14 killed in Punjab road accidents

Majority ie 72% of crashes involved motorcycles

LAHORE:

At least 14 people died, whereas 1,020 were injured in 956 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) across Punjab during the last 24 hours.

Out of this 598 people were seriously injured who were shifted to different hospitals. Whereas, 422 minor injured victims were treated at the incident site.

The majority (72%) involved motorcycles.

Further, the analysis showed that 451 drivers, 30 underage drivers, 95 pedestrians, and 488 passengers were among the victims of these road traffic crashes.

The statistics show that 224 RTCs were reported in Lahore which affected 249 persons placing the Provincial Capital at top of the list followed by 72 Multan in with 73 victims and at third Faisalabad with 70 RTCs and 74 victims.

The details further reveal that 1034 victims were affected by road traffic crashes including 818 males and 216 females, while the age group of the victims shows that 230 were under 18 years of age, 532 were between 18 and 40 years and rest of the 272 victims were reported above 40 years of age.

As per the data 812 motorcycles, 66 rickshaws, 116 cars, 23 vans, 10 passenger buses, 18 trucks and 83 other types of auto vehicles and slow-moving carts were involved in aforesaid road traffic accidents.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2022.