Comprehensive Review on to Study the Impact of Roadway Condition, Accident and Traffic on Road Safety at Amravati City

Today “Road Safety” is one of the biggest public health issues throughout the country. Lakhs of lives are lost annually because of fatality due to road accidents, and the clock is ticking constantly. Road safety cannot be undermined if we want to achieve goals of sustainable development, prosperity and growth. Road Safety is imperative for a happy, healthy and prosperous life, of an individual as well as that of the nation. The issue concerns to all types of road users – pedestrians, motorcyclists, motorists etc., as well as unauthorized road side vendors and other encroachers. With rising motorization and expanding road network, travel risks and traffic exposure grow at a much faster rate, as the growth of registered vehicles always outnumbers population growth and new roads constructed. Today road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of deaths, disabilities and hospitalizations with severe socioeconomic costs across the world. As per the ‘Road Accidents in India 2021’, there were 4,12,432 unfortunate incidences of road accidents during 2021 which claimed 1,53,972 lives and caused injuries to 3,84,448 persons. However, India is committed to bring down fatalities caused by road accidents. As the road accidents are multi-causal which requires multi-pronged measures to mitigate the problems through concerted efforts of all agencies of both Central Government and State Governments. The Ministry, along with various other related organizations as well as stakeholders has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care.