Experienced, elderly riders main victims of accidents
Experienced and elderly riders figure among the main road accident victims in the state, says a report by by ministry of road transport and highways.
This shocking fact came to light in a report which says that Rajasthan stands in fourth position in reporting casualties wherein the experienced age group is involved in accidents in the country. These revelations were made by ministry of road transport and highways in Lok Sabha while replying to a question about whether youngster in age group of 18-25 are mostly the two wheeler riders to die in road accident.
The reply, though, categorised riders in three age groups—18-20, 21-24, 25-34—and also mentioned higher causalities in the age groups of elder and experienced people, which seems surprising as mostly young riders are blamed for rash driving.
The reply states that 30,656 in age groups of 25-34, 25,269 in 21-24 and 16,499 in 18-20 age groups died in road accidents across the country from 2015 till date. The national trend reflects in Rajasthan as well. Here, 5,772 persons in three age groups mentioned above have lost their lives in road accidents while riding two wheelers.
Of these, 2,579 (nearly 44 per cent) were elder and experienced people in the age …read more