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TRAFFICINFRATECH EXPO 2024

From Engineering to Emergency

Multi-faceted Approach to Curb Road Accidents

The second session of Day 1 of the Smart Mobility Conference put together by IRF
IC, saw eminent panellists Akhilesh Srivastava, Executive Vice President-IRF IC;
GVM Kiran Babu, Vice President (Tech – O&M) Corporate Highway-Concessions
One Private Limited; Hardik Dave, Founder CEO-Roadvision AI Pvt. Ltd; Swatantra
Kumar, General Manager-3M India Ltd; Dr Amit Gupta, Prof. of Surgery, Trauma
Centre-AIIMS and moderator; Dr S Velmurugan, Chief Scientist-CRRI discussing
critical aspects of road safety, including use of technology in reducing the number
of fatalities due to road accidents and improving trauma care post the incident.

etting the context, seen a 12% jump in road fatalities potholes, sudden merging &
Akhilesh Srivastava stated in 2023 as against a 5% decrease demerging, blind curves and slippery
that with India having globally during the same period. surfaces. Vehicle engineering is
the highest number of equally crucial and must include
reported road fatalities in The International Road safety precautions like seat belts and
Sthe world – 11% of the Federation is trying to identify, airbags. India has constructed roads
global average with just two per diagnose and work on the solution, at a brisk pace in the last 25 years
cent of the vehicles – at 1.7 lakhs which cannot be implemented in with the creation of a number of
a year and a suspected 60% not isolation. The safe system approach high-speed corridors, expressways
being reported at all, the question recommends a combination of ‘Five and highways. The number of
arises why the number has not Es’ – Engineering, Enforcement, registered vehicles has increased
been contained and reduced year- Emergency Care, Education and as well with 2023 showing a jump
on-year. Despite multiple initiatives Empathy. Road engineering is by ten times to 58.6 lakhs when
taken by the government, India has vital and will invite accidents with compared to 1998.

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