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The Chala LPG tanker disaster was a road transport accident that occurred on August 27, 2012, on Indian National Highway 17 (now NH 66) at Chala in the Kannur District of India's Kerala State. The accident occurred when an Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) LPG road tanker hit a road lane divider, overturned and exploded, starting several ...
Vattapara Hairpin Turn [1] also known as (Vattapara accident zone) [2] [3] [4] is a road and place along the Indian National Highway 66 near Valanchery, [5] Malappuram District, [6] Kerala, India, that is known for a high number of accidents. [7] Over a five-year period there were 300 accidents, 200 injuries, and 30 deaths.
On 5 October 2022, a bus carrying 47 people crashed into the back of a KSRTC bus in Vadakkencherry, Palakkad district of Kerala at night. [1] 9 people (5 students, 1 teacher and 4 travelers in the KSRTC bus) were killed and 38 were injured in the accident. [2] The accident occurred due to the over speed of the bus and the driver's negligence. [3]
At the time of the landslide, there was no mobile phone coverage or landline facility. The bridge on the road was washed away because of which the rescuers could not reach in time. A 50-member team of the National Disaster Response Force and the Kerala Fire and Rescue participated in the rescue operation. The possibility of an air rescue ...
Railway accidents and incidents in Kerala (3 P) Pages in category "Disasters in Kerala" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
6 October - A road accident caused due to collision between a Tourist bus carrying students and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus in National Highway 544 near Vadakkencherry claims nine lives. [55] 9 October - The auspicious temple pond crocodile Babiya of Ananthapura Lake Temple, Kasaragod district dead due to old age. [56]
The NCRB data for 2021 shows 17,993 accidents in Indian Railways, a rise in 38% compared to the year 2020, with most accidents in Maharashtra. [4] According to the 2013 global survey of traffic collisions by the UN World Health Organization, India suffered a road fatality rate of 16.6 per 100,000 people in 2013. [5]
On 4 December 2008, Ten schoolchildren were killed and twelve injured in a road accident at Perumannu, when a Jeep hit the children as they were on their way home from school. [1] [2] One of the injured victims died a few days later, raising the death toll to 10 children. [3]