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accuracy of traffic data collection as good as other developed
and the subsequent predictions countries that are in this domain.
are of paramount importance in In India, our government
the fulfilment of an appropriate agencies follow a lengthy and Data-driven
planning, design, maintenance most complicated strategies
monitoring and management to move into data driven road road safety
of the road network and road safety management. management
safety. The major fields where “Even our country has similar is common
this data is required are; Road traffic rules like other developed
Safety measures, Traffic Control, countries have. But our practice when
Transport Statistics, and Planning government and citizens are not designing and
design and project initiations. serious to implement and follow
Data-driven road safety these things. We have clearer implementing a
management is common practice rules of the road, reforming the road safety.
when designing and implementing driving instruction, more efficient
a road safety strategy. It includes traffic control, securing the safety
clearer rules of the road, more of the road network, and driving
efficient traffic control, increasing test system as well as reducing
the number of safer vehicles drink driving and other factors. and contributes to the increase of
and preparing the ground for All these common rules are not Traffic jams, accident etc. Most of
automatic transport, securing followed at major level but by few the countries has specific rules on
the safety of the road network, citizens only. Due to uneducated personal vehicles. We need to be
reforming the driving instruction drivers and pedestrian, it is quite more professional while driving
and driving test system as well as impossible. So education program or moving on roads and should
reducing drink driving and other for drivers and pedestrian must be increase awareness among people.
factors. This is of course the most provided to reduce the crash rate. In case of India, we do not have
important thing when it comes to Apart from this, some additional advance technologies to cover
countries like India. work needs to be done on rural up safety related issues. The data
Sharma said, “First of all, India and urban infrastructure design is still collected in a traditional
is a developing country where like service lanes along all intercity way that are time consuming
data driven safety strategies highway, roundabout or circular and not relevant as the modern
are very slow. Currently, our junctions, safer zebra crossing at technologies. There are limited
transport professionals are each junction or intersection etc.” and qualified professionals in this
trying to implement the standard The growth of personal vehicles domain to gather data. Moreover,
procedures. Still, we are not in India is also on the peak level there is a need to provide

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