With 88 people killed and over 1,000 injured in road accidents across Kathua , Samba , Rajouri and Poonch during the first seven months of this year, Traffic Police Rural Jammu conducted a special drive targeting two-wheeler violations, which accounted for 44 per cent of the crashes, booking 8,675 violators, an official said on Tuesday.
To address the growing concern, Traffic Police Rural Jammu launched a comprehensive awareness and enforcement campaign across all four districts, the spokesperson said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic Rural Jammu, Farooq Qaiser said similar special drives targeting other categories of vehicles, including Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) would be launched in the coming days. Traffic Police Rural Jammu also conducted on-road road-safety counselling sessions in Rajouri and Poonch districts, where dedicated canopies were established for interacting with road users. He appealed to all motorists to strictly adhere to traffic rules and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, warning that stringent enforcement against violators would continue in the interest of public safety.
The awareness-cum-enforcement campaign, conducted from September 1 to 14, followed an analysis of accident data that highlighted the significant involvement of two-wheelers in crashes across the four districts, a spokesperson of the traffic police (Rural Jammu) said. According to an analysis of road accident data from January 1 to July 31 by Traffic Police Rural Jammu , a total of 699 accidents were reported in the four districts, resulting in 88 fatalities and injuries to 1,001 persons. Significantly, 27 per cent of accident victims were below the age of 26 years. Out of the total 699 road accidents during the relevant period, 445 (64 per cent) were those in which single vehicles were involved.
