 | Railways increases ex gratia relief in train accidents by 10 timesAccording to the circular, relatives of dead passengers of train as well as manned level crossing accidents will now get Rs 5 lakh whereas those who are grievously injured will be awarded Rs 2.5 lakh. |
 | Locals take a dig at Kovai Corporation over shoddy road work at GV ResidencyAnother major reason cited by the residents for the poor condition of the road is the frequent movement of heavy vehicles on the residential road to the RTO- ground for FC, registration among others. |
 | Three road accidents take away five lives in Chennai, ChengalpattuIn Adyar, an unidentified elderly man in his mid 60s was knocked down by a speeding van. |
 | ‘Bharat’ stamp on road safetyNow, after years of deliberation, India, too, has announced its own crash test protocol — the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (BNCAP). |
 | No stroke unit at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru; Nimhans only hopeDr Deepak, Superintendent, of Victoria Hospital added that the government has approved a stroke unit at Victoria in collaboration with Nimhans on a hub-and-spoke model basis, which is to come 'soon'. |
 | Accidents, deaths drop on Bengaluru-Mysuru highwayOne of the major steps was to penalise speedsters who cross 100 km/hr and ban the entry of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, quadricycles and slow-moving agricultural vehicles. |
 | More than 1.5 lakh people die in road accidents in India: DGP MA SaleemSaleem further said that many people die in road accidents as they do not wear helmets or seat belts, they over-speed, or drive under the influence of alcohol. |
| Scary roads: Bengaluru sees 501 fatal accidents in 8 monthsFactors include overspeeding, reckless driving, lack of traffic awareness, and drunk driving. |
 | Man killed, two hurt as lorry crashes into eight vehicles in BengaluruInvestigations revealed that the accused lorry driver Chandrashekhar was driving under the influence of alcohol and has been arrested. |
 | Guntur officials told to identify blackspots to curb accidentsSeveral awareness programmes are being conducted to the public and at various educational institutions to educate youth and students on road safety regulations. |
 | Overloaded autos put schoolkids’ lives at riskAs accidents become frequent in state, TNIE visits school major zones & finds autos carrying up to 10 children |
 | Safe tracks: Significant drop in train accidents during 2014-23The railways have also installed a GPS-based fog safety device for loco pilots for fog-falling times on almost all fog-affected routes. |
 | Seven injured in twin car accidents in OdishaPolice reached the spot and rescued the injured persons. One of the injured has been shifted to SCB MCH. |
 | Deaths due to road accidents come down in CoimbatoreThe commissioner claimed the dip in numbers was a result of various measures such as enforcing pedestrian crossing facilities on arterial roads. |
 | TN transport department gets tough on overloaded goods vehiclesSimilarly, under section 114 of CMVA, the driver of an overloaded vehicle should take the vehicle to the weighing scale to assess the load of the vehicle. |
 | Stray cattle don reflective collars on NH-16 to curb accidentsThe infra company started off by putting nylon collar belts on stray cattle near Chandikhol stretch. |
 | KSRTC buses to maintain 80 km speed to avoid mishapsThe drivers were asked to use the right lane only while overtaking another vehicle in the front. |
 | Will discuss faults on expressway with Gadkari soon, says CM SiddaramaiahA demonstration of the speed detector to check the speed of vehicles was held for Siddaramaiah. |
 | Two kids killed in separate road accidents in Cuddalore and KallakurichiThe lorry driver fled from the scene, abandoning the vehicle. The police sent the deceased's body to the government hospital in Chidambaram for an autopsy. |
 | Ernakulam women better drivers than men: ReportStudy conducted by dept of economics and statistics indicates that men are 13 times more likely to meet with accidents |
