With 777 of the 3,429 road accident deaths that were reported in Kerala in 2021 occurring between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., a bulk of them involving pedestrians and two-wheeler riders, road safety experts have called for heightened alert during the time span.
A whopping 7,350 of the total 33,296 accidents that were reported in the year too occurred during the vulnerable period of the day, when visibility is poor. The situation was much the same in 2020, when 645 of the 2,979 road accident deaths and 6,028 of the total 27,877 accidents were reported in these three hours. Fatalities during this span had peaked in 2018, at 901 of the total 4,303.
