Safety & Incidents Archive

“The mass road crash casualties are happening due to the trucks & truck drivers” Dr Kamaljeet Soi – Vice Chairman at Punjab State Road Safety Council

Posted on May 21, 2013 | No Comments
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Dummy Traffic Police Controlling Bangalore Streets

Posted on May 3, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! With India topping the list in the World Health Organization’s first ever Global...
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Increasing Public Transport in New Delhi

Posted on April 3, 2013 | No Comments
Commuters in the national capital region and especially in New Delhi, received some good news as the government of Delhi recently announced it would increase its fleet of low-floor busses...
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Trucks: how tonnage is evolving and why?

Posted on March 26, 2013 | No Comments
The commercial vehicle industry in India has witnessed tremendous growth in the past few years. As India’s economy has grown, so did the need for heavy weight commercial vehicles and...
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Driving on the wrong side

Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! India has the notorious reputation of having the largest number of road accidents...
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“The right use of technology is an effective tool” Chetan Prasad CEO – Invisible Bus Bay

Posted on March 12, 2013 | No Comments
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The Expanse of National Highways

Posted on March 11, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! The State Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Sarvey Sathyanarayana, recently announced...
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Tube and tubeless tyres – Focus on manufacturers

Posted on February 22, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Radialisation in India! The very first tubeless tyres were invented in the early 1900s. However, they could only be introduced much later due to...
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Barricades on roads—boon or bane?

Posted on February 20, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! Usually roads are barricaded to decrease speeding vehicles. Especially during monsoons, accident prevention...
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Necessity of traffic police on Indian roads

Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! In the last decade India has witnessed healthy economic growth. The growing prosperity...
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What is India doing about its extensive pothole problem?

Posted on February 11, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! India seems to have been halted en route to economic progress by the...
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India’s Plan for Railway Over-Bridges

Posted on February 7, 2013 | No Comments
Over-bridges are bridges that are built over a river, a road or railway to allow traffic to pass over the top. If the bridge is built over a railway to...
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Construction work for Bengaluru Metro

Posted on February 6, 2013 | No Comments
Capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Bengaluru is one of the fastest growing cities in the country with a population of over five million. Over the last decade,...
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Understanding tyre codes

Posted on January 18, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Radialisation in India! Tyres form an intrinsic if not integral part of a vehicle. However, there is more to a tyre than just making...
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Tyre Norms and Standards

Posted on January 15, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Radialisation in India! Tyres form the most basic part of a vehicle and perhaps one of the most important too, but remain unfortunately largely...
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Traffic police – how useful are they?

Posted on January 4, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! The usefulness and effectiveness of the traffic police on Indian roads have often...
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Unmarked open manholes – a cause of accidents

Posted on January 2, 2013 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! Hundreds of lives are lost every year across the country due to accidents...
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Increasing number of auto accidents in India

Posted on December 18, 2012 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! A feature that is common to most Indian cities is the three-wheeled auto...
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Road safety films hit India’s cinemas

Posted on December 17, 2012 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! According to a survey by the World Health Organisation in 2009, it has...
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New campaign by Indian Government to promote road safety

Posted on December 12, 2012 | No Comments
Find here our Special Issue on Road Safety! Find here our infographics on NHDP road construction pace! With an estimated 13 people dying every hour on the roads, India tops...
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