Road Safety Week 2019 will be observed in India from 04th February to the 10th February, making this the 30 th Road Safety Week.
Road safety week is a national event aimed at raising public awareness about traffic rules and ultimately to reduce casualties due to road accidents. Thousands lose their life and many more get injured in road accidents on Indian roads mainly, due to lack of awareness about traffic rules or behavior of flouting them.
WHY ROAD SAFETY WEEK CELEBRATION IS NECESSARY
Celebrating the road safety campaign was initiated by the ISS India HSE (Health Safety and Environment) in order to make people aware about the national road safety in the Indian subcontinent. The aim of this campaign was to emphasize and accentuate people about the need of safe roads travel by applying just simple rule
In India nearly 1.5 lakh people lose their life annually due to road accidents; which includes motorcyclists up to 25%. It is estimated that around 400 people die every day in road accidents in India; bringing tremendous pain and financial burdens as well as emotional trauma to the family and friends.
The main cause for the road accidents is attributed to be behavioral; that is, a habitual flouting of traffic rules like- not wearing helmet, not wearing seat belt, jumping traffic lights, over speeding, drunken driving etc. It is therefore needed that people are made aware of the perils of not following traffic rules, and the emotional and financial trauma that it could bring to their families.
Even the pedestrians on the roads are at the risk of losing their life due to callous and negligent behavior of others as well as their own. According to an estimate, nearly 20000 pedestrians lose their life annually in India, as they are more vulnerable on road due to lack of safety.
The Road Safety Week is an event to raise public awareness about traffic rules and to help save their life as well as others on the road.
It also need efforts from different stakeholders such as the community, transport sector, insurance sector, health sector, police, legal sector, educational institutions, highway engineers, vehicle manufacturers, public agencies, NGOs and etc. Students are given a big opportunity to be participated in the road safety week program as to change something, youths of the country must understand first.
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