Tiruppur: Fatal accidents decline in Tamil Nadu’s rural Tiruppur. Coimbatore News – Times of India

Coimbatore: The Tirupur The Rural Police has succeeded in preventing the number of fatal accidents and deaths in its jurisdiction in the first four months of this year as compared to the same period last year. According to data available with them, 220 people lost their lives in 213 fatal accidents in rural areas of Tiruppur from January to April this year, while 268 people died in 250 such incidents in the comparable period of 2022.
However, nonfatal accidents increased by 634 in the first four months of this year, when 903 motorists were injured, compared to 528 nonfatal accidents in 2022, when 683 motorists were injured. Police said they were working with highway department officials, local bodies, and college teachers and students to limit the deaths to less than 500 this year. While 698 fatal accidents claimed 740 lives in rural Tiruppur in 2022, 624 people died in 651 fatal accidents in 2021.
Last year, non-fatal accidents increased to 1,727 and injuries to 2,432 in 2021 from 1,437 and 1,853, respectively. Pointing out that the Salem-Kochi NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) road, the Coimbatore-Trichy National Highway (NH) road and the Kangeyam-Dharapuram State Highway (SH) road were passing through the Tiruppur rural police limits, District Superintendent of Police G Shashank Sai said Said motorists were speeding through those stretches and it was difficult to keep track of them all.
“At least 165 roads covering 111 junctions fall in rural police limits. Most of the motorists drive their vehicles rashly and recklessly on NHAI, NH and SH roads. We request them to remember their family members waiting for them at their homes. Everyone should drive responsibly.
We are working on various angles to reduce fatal accidents,” he told TOI. earth’s crustResident Kangeyam And a regular user of Kangeyam-Dharapuram road said, “Motorists use this stretch to reach Dharapuram and France, There is no median on the stretch. This is a risk. Police should take necessary steps to install median to prevent accidents.