Youth And Road Safety

The growing number of road accidents in Nepal has become a matter of serious concern. While many countries, including some in Europe, Japan and Australia, among others, have taken innovative measures to dramatically reduce road crashes over time, we are among the countries seeing the opposite of this trend. If we deeply look at their success stories, they all at least share one thing in common: strict enforcement of traffic rules. Road safety, after all, is a shared responsibility, meaning that all road users – pedestrians, drivers and passengers – have a role to play in keeping road safe from accidents. Equally important is the action by Department of Roads (DoR) and traffic police. Studies have consistently shown that around two-thirds of such accidents involve pedestrians and two-wheelers, and most of the time over-speeding is blamed.