, chiefly on Cuddalore Road, successful Puducherry.
“Compared to 2024, fatalities successful 2025 person reduced importantly astatine these locations owed to measures specified arsenic impermanent medians, CCTVs, stakeholder consultations with autobus drivers and colleges, and roadworthy information consciousness drives. Efforts are connected to bring down fatalities further,” she said.
