Aman Zutshi
A man died in a road accident that took place in Sidhra area of Jammu city on Tuesday morning.
According to the report, the road mishap happened when an Alto car bearing registration number JK117888 met with an accident on Jammu-Srinagar National highway in Sidhra area of Jammu.
The deceased has been identified as Vishal Singh s/o Gandharav Singh r/o Doon, Samba. He is an army man who came to his home in Jammu on holidays.
According to a report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), as many as 4,287 people lost their lives in road accidents from 2018 to 2022 in J&K. In 2023, as many as 893 people lost their lives in 6,298 accidents. According to data, an average of 850 persons die per year in Jammu & Kashmir. The Jammu region has witnessed the highest number of road accidents, reveals the data, issued by the traffic headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir. In fact, the Chenab roads have emerged as a major hotspot for road accidents, leading to hundreds of fatalities every year in Jammu & Kashmir. These accidents are a dark spot over the otherwise peaceful valley. People living in the region always worry while traveling on these roads.
A data revealed in response to an RTI query by the traffic police headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir stated that in 2019, Jammu reported 3907 road accidents, resulting in 695 fatalities and 4987 injuries. In the Kashmir division, 1889 accidents were reported, leading to 301 deaths and 2545 injuries.
An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that can be and cannot be directly caused by humans. The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researchers who study unintentional injury avoid using the term accident and focus on factors that increase risk of severe injury and that reduce injury incidence and severity. For example, when a tree falls down during a wind storm, its fall may not have been caused by humans, but the tree’s type, size, health, location, or improper maintenance may have contributed to the result. Most car wrecks are not true accidents; however, English speakers started using that word in the mid-20th century as a result of media manipulation by the US automobile industry.
Also Read: J-K: Police nabs OGWs, weapons discovered
