Potholes and speed breakers break bones and have killed over 11000 last year

Potholes on Indian roads and poorly designed speed breakers and rumblers are not just irritants for any driver but can damage the vehicles and also kill. For the first time ever, the government has taken statistics of deaths caused by potholes, speed breakers and humps on roads. It has been revealed that in 2014, as many as 11,400 people died in such cases.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 14 September 2015.

Uttar Pradesh topped the list. Other states with a high number of fatalities on these counts were Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal. Maharashtra registered 368 deaths in crashes due to potholes, humps and speed breakers while another 224 persons died in crashes on roads under repair or under construction.
The study titled Road Accident Report (2014) has been published by the road transport and highways ministry. As per this report, 4,726 lives were lost in crashes due to humps, 6,672 people died in accidents caused due to potholes and speed breakers.
The actual figures could be much higher since the data was not properly captured by local police while registering accidents. In many cases these are recorded as any other road crash without assigning whether due to potholes of speed breakers.
While potholes can be identified and filled up, when it comes to speed breakers, the problem is more complicated. There was lack of uniformity and no standard design for speed breakers on most roads. Those who do the work do not follow any standard design, curvature and location. In many cases, locals put up speed breakers and these are more dangerous for two-wheeler riders and passengers in three-wheelers.
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