GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Then from 1995 onwards, on the initiative of the Founder of RoadPeace, all other road victim organisations under the umbrella of FEVR agreed to remember road victims in their respective countries on a common day and chose the 3rd Sunday of November as this Day.

Detailed explanation-2: -The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was started by RoadPeace in 1993. In 2005, the United Nations endorsed it as a global day to be observed every third Sunday in November each year, as the “appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic injuries and their families”.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 15, 2010 the Centre sanctioned the National Road Safety policy, recommended by the Sunder Committee. The Road Safety Week celebration is initiated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with an aim to raise public awareness about traffic rules.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every year, approximately 1.5 lakh people dies on India roads, which translate, on an average, into 1130 accidents and 422 deaths every day or 47 accidents and 18 deaths every hour.