COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore District (Rural) police have identified 39 road stretches across its jurisdiction as accident-prone areas. The assessment was carried out on the basis of accidents and the casualties reported in 2023. Based on the findings, the police department has made efforts to reduce accidents through short-term engineering measures through the stakeholders departments of state, national highways and transport departments.
The District Police Superintendent V Badrinarayanan said they have reduced the accident fatality rate to 10% in 2023 compared to the previous year 2022. With the modifications at accident black spots, he said that the accident fatality rate would be brought down in the coming years.
