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Zero-Fatalities Road Safety Program
January 17 , 2026
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- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) launched a data-driven Zero-Fatalities Program in 100 high-risk districts across 15 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
- The program aims to reduce road accident deaths, which claimed nearly 89,000 lives in 2023-24, by 50% by 2030, using crash data, critical location mapping, and targeted enforcement.
- Key measures include low-cost road safety interventions, improved trauma care, ambulance response mapping, first responder training, and public awareness campaigns.
- District Collectors, Transport Ministers, and Members of Parliament from these districts will form accident prevention committees to oversee implementation.
- The initiative aligns with the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety (2020) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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