600 road crashes in first 40 days of lockdown in India
India recorded around 600 road crashes during the first 40 days of the ongoing nationwide lock down, with 30% of the victims being migrants returning home, a study by SaveLIFE foundation has revealed.
SaveLIFE Foundation is an independent, non-profit non-governmental organization working on road safety in India.
A deeper dive into the statistics reveals 57 percent of the deaths were of those who were driving, and 30 percent were of migrants trying to make their way back home. With interstate travel prohibited during the lockdown, scores of stranded migrant workers were forced to either make the journey back home on foot or find someone willing to drive them home.
As per data compiled by the SaveLIFE for the period between 24th March to 3rd May, the country recorded more than 60...