365Telugu.com Online News, Hyderabad, September 2nd, 2022: India’s leading tech-first insurance provider, ACKO, has released a report on road accident hotspots in Hyderabad. Accident Index 2022 has released a data. It was concluded that Madapur is the area where most road accidents occur in Hyderabad.
Madapur. Boddupal, AS Rao Nagar, Kothaguda and Nizampet also revealed in the bi-annual edition of ACKO Accident Index 2022 that accidents are also happening. According to CKO Accident Index 2022, the highest accident rate was recorded in Madapur at 15 percent. However, in areas like Boddupal, AS Rao Nagar and Kothaguda, accidents are occurring less than 10 percent. The reasons behind the accidents are mostly ‘drivers’, animals crossing the road, rash driving, potholes on the roads, drunk driving among other reasons.
Another interesting fact revealed by the index is that animals are the main cause of road accidents. The study revealed that dogs, cows and surprisingly rats are also the main cause of accidents. ACKO Senior Director Motor Underwriting Animesh Das said, “Improper roads are not the only reason for accidents. If we take a few precautions, we can prevent road accidents and the deaths that occur with them.”
This Accident Index is just a helping hand to our policy makers and administrators so that they can take action in India’s most accident-prone areas, which will help control traffic and reduce accidents significantly. ACKO is India’s leading insurtech company serving 70+ million unique customers. This first-of-its-kind report is provided by the ACKO database. Road accidents are happening due to lack of infrastructure, drunk driving, rash driving, animals crossing the streets and some drivers driving.
Among other metro cities…Bangalore is the least accident prone city with 16 percent accident rate. Most of the accidents were reported in Bommanahalli, which accounted for about 9 percent of the accidents. 8 percent accidents were reported in Kalyan Nagar. In Bengaluru, the 50 km stretch from Bannerghatta to Hoodi faces heavy traffic jams.
In Chennai..
In Chennai, the highest number of accidents occurred in the traffic heavy and industrial belts of Guindy with 19 percent accidents, Ambattur with 14 percent accidents and Poonamallee with 13 percent accidents. The overall road accident rate in Chennai is 18.6 percent.
Delhi: Sector 12 in Noida has become the most accident-prone area in Delhi NCR. 9 percent of accidents take place here. The main causes of accidents are animals crossing the road after ‘other drivers’, potholes on the roads, rash driving and drunken driving. Overall, the road accident rate in Delhi is 20.3 percent.
Mumbai: An accident rate of 18.2 percent was recorded in Mumbai. Here Ghatkopar (West) is the most dangerous area with 5 percent road accidents. These mishaps are caused by animals crossing the road, potholes on the roads, rash driving and drunken driving.
ACKO has created this report to shed light on some of the most common causes of accidents, to help vehicle owners in India drive better. The data in this report comes from the ACKO database. This report is provided by the Company through certain third-party data sources.