Maximum road accidents take place between 3 PM and 6 PM: Report

“The main reason for most accidents taking place between 3 PM and 6 PM is that people drive their vehicles carelessly and recklessly due to thin vehicular traffic during these hours,” transport expert Praful Joshi told PTI on Sunday.

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“Owing to less traffic on roads, the people drive their vehicles on high speed and overtake in a wrong manner leading to accidents,” he opined.

He also said in the last few years, a trend has been seen that after finishing their work, the office-goers drive vehicles on high speed in a hurry to reach home fast.

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Because of this reason also, there has been a rise in the number of accidents between 5 PM and 6 PM, he said.

The report further mentions that a huge number of road accidents also take place between 6 PM and 9 PM. During this time, 86,836 road mishaps happened last year which is 17.32 per cent of the total accidents, it said.

The report also said that 51,425 accidents took place between 9 PM and midnight, whereas 27,954 mishaps occurred between midnight and 3 AM last year, the report said.

Besides, 30,291 accidents occurred between 3 AM and 6 AM, 55,518 between 6 AM and 9 AM, 81,964 between 9 AM and 12 noon, and 79,616 mishaps took place between 12 noon to 3 PM last year, the report added.