Mistry car accident

By Sibu Tripathi: Days after an accident led to the death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that there will be fines against people not wearing seatbelts while sitting in the back of the car. While there is already a law around it, which makes it mandatory, it is hardly enforced across the country. Mistry's death in the car crash has ignited debates across the country over road safety and mechanisms in the car to safeguard human life. According to the International Road Federation (IRF), India accounts for more than 11 per cent of road accident deaths worldwide with 426 lives lost every day and 18 every hour. The Mercedes Benz car crashed into a divider near Charoti on a bridge over a river, killing Cyrus Mistry and his friend. (Image: India Today) WHAT ARE THE SAFETY MECHANISMS IN YOUR CAR? There are two basic safety mechanisms in every car that work to save its occupants in pre and post-accident situations. While the pre-accident safety system includes traction control, an antilock braking system, and electronic stability control among several others, the post-accident safety system includes seatbelts and airbags. Experts maintain that these safety systems have to work in tandem to save the occupants of the car. In the case of Mistry's accident, one such system was missing, the rear seatbelt was not used which led to a head-on collision and instant death. Centre had earlier this year made three-point seat belts for all ...

• • • In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country Cyrus Mistry dies in car crash: The incident spotlights the high numbers of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year. Road accidents in India. (Source: NCRB data) According to the data, in the past five years, while road accidents dipped from 4,45,730 in 2017 to 4,03,116 in 2021, deaths in these accidents increased from 1,50,093 to 1,55,622 in the same period. A similar trend is seen on the National Highways. While the number of accidents on National Highways in 2017 stood at 1,30,942, as many as 50,859 people died in them. Also read | In 2021, while the number of National Highway accidents dipped to 1,22,204, the number of deaths increased to 53,615. The car being shifted from the accident spot using a crane. (ANI) According to the data, barring the pandemic year of 2020, which saw long periods of lockdowns, the data on accidents and deaths have been consistently hovering around 4.4 lakh and 1.5 lakh respectively through the period between 2017 and 2021. Click here for more Lockdown impact In 2020, the accident figures dipped to around 3.5 lakh, while deaths decreased to 1.33 lakh. On National Highways, too, accidents and deaths registered a dip in 2020 with 1,06,933 accidents accounting for 45,275 deaths. In all the other years in the period the accidents stood around 1.28 lakh...

NEW DELHI: Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry's tragic death in a road accident on Sunday on the National Highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has once again put the spotlight on not only the high number of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year but also reignited concerns about the poor state of the country's roads as well as hazards of not wearing a seatbelt in the rear seat. The 54-year-old scion of SP group was travelling in a Mercedes SUV with three friends when it slammed into a divider on Charkoti bridge at 3.15pm , around 120km from Mumbai. While speeding is believed to have caused the accident, preliminary investigations have revealed that Mistry was not wearing a seat belt. He was sitting in the back seat along with Jehangir Pandole, former director at the London office of KPMG. He, along with his co-passenger died in the crash, while both the front seat occupants wearing seat belts have been hospitalised with serious injuries. Wearing a seat belt in the rear seat is mandatory as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules of the Indian government. According to the Rule 138 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) persons "seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats" must wear seat belts when the vehicle is in motion. Failure to do so can result in a traffic fine of Rs 1,000. 7 out of 10 Indians surveyed never wear a seat belt when travelling on the rear seat of a vehicle In contrast, 26% out of over 10,000 respondent...

By Sibu Tripathi: Days after an accident led to the death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that there will be fines against people not wearing seatbelts while sitting in the back of the car. While there is already a law around it, which makes it mandatory, it is hardly enforced across the country. Mistry's death in the car crash has ignited debates across the country over road safety and mechanisms in the car to safeguard human life. According to the International Road Federation (IRF), India accounts for more than 11 per cent of road accident deaths worldwide with 426 lives lost every day and 18 every hour. The Mercedes Benz car crashed into a divider near Charoti on a bridge over a river, killing Cyrus Mistry and his friend. (Image: India Today) WHAT ARE THE SAFETY MECHANISMS IN YOUR CAR? There are two basic safety mechanisms in every car that work to save its occupants in pre and post-accident situations. While the pre-accident safety system includes traction control, an antilock braking system, and electronic stability control among several others, the post-accident safety system includes seatbelts and airbags. Experts maintain that these safety systems have to work in tandem to save the occupants of the car. In the case of Mistry's accident, one such system was missing, the rear seatbelt was not used which led to a head-on collision and instant death. Centre had earlier this year made three-point seat belts for all ...

• • • In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country Cyrus Mistry dies in car crash: The incident spotlights the high numbers of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year. Road accidents in India. (Source: NCRB data) According to the data, in the past five years, while road accidents dipped from 4,45,730 in 2017 to 4,03,116 in 2021, deaths in these accidents increased from 1,50,093 to 1,55,622 in the same period. A similar trend is seen on the National Highways. While the number of accidents on National Highways in 2017 stood at 1,30,942, as many as 50,859 people died in them. Also read | In 2021, while the number of National Highway accidents dipped to 1,22,204, the number of deaths increased to 53,615. The car being shifted from the accident spot using a crane. (ANI) According to the data, barring the pandemic year of 2020, which saw long periods of lockdowns, the data on accidents and deaths have been consistently hovering around 4.4 lakh and 1.5 lakh respectively through the period between 2017 and 2021. Click here for more Lockdown impact In 2020, the accident figures dipped to around 3.5 lakh, while deaths decreased to 1.33 lakh. On National Highways, too, accidents and deaths registered a dip in 2020 with 1,06,933 accidents accounting for 45,275 deaths. In all the other years in the period the accidents stood around 1.28 lakh...

NEW DELHI: Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry's tragic death in a road accident on Sunday on the National Highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has once again put the spotlight on not only the high number of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year but also reignited concerns about the poor state of the country's roads as well as hazards of not wearing a seatbelt in the rear seat. The 54-year-old scion of SP group was travelling in a Mercedes SUV with three friends when it slammed into a divider on Charkoti bridge at 3.15pm , around 120km from Mumbai. While speeding is believed to have caused the accident, preliminary investigations have revealed that Mistry was not wearing a seat belt. He was sitting in the back seat along with Jehangir Pandole, former director at the London office of KPMG. He, along with his co-passenger died in the crash, while both the front seat occupants wearing seat belts have been hospitalised with serious injuries. Wearing a seat belt in the rear seat is mandatory as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules of the Indian government. According to the Rule 138 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) persons "seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats" must wear seat belts when the vehicle is in motion. Failure to do so can result in a traffic fine of Rs 1,000. 7 out of 10 Indians surveyed never wear a seat belt when travelling on the rear seat of a vehicle In contrast, 26% out of over 10,000 respondent...

NEW DELHI: Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry's tragic death in a road accident on Sunday on the National Highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has once again put the spotlight on not only the high number of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year but also reignited concerns about the poor state of the country's roads as well as hazards of not wearing a seatbelt in the rear seat. The 54-year-old scion of SP group was travelling in a Mercedes SUV with three friends when it slammed into a divider on Charkoti bridge at 3.15pm , around 120km from Mumbai. While speeding is believed to have caused the accident, preliminary investigations have revealed that Mistry was not wearing a seat belt. He was sitting in the back seat along with Jehangir Pandole, former director at the London office of KPMG. He, along with his co-passenger died in the crash, while both the front seat occupants wearing seat belts have been hospitalised with serious injuries. Wearing a seat belt in the rear seat is mandatory as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules of the Indian government. According to the Rule 138 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) persons "seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats" must wear seat belts when the vehicle is in motion. Failure to do so can result in a traffic fine of Rs 1,000. 7 out of 10 Indians surveyed never wear a seat belt when travelling on the rear seat of a vehicle In contrast, 26% out of over 10,000 respondent...

• • • In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country In Cyrus Mistry car crash tragedy, a reminder of high numbers of road deaths in the country Cyrus Mistry dies in car crash: The incident spotlights the high numbers of fatalities that Indian roads witness every year. Road accidents in India. (Source: NCRB data) According to the data, in the past five years, while road accidents dipped from 4,45,730 in 2017 to 4,03,116 in 2021, deaths in these accidents increased from 1,50,093 to 1,55,622 in the same period. A similar trend is seen on the National Highways. While the number of accidents on National Highways in 2017 stood at 1,30,942, as many as 50,859 people died in them. Also read | In 2021, while the number of National Highway accidents dipped to 1,22,204, the number of deaths increased to 53,615. The car being shifted from the accident spot using a crane. (ANI) According to the data, barring the pandemic year of 2020, which saw long periods of lockdowns, the data on accidents and deaths have been consistently hovering around 4.4 lakh and 1.5 lakh respectively through the period between 2017 and 2021. Click here for more Lockdown impact In 2020, the accident figures dipped to around 3.5 lakh, while deaths decreased to 1.33 lakh. On National Highways, too, accidents and deaths registered a dip in 2020 with 1,06,933 accidents accounting for 45,275 deaths. In all the other years in the period the accidents stood around 1.28 lakh...

By Sibu Tripathi: Days after an accident led to the death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that there will be fines against people not wearing seatbelts while sitting in the back of the car. While there is already a law around it, which makes it mandatory, it is hardly enforced across the country. Mistry's death in the car crash has ignited debates across the country over road safety and mechanisms in the car to safeguard human life. According to the International Road Federation (IRF), India accounts for more than 11 per cent of road accident deaths worldwide with 426 lives lost every day and 18 every hour. The Mercedes Benz car crashed into a divider near Charoti on a bridge over a river, killing Cyrus Mistry and his friend. (Image: India Today) WHAT ARE THE SAFETY MECHANISMS IN YOUR CAR? There are two basic safety mechanisms in every car that work to save its occupants in pre and post-accident situations. While the pre-accident safety system includes traction control, an antilock braking system, and electronic stability control among several others, the post-accident safety system includes seatbelts and airbags. Experts maintain that these safety systems have to work in tandem to save the occupants of the car. In the case of Mistry's accident, one such system was missing, the rear seatbelt was not used which led to a head-on collision and instant death. Centre had earlier this year made three-point seat belts for all ...