Mumbai Police Crackdown Against Drunk and Underage Driving
Mumbai Police Crackdown Against Drunk and Underage Driving (Representational Pic)
The Crime in India Report 2022 revealed a worrisome statistic: in 2022, there were 1,48,716 reported fatalities resulting from negligence in road accidents.
27th May 2024
The Pune Porsche incident has once again brought attention to the issue of hit-and-run accidents in India. On 19th May, in the early hours, two young IT professionals tragically lost their lives after their motorcycle was struck by a speeding Porsche Taycan, reportedly driven at 150 kmph by a 17-year-old. Reports indicated that the teenager was allegedly intoxicated while driving.
To avoid such instances, where two individuals lost their lives in a drunk driving accident involving the minor son of a builder, demands for justice have surged across various social media platforms, and the Mumbai police has started a crackdown.
In response to a tragic incident in Mazgaon, where a 35-year-old man lost his life, Mumbai traffic police have intensified their crackdown on traffic rule violators. Over Friday and Saturday, they registered 442 cases of drunk driving and 23 cases of underage driving.
M Ramkumar, additional commissioner of police (traffic), told mid-day, “In a major crackdown after the incident, we conducted a drive across Mumbai and registered 23 cases involving minors driving and 442 cases of drunk driving.”
The Crime in India Report 2022 revealed a worrisome statistic: in 2022, there were 1,48,716 reported fatalities resulting from negligence in road accidents. This translated to a concerning crime rate of 11.1 per lakh population.
According to the report, hit-and-run incidents constituted 46,907 reported accidents, leading to the loss of 49,893 lives, with a crime rate of 3.5 per lakh population. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of hit-and-run fatalities in 2022, totaling 17,296 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 9,073 deaths and Maharashtra with 3,632 deaths.
According to the report, individuals aged 18-45 years faced the highest impact of road accidents, making up 66.5% of the victims in 2022. Those within the working age bracket of 18-60 years comprised 83.4% of the total road accident fatalities. Two-wheeler riders accounted for the largest portion of fatalities at 44.5%, while pedestrians constituted the second-largest group, representing 19.5% of the total fatalities.
