ROAD ACCIDENTS
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Pedestrians top the list of fatal road causalities, accounting for 34 per cent of total deaths, a survey shows. This is followed by passengers of motor vehicles and two-wheelers, who account for 24 per cent and 29 per cent of the deaths, respectively. The survey-based on police records was conducted by the Institute of Road Traffic, a voluntary organization of experts from diverse fields promoting road safety. The report was prepared with the assistance of some top officials of the Delhi Traffic Police.
Stating that buses account for about 25 per cent of road fatalities, the study said that with the induction of about 2500 private buses in Delhi, the accident situation had become quite serious. The analysis shows that Redline Transport Corporation buses (RTC) cause 25 per cent, thus showing the high accident risk posed by the redline buses. The transport department needs to take drastic and stringent measures to stop high accident risk.
(a) Who are the main victims of fatal road accidents?
(b) What is the main purpose of IRT?
(c) Why has the accident situation become quite serious in Delhi?
(d) What does the analysis of accidents survey show?
(e) Find a word from the passage which means ‘persons walking on streets and roads’.
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