The rise in traffic accidents comes despite the recent upgradation of the CTO post from SSP (Grade 19) to DIG (Grade 20). According to the official data from the Punjab Emergency Services Department (Rescue 1122),
In the number of fatal accidents in 2024 (405) there was an increase of 19.8 per cent compared to 2023 (338) and an increase of 29 per cent compared to the average in the years 2020-2022 (314).
Motorcycle riders in Karachi are suffering greatly as a result of the city's increasing traffic accidents, which have claimed hundreds of lives and left countless more permanently injured.
According to the foundation, 36 citizens lost their lives in various traffic accidents, while 528 others, including children, elderly, and young adults, sustained injuries, ARY News reported.
Israel's Ministry of Transport and Road Safety launched two new initiatives it says will "harness" the power of artificial intelligence - AI - for the fight against traffic accidents and traffic jams.
Around 500 people, mostly motorcyclists, suffer injuries in road traffic accidents in Karachi on a daily basis and are brought to emergency units of different hospitals for treatment, a health conference in the city was informed on Friday, Dawn reported.
While Pakistan was busy celebrating Independence Day, the Punjab province witnessed a heavy toll of road accidents leaving 17 dead and 1,773 others injured in 1,659 traffic accidents.
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According to Traffic Police Department reports, nearly two hundred people have been killed and injured in the last five days as a result of traffic incidents in Afghanistan, reported TOLO News.
The incidents involved reckless driving and occurred in various parts of the province; two people were killed on the spot, and 168 were wounded; some of the injured are in critical condition, according to the local media outlets.
The first incident occurred in the Cha Ab district of the province, killing two people and injuring two others after a vehicle overturned due to reckless driving on Sunday evening.