Team Herald
PANJIM: The State has recorded 22 fatal accidents and 309 road accidents in November 2018, a marginal increase from the previous month.
The Directorate of Transport’s monthly report on the number of accidents reveals 11 fatal accidents each in the North and five in the South for the month, whereas 21 were grievous accidents, 62 minor accidents and 204 non-injury accidents.
The data further shows that 22 persons lost their lives in the accidents of which nine were riders, seven pillion riders and six pedestrians.
In October 2018, 13 fatalities and 305 road accidents were reported in different parts of the State.
As per Goa Police’s annual figures for the last calendar year, 262 persons lost their lives in fatal road accidents in comparison to 328 deaths in 2017.
The 2018’s figures on fatal accidents are the lowest in last 15 years.
The State police claimed that a significant drop of 20 per cent in fatal accidents and a sharp increase of 48 per cent in prosecution of traffic offenders is owing to intensive traffic enforcement drive, successful implementation of Traffic Sentinel Scheme and various related factors.
