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Half of the deaths in road accidents in the city this year could have been averted if bike riders and pillion riders had worn helmets, said Hyderabad Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Kumar on Monday.
While COVID-19 lockdown slowed down traffic movement for a few months, overall numbers of road accidents and deaths thereof are anything but encouraging. About 226 persons lost their lives in 220 vehicle crashes in the last one year, and 119 of them weren’t wearing helmets, he said.
There is no major dip in the road accident deaths as the city reported 237 deaths so far this year as against 271 in 2019. However, there was a major reduction in death of pedestrians in road accidents down to 68 from 106 last year.