First-ever National Road Safety Month

The first-ever National Road Safety Month was inaugurated on January 18, 2021.

• The objective behind this campaign is to build awareness about road safety and reduce road accidents in India.

• During the last few years, a road safety week was being organised, but considering the importance of the issue, a month-long programme has been made this year.

• India, a total of 1.5 lakh people died, while more than 4.5 lakh people got injured in road accidents every year, resulting in social-economic losses from accident deaths equivalent to a shocking 3.14% of GDP every year.

• He said, 70% deaths are in the age group of 18 to 45-year-old people, which is nearly 415 people dying per day in India.