New Delhi : Car manufacturers of the automobile sector have also become strict after the government made rules and regulations to reduce road accidents in India. According to a report, carmaker Maruti-Suzuki has decided to install a security alarm in the electric hybrid model of the Grand Vitara. Maruti-Suzuki India on Monday said it has fitted an alarm for pedestrian safety in the ‘electric hybrid’ model of its SUV Grand Vitara. Due to this, the prices of this vehicle will increase by up to four thousand rupees.
Alarm will ring from a distance of five feet
Maruti Suzuki India has announced the addition of Audio Vehicle Alert System (AVAS) to the Intelligent Electric Hybrid model of Grand Vitara in the information given to the stock market. According to the carmaker, this technology is designed to help keep drivers and pedestrians safe by alerting them to the vehicle’s presence. It will sound a low-pitched alarm that can be heard up to five feet away, alerting pedestrians and other nearby drivers that a vehicle is nearby. With the AVAS, the Grand Vitara will become compliant with the upcoming regulations.
The price will increase after installing the security alarm
The biggest thing is that after installing the security alarm in the Grand Vitara, the price of the vehicle will increase by up to Rs 4,000. In this regard, the car manufacturer Maruti-Suzuki told that the change in the price of this model of Grand Vitara will be applicable from July 17, 2023. There will be an increase of up to four thousand rupees in this. The ‘Electric Hybrid’ variant of the Grand Vitara is priced between Rs 18.29 lakh and Rs 19.79 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
Every hour 18 people die in road accidents, 44 injured
Let us tell that due to road accidents in India, about 18 people die every hour and about 44 people are injured. According to its annual report Road Accidents in India 2021 released by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, road accidents in India are killing 18 people every hour. At the same time, on an average 44 people get injured in these accidents every hour. According to the report of the ministry, 1.73 lakh people lost their lives in about 4.22 lakh road accidents in India in 2021. In this, the maximum number of 24,711 deaths occurred in Uttar Pradesh. After this, 16,685 people died in Tamil Nadu on the second number.
4.22 lakh road accidents in India
According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of road accidents in India increased from 3,68,828 in 2020 to 4,22,659 in 2021. These traffic accidents include 4,03,116 road accidents, 17,993 railway accidents and 1,550 railway crossing accidents. Tamil Nadu (from 46,443 to 57,090) recorded the highest increase in the number of traffic accident cases among states from 2020 to 2021. It is followed by Madhya Pradesh (43,360 to 49,493), Uttar Pradesh (30,593 to 36,509), Maharashtra (24,908 to 30,086) and Kerala (27,998 to 33,051).
dangerous to walk on the side of the road in india
Tech company Bosch Limited in a study report titled Indian Pedestrian Behavior on the Status of Pedestrian Safety in India, presented during the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week on 15 May 2023, states that the status of pedestrians walking along the roads in India is dangerous. The report states that 99 percent of pedestrians in India are at risk of injury in a road accident. In this report, it has also sought measures to improve road safety.
More than 29 thousand pedestrians died in road accidents
According to a report, during the year 2021, there have been around 29,200 pedestrian deaths in India. Around 60,000 pedestrians were injured in traffic accidents during this period. It has also been said in the report that there have been more deaths in road accidents in India than in the whole of Europe and Japan. It has also been said in the report that in the year 2021, more than 1.5 lakh people died due to road accidents.