Road accidents in kerala

അടിമാലി ∙ കൊച്ചി – ധനുഷ്കോടി ദേശീയപാതയിൽ ചീയപ്പാറയ്ക്കു സമീപം 250 അടിയിലേറെ താഴ്ചയിലേക്കു കാർ മറിഞ്ഞു. കാറിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നവർ വൻ ദുരന്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അദ്ഭുതകരമായി രക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. അടിമാലി പൊളിഞ്ഞപാലം പുത്തൻപുരയ്ക്കൽ അബ്ദുൽ ഖാദർ (50), ഭാര്യ റെജീന (46), അയൽവാസിയായ ബിജു (40), സഹോദരി ലാലി (47) എന്നിവരാണു നിസ്സാര പരുക്കുകളോടെ രക്ഷപ്പെട്ടത്. ദുബായിൽ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന മകൻ അബ്ദുൽ റസാഖിനെ നെടുമ്പാശേരി വിമാനത്താവളത്തിലെത്തിച്ചു മടങ്ങുമ്പോഴാണ് അബ്ദുൽ ഖാദറും സംഘവും ഇന്നലെ പുലർച്ചെ അപകടത്തിൽപെട്ടത്. ചീയപ്പാറ വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടത്തിനു സമീപം എത്തിയപ്പോൾ നിയന്ത്രണംവിട്ട കാർ കൊക്കയിലേക്കു പതിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. ഈറ്റത്തുറുവിൽ തങ്ങിയാണു വാഹനം നിന്നത്. രക്ഷാപ്രവർത്തനത്തിനു നാട്ടുകാർ എത്തിയെങ്കിലും ചെരിവും മുൾപ്പടർപ്പും തടസ്സമായി. ഇതോടെ അടിമാലിയിൽ നിന്ന് അഗ്നിരക്ഷാസേനയും ഹൈവേ പൊലീസും നാട്ടുകാരും ചേർന്ന് 2 മണിക്കൂർ സമയത്തെ പ്രയത്നം കൊണ്ടാണ് വാഹനത്തിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന 4 പേരെയും രക്ഷിച്ച് ദേശീയപാതയിൽ എത്തിച്ചത്. തുടർന്ന് അടിമാലി താലൂക്ക് ആശുപത്രിയിൽ പ്രവേശിപ്പിച്ചു. English Summary : Car accident on Kochi – Dhanushkodi National Highway near Cheeyappara ഇവിടെ പോസ്റ്റു ചെയ്യുന്ന അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ മലയാള മനോരമയുടേതല്ല. അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളുടെ പൂർണ ഉത്തരവാദിത്തം രചയിതാവിനായിരിക്കും. കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാരിന്റെ ഐടി നയപ്രകാരം വ്യക്തി, സമുദായം, മതം, രാജ്യം എന്നിവയ്ക്കെതിരായി അധിക്ഷേപങ്ങളും അശ്ലീല പദപ്രയോഗങ്ങളും നടത്തുന്നത് ശിക്ഷാർഹമായ കുറ്റമാണ്. ഇത്തരം അഭിപ്രായ പ്രകടനത്തിന് നിയമനടപടി കൈക്കൊള്ളുന്നതാണ്.

Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has said the road accident death rate has come down in the state after the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras became operational. Raju, after an evaluation meeting of the AI cameras installed across the state as part of the 'Safe Kerala' project, addressed the press here on Friday and said 3,52,730 violations were detected by the cameras from June 5 to 8. He said Keltron, which verifies the detections, uploaded 19,790 cases on the integrated transport monitoring system and the Motor Vehicles Department has issued challans in 10,457 violations. Also Read: "On an average, 12 road accident deaths were reported in Kerala per day, but after the installation of the AI cameras it has come down to 5-8 in the state," Raju said. He also said seat belts will be made mandatory for the drivers and front seat passengers of heavy vehicles from September 1. "Among the violations, 7,896 were by passengers in cars by not wearing seat belts. 6,153 were riding without helmets and 715 were cases of pillion riders without helmets," he added. The cameras also detected violations by 56 government vehicles including VIP cars and 10 challans were issued till now, he added. The Minister said directions were issued to Keltron to increase the infrastructure to register the violations detected into the integrated transport monitoring system including increasing the manpower. Senior government officials took part in the meeting. The Congress has been raising corru...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 9 (PTI) Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju on Friday said the road accident death rate has come down in the state after the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras became operational. Raju, after an evaluation meeting of the AI cameras installed across the state as part of the ‘Safe Kerala’ project, addressed the press here and said 3,52,730 violations were detected by the cameras from June 5 to 8. He said Keltron, which verifies the detections, uploaded 19,790 cases on the integrated transport monitoring system and the Motor Vehicles Department has issued chellans in 10,457 violations. “On an average, 12 road accident deaths were reported in Kerala per day, but after the installation of the AI cameras it has come down to 5-8 in the state,” Raju said. He also added that seat belts will be made mandatory to the drivers and front seat passengers of heavy vehicles from September 1. “Among the violations, 7,896 were by passengers in cars by not wearing seat belts. 6,153 were riding without helmets and 715 were cases of pillion riders without helmets,” he said. The cameras also detected violations by 56 government vehicles including VIP cars and 10 chellans were issued till now, he added. The Minister said directions were issued to the Keltron to increase the infrastructure to register the violations detected into the integrated transport monitoring system including increasing the manpower. Senior government officials took part in the meeting. The Congre...

By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: More than 16,000 lives have been lost on the roads in Kerala from 2018 to April 2022. During this period, more than 1.5 lakh road accidents took place in which 1.78 lakh people sustained injuries, the official data with the Kerala Police has revealed. As per the data, 2018 was the deadliest year as 4,303 people were killed, while 2020 saw a dip in casualties as 2,979 people got killed. Till April this year, 14,614 accidents were recorded in which 1,441 people lost their lives. The most number of accident deaths in 2021 occurred between 6pm and 9pm. As many as 777 people lost their lives during this time window and the most number of casualties was reported from rural areas (2,521). Contrary to the popular perception that accidents mostly occur around midnight, the 2021 data revealed that the number of accidents and resultant fatalities were in fact less during this time. From midnight to 3am, only 166 deaths were reported in the state, which is the lowest for any given time window spanning three hours. In the same period, 2,611 people lost their lives due to the fault of the drivers of the vehicles, while poor lighting and stray animals claimed 14 and 39 lives, respectively. The most number of accident deaths in 2021 occurred in January (407), while May recorded the least (123). The most number of lives was lost on tertiary roads (1,686), while 975 were killed on the national highways. Accidents on the state highways claimed 768 ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that the rate of road accident deaths in the state has dropped since the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras became operational. The AI cameras installed throughout the state had become operational on June 5. “Kerala reported an average of 12 road accident deaths daily. But since the AI cameras came up, the number has dropped to 5-8,” Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since the installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron that verifies the detections uploaded 19,790 cases on the integrated transport monitoring system. The Motor Vehicles Department has issued chellans in 10,457 violations till June 8. https-www-onmanorama-com-news-kerala onmanorama-topic-general-topics-1-accident onmanorama-topic-general-topics-39-surveillance-cameras onmanorama-topic-person-4-adv-antony-raju 5olb11j8cubt93df6jpo6s69if https-www-onmanorama-com-acp onmanorama-topic-organization-1-motor-vehicle-department onmanorama-topic-destination-8-thiruvananthapuram

Pathanamthitta: Eight persons died in different road accidents in Kerala on the first day of the New Year. At Thalavadi in Alappuzha, two young men were killed when a police jeep hit their bike. Three persons lost their lives in two road accidents that occurred at Thiruvalla and Enathu in nearby Pathanamthitta district. In north Kerala, a bike rider met with his end after colliding with a car at Kakkodi in Kozhikode district, while a woman pedestrian was killed when a bus hit her at Koyilandy. The police said the accident may have happened after the driver dozed off. The jeep went out of control and came to a stop after crashing into the boundary wall of a house nearby. Shyam and Arunkumar died after a tanker lorry hit their bike at Thiruvalla. Thulasidharan of Elamangalam died after his bike hit a post at Enathu.

Kerala is one of the most beautiful states in India and is highly regarded for its serenity and governance. But the state’s pitiable situation was brought to light when studies revealed that road accidents touched an all-time high in the year 2015 with nearly 39,029 accidents being registered. In 2014, the total number of road accidents recorded in There was a 20% increase in the number of road accidents in Kerala as compared to previous years in 2015. As per the data presented by National Road Safety the state had witnessed 49,329 accidents in 2016. However, the number of causalities went down in 2016 as compared to previous years. When, 4,196 people lost their lives in road accidents in 2015, the number of deaths in 2016 was 4,149. TNN / May 23, 2022, 08:08 (IST) As many as five people lost their lives in three separate accidents in Palakkad and Vadakara on Sunday. A couple was killed and four seriously injured in an accident when a tourist bus rammed a tempo traveller at Mangalam-Govindapuram state highway at Karipali, Mudappallur near Vadakkencherry on Sunday. The deceased couple, travelling in the tempo traveller, has been identified as Paily, 75, and his wife Rosli, 65, of Champakkad House, Arthungal, Cherthala. PTI / Jun 21, 2021, 19:42 (IST) Mystery shrouds a car accident in which five people were killed near Ramanattukara in Kerala in the early hours of Monday with police detaining a few people who allegedly followed them in other vehicles. Five men were killed on...

By Express News Service KOCHI: Ernakulam district accounts for nearly 15% of all accidents in the state while Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur are second and third, according to a report released by the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA).“The average accident rate in a year in the state was 34,095, of which 5,038 occurred in Ernakulam district alone,” said KRSA Executive Director T Elangovan while releasing the report at Accident-Free Cochin, a workshop organised by the GCDA along with NATPAC. Around 37% crashes in Ernakulam district occurred within Ernakulam City Police limit, which consists of Ernakulam Town South, Ernakulam Town North, Palluruthy, Infopark, Ernakulam Central, Kalamassery, Fort Kochi, Hill Palace and Mattanchery circles. In 2021, 1,780 accidents had occurred within Ernakulam city, causing 141 fatalities and 1,758 injuries. Around 23% of the victims in road crashes within the city were either non-motorised vehicle users or cyclists. Among vehicles, 61% were two-wheelers, followed by car/jeep (21%), three-wheelers (5%), buses (4%) and lorries/trucks (3%). Elangovan said multisector intervention is needed to tackle the issue.“Accident-Free Cochin means nobody should get injured or die on the roads due to accidents. We should aim for zero fatality. Accident reduction is not a task of the police and MVD alone. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders,” the officer said. NATPAC director Samson Mathew said an action plan including straightening of road curv...

Pathanamthitta: Eight persons died in different road accidents in Kerala on the first day of the New Year. At Thalavadi in Alappuzha, two young men were killed when a police jeep hit their bike. Three persons lost their lives in two road accidents that occurred at Thiruvalla and Enathu in nearby Pathanamthitta district. In north Kerala, a bike rider met with his end after colliding with a car at Kakkodi in Kozhikode district, while a woman pedestrian was killed when a bus hit her at Koyilandy. The police said the accident may have happened after the driver dozed off. The jeep went out of control and came to a stop after crashing into the boundary wall of a house nearby. Shyam and Arunkumar died after a tanker lorry hit their bike at Thiruvalla. Thulasidharan of Elamangalam died after his bike hit a post at Enathu.

Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has said the road accident death rate has come down in the state after the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras became operational. Raju, after an evaluation meeting of the AI cameras installed across the state as part of the 'Safe Kerala' project, addressed the press here on Friday and said 3,52,730 violations were detected by the cameras from June 5 to 8. He said Keltron, which verifies the detections, uploaded 19,790 cases on the integrated transport monitoring system and the Motor Vehicles Department has issued challans in 10,457 violations. Also Read: "On an average, 12 road accident deaths were reported in Kerala per day, but after the installation of the AI cameras it has come down to 5-8 in the state," Raju said. He also said seat belts will be made mandatory for the drivers and front seat passengers of heavy vehicles from September 1. "Among the violations, 7,896 were by passengers in cars by not wearing seat belts. 6,153 were riding without helmets and 715 were cases of pillion riders without helmets," he added. The cameras also detected violations by 56 government vehicles including VIP cars and 10 challans were issued till now, he added. The Minister said directions were issued to Keltron to increase the infrastructure to register the violations detected into the integrated transport monitoring system including increasing the manpower. Senior government officials took part in the meeting. The Congress has been raising corru...