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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.
A report published by the WHO in 2004 estimated that some 1.2 million people were killed and 50 million injured in traffic collisions on the roads around the world each year [6] and that traffic accidents were the leading cause of death among children 10–19 years of age. The report also noted that the problem was most severe in developing ...
Accident Care and Transport Service or ACTS (Malayalam: ആക്ട്സ് )is a voluntary organisation providing free emergency assistance to accident victims in Thrissur city and Thrissur District of India. [1] [2] [3]
Vehicle collisions are not usually accidents, given that they are mostly caused by preventable causes such as drunk driving and intentionally driving too fast, and as such should not be referred to as accidents. [3] The use of the word accident to describe car wrecks was promoted by the US National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in the middle ...
The decision of the court to award the accused bail, with its order to write a 300-word essay, sparked nation-wide outrage and debate over road safety. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis issued statements of condemnation expressing shock and surprise over the leniency of the Juvenile Justice Board in an incident which took two lives. [36]
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]
The word is often associated with road-going "emergency ambulances", which form part of emergency medical services, administering emergency care to those with acute medical problems. Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transport to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes.
February 4 – China – A minibus crashed in Meizhou, Guangdong, during the first day for the peak travel season centered on the Chinese New Year, killing 10. [211] March 11 – Tanzania – Tanzania road accident. A bus and two trucks collided, killing 41 and injuring 25. [212] March 14 – Brazil – Brazil bus accident.