The 118 kilometre Hyderabad-Bijapur stretch, declared as the model ‘Road Safety Demonstration Corridor’ in 2014, had a reduction of 38.1% in accidents between 2014-2018, as per the study, Road Safety Good Practices in India.
The study, undertaken by SaveLIFE Foundation in cooperation with the World Bank Group and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), revealed that the stretch had witnessed a crash severity of 58.7 in 2014, higher than the national average of 28.5 in the same year.
The 38.1% reduction was seen because of the interventions of the four Es -- Enforcement, Education, Emergency Response, and Engineering -- implemented on the stretch. The project was implemented by the Roads and Buildings Department, Telangana, said the report released by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari.
