Seven years after MV Act amendments, experts seek safer roads, stricter speed management
Seven years after India's Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act came into force, road-safety experts are calling for stricter implementation of safety standards, speed management, and improved infrastructure for vulnerable road users. This call comes against the backdrop of a high road-crash fatality burden, with India recording 4,87,707 accidents and 1,77,175 deaths in 2024.
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The alarmingly high number of road fatalities in India underscores the urgent need for effective policy implementation and infrastructure improvements to save lives and reduce injuries, highlighting a critical public health and safety issue.
Seven years after the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act came into force, road-safety experts have called for tighter implementation of safety standards, stricter speed management, and safer infrastructure for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.
The call comes against the backdrop of a high road-crash fatality burden. According to the publication Road Accidents in India 2024 , the country recorded 4,87,707 road accidents in 2024, which claimed 1,77,175 lives and injured 4,71,441 people.
At a road-safety roundtable organised by the Road Safety Network (RSN) on Thursday (September 24, 2026), experts from IIT-Delhi, NIMHANS, Parisar and CrashFree India discussed the implementation of the amended law and identified priorities for the next phase of road-safety efforts.
Professor Geetam Tiwari of IIT-Delhi said road design needed to reflect the vulnerability of different road users, particularly on stretches where pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheelers interact closely with motorised traffic.
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