Pathetic roads put Jaipur in 'most accident-prone cities' category

Jaipur was among the cities which witnessed maximum accidents across the country in 2012.

On an average, more than 2,000 people die in Jaipur in road mishaps every year. 

Jaipur registered a total of 2028 deaths due to mishaps on roads last year.

Many mishaps had occurred due to potholed roads.

Other reasons behind the rising number of mishaps were rash driving, drunk driving, talking on mobiles while driving, over-speeding, violation of traffic rules, driving under stress etc.

If compared to metropolitan cities across the country, Pink City stands on the 6th spot after Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Pune and Bangalore with a rate of 3.4% accidents occurring due to over-speeding.

The data also revealed that more than 60% accidents took place during the night hours.

Meanwhile, the death toll in mishaps also rose due to non-availability of timely medical aid to the victims.

Lack of visibility in absence of streetlights was also one of the major reasons behinds the rising number of mishaps.

Two-wheelers were involved in maximum number of accidents in the city.

Last year, almost 250 two-wheeler riders had met with accidents.

Three-wheelers were involved in 2.1% accidents across Jaipur last year.

Big vehicles like trucks etc were involved in 4.4% mishaps, while 3.9% accidents had happened with buses last year. 

Private buses were involved in 29 major accidents last year while government buses were involved in 25 accidents in Jaipur alone.

With this, small vehicles like jeeps and cars were involved in 9.7% accidents.