Lahore witnesses surge in accidents

Most of the victims are between 18 and 40 years of age

LAHORE: At least 882 road traffic crashes (RTCs) were reported to the Provincial Monitoring Cell of the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) from all 36 districts of Punjab over the last 24 hours. Four people lost their lives and 567 suffered injuries.

As many as 419 victims, who sustained minor injuries, were discharged on the spot after provision of first aid by emergency medical teams. According to the data, 429 drivers, 22 underage drivers, 124 pedestrians and 437 passengers were among the victims of these road traffic crashes. The statistics show that 240 RTCs were reported to the Lahore Control Room and these affected 241 people. This provincial capital was followed by Multan with 103 incidents and Faisalabad with 79 accidents and 94 victims.



The details further showed that 990 victims were affected by road traffic crashes including 790 males and 200 females. The age groups of the victims showed that 164 were under 17 years of age, 556 were between 18 and 40 years and rest of the 270 victims were reported to be above 40 years of age.

According to the data, 711 motorcycles, 131 auto rickshaws, 82 cars, 50 vans, 10 passenger buses, 31 trucks and 104 other types of auto vehicles and slow-moving carts were involved in the aforementioned road traffic accidents.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2018.