Count of cyclists dying on Chandigarh roads drops in 5 yrs

Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 25

The number of cyclists killed in road accidents has witnessed a slight fall over the past five years.

According to a report of the Road Crash Analysis Cell, cyclist fatalities on Chandigarh roads have reduced from 17 in 2015 to 10 in 2019.

In 2015, 13.17 per cent of people, who died in road accidents, were cyclists, whereas 9.61 per cent cyclist deaths were witnessed in 2019.

The report revealed that while 17 cyclists died in road accidents in 2015, the casualties were 28, 13, 11 and 10 in the following years.

The Chandigarh Traffic Police have also contributed towards bringing down the casualties through various awareness campaigns. The cycle brigade constituted by the Traffic Police to check vehicles plying on cycle tracks has deterred the motorists. It has further resulted in making cycling safer. Cops on bicycle pedal across the city to educate cyclists and issue challans to motorists for driving on cycle tracks.

The statistics further revealed that the number of pedestrians killed in road crashes had also reduced over five years. Forty-seven cyclist deaths (36.43 per cent) were witnessed in 2015, whereas the number was 36 (34.61 per) in 2019.

Meanwhile, a youth was injured after falling from a cycle at a cycle track from Sector 7 to 8 on Thursday morning. He was provided first-aid by constable Pawan Kumar of the Traffic Police’s cycle brigade. Pawan was sensitising cyclists and rickshaw pullers to use cycle track when the incident took place.