Human Error Is 3rd Largest Cause For Accidents

June 13, 2011

Overspeeding, drunken driving and lack of lane discipline are the key reasons for accidents on national highways, say police as well as highways department officials.

While going into detailed reasons like absence of blinkering lights on medians and zig zag roads that are possible reasons for accidents on the National Highways, a study by the police department in five national highways says that these design defects could be nullified if human error is eliminated.

”To start with we have started cracking down on drunken driving on the Tiruchi-Perambalur National Highway 45 where frequent accidents were reported. The efforts have started showing results,” said Tiruchi range DIG A G Mourya who commissioned the study.

The study on NH 45 (Tiruchi-Perambalur), NH 45B (Tiruchi-Madurai), NH 210 (Tiruchi-Pudukottai), NH 45A (Anaikarai bridge in Ariyalur to Pappakudi), has revealed that the number of fatal accidents in these sections have increased in 2010 than the previous year and there is little indication of the accidents declining in 2011. Only in two stretches—NH 67 (Tiruchi-Karur) and NH 7 (Aravakurichi-Thavuttupalayam)—have come down. Incidentally these stretches are yet to be four laned.

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