The World Health Organization on Monday called on South-East Asia countries to accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths, a leading cause of mortality among young people aged 15-29.
The Assam Transport Minister led the bike rally from Guwahati to Goalapara on Monday and said that the road safety awareness rally was started to promote evidence-based actions and stop road traffic deaths and injuries.
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): As many as 2.2 lakh road injury deaths occurred in India in 2017, out of which 77 percent were males which were three times higher as compared to female deaths, revealed the study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday.