What you should know
It has been shown in the latest analysis of the Nepal Police that the highest number of accidents are caused by driving vehicles at high speed. According to the Central Spokesperson of Nepal Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police Vinod Ghimire, while studying the situation of vehicle accidents in the last one month, it was found that more accidents occur due to high speed.
Stating that there were 2 thousand 922 vehicle accidents in the last month, he said that 1 thousand 450 accidents were due to speeding. After that, it was found that the accident occurred while driving the vehicle. According to the police, accidents have also occurred when crossing the road, "overtaking" and crossing the lane.
Most of the motorcycles are involved in accidents like this. This shows that motorcycle travel is at risk, that's why you shouldn't drive a motorcycle at high speed,' said spokesperson Ghimire.
According to Nepal Police, 56.57 percent of motorcycle accidents occurred during the study of accidents that occurred last June. Central spokesperson Ghimire informed that out of the total 4,428 vehicles involved in those accidents, 2,505 were motorcycles.
followed by jeep/car accidents are 17.23 percent. Trucks, tankers accounted for 6.46 percent and buses for 4.43 percent. The police said that these vehicles were involved in a total of 2,922 accidents.
239 people have died in one month due to those accidents. According to spokesperson Ghimire, 186 men, 36 women and 17 children died in the accident. He informed that 625 people were injured in that accident.
