Dilip Kumar, Ranchi. A meeting of the Road Safety Cell was held under the chairmanship of ADG Operations T. Kandasamy at Jharkhand Police Headquarters on Monday. SSP, SP, Rand DIG and Zonal IG of all the districts participated in this meeting through video conferencing.
In the meeting, a comparative review of road accidents that occurred from January to November 2024 and January to November 2025 was done. The review has revealed that in comparison to 2024, the number of road accidents and the number of injured and dead has increased by more than 10 percent in 2025.
In the case of police failing to save the injured in road accidents, majority of SPs have expressed concern over the health system of the state. Everyone said that due to weak health system of the state, it is not succeeding in saving the injured. Injured people are dying due to lack of doctors and oxygen in hospitals.
In the month of November of both these years, the number of injured and dead in Ranchi has increased by 40 percent. Road accidents have increased by more than 100 percent in Khunti and Godda.
The districts where accidents have increased the most include Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro, Giridih, Dumka, Khunti and Godda etc. At the same time, the districts where accidents have reduced include Jamshedpur, Lohardaga, Chaibasa, Jamtara and Deoghar districts.
Sahibganj SP mentioned the accident that happened last week in Ranga police station.
In the meeting of Road Safety Cell, majority of SPs expressed concern over the health system of the state. Sahibganj SP proved this by giving a recent example. He mentioned the collision between an auto and a tanker in Ranga police station area.
After this incident, neither the Sadar Hospital nor the Trauma Center built in Rajmahal Sub-Divisional Hospital was of any use. The cardiac ambulance purchased a few years ago was also of no use.
Five injured people lost their lives due to lack of timely health care. Jharkhand Police will celebrate National Road Safety Year 2026 from January 1 to January 31 as Zero Fatality Month.
Driving under the influence of alcohol, not wearing helmet and seat belt, high speed is the reason for the accident.
The causes of road accidents were also reviewed in the meeting of the Road Safety Cell. It revealed the fact that most of the accidents are occurring due to driving under the influence of alcohol, not wearing helmet, not wearing seat belt and speeding.
Koshang realized that the Drunk and Drive campaign was not being carried out with the strictness with which it should be implemented in the state. Its effect is that people do not follow traffic rules, which becomes a major cause of accidents.
More accidents are happening in rural areas than in urban areas.
All the SPs informed in the review meeting that more accidents are happening in mofussil and rural areas than in the city. The reason behind this is that surveillance is strict in the city. In rural areas, drivers drive recklessly, disregarding the rules. In villages, the number of people riding two-wheelers without helmets is high.
Some accidents are seen in which no one killed anyone and the accident happened. For example, the first two-wheeler driver, who was driving under the influence of alcohol and without a helmet, hit a tree directly, due to which he got seriously injured and lost his life.
were present at the meeting
In the auditorium of the Police Headquarters, ADG Operations T. Kandasamy along with DIG Jungle Warfare School Netarhat cum Road Safety Cell Dhananjay Kumar Singh, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Manager Technical Gautam Das and Chandan Ashish, State Roll Out Manager of e-Detailed Accident Report (E-DAR) and Integrated Road Accident Database (I-RAD) Assistant Engineer Ratan Lal Marandi and Shaswat Kumar Sinha were present. At the same time, all the zonal IGs, range DIGs, all SSPs-SPs were involved in video conferencing.
Review done on these points
In the meeting, road accidents, death and injuries after the accident, hit and run, entries made in e-DAR and I-RAD, action taken under the MV Act for the year 2024 and 2025 from January to November were reviewed. All SPs were asked to make meaningful efforts to prevent accidents due to black spots.
Ordered to take long term, short term measures on black spots with NHAI, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Division. They were asked to make maximum use of breath analyser, speed guns and other devices and to take strict action against those breaking traffic rules.
Instructions were also given to take necessary action to prevent accidents caused by cold and fog. Emphasis was laid on making ambulance responding and dial-112 effective.