Nearly 3,700 Killed In Over 20,000 Road Accidents In J&K Since...

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• The chief secretary sought a detailed account of the status of compliance with Supreme Court directions and underscored the need for extensive use of GIS-based data to identify vulnerable and accident-prone road stretches.
• “Such data-driven identification will enable focused technological and physical interventions to significantly reduce road accidents, especially in hilly districts,” Dulloo said.
• J-K Transport Department Secretary Avny Lavasa, while briefing the chief secretary, said since the operationalisation of the i-RAD portal in June 2022, a total of 20,135 road accidents involving 32,819 persons have been reported in the Union Territory.
• These accidents resulted in 3,688 fatalities and 29,131 grievous or minor injuries.
• Data analysis revealed that most accidents took place between 3 pm and 9 pm, with rash driving and over-speeding accounting for nearly 50 per cent of mishaps reported during 2025, Lavasa said.