Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Chittoor Orders Coordinated Action to Reduce Fatal Road Accidents
Chittoor officials met to discuss how to make roads safer.
Collector Sumit Kumar said departments must work together quickly.
They will study where crashes happen and why they keep happening.
Places with repeated crashes may be marked as black spots.
Officials will use road repairs, stronger traffic enforcement, and safety campaigns to help prevent crashes.
Teams have already inspected all national highways in the district.
The number of accidents and injuries decreased compared with the previous reported period.
However, officials said preventing fatal crashes is still an urgent goal.
Collector Sumit Kumar ordered departments to coordinate immediate measures against fatal road crashes in Chittoor.
Officials were told to scientifically analyze accidents and formally mark recurring crash locations as black spots.
Safety plans are to combine engineering improvements, traffic enforcement, and targeted public-awareness campaigns.
Accidents fell 8%, from 462 to 425, while injuries dropped 27%, from 615 to 449, during January–August 2025 and the same period in 2026.
Project directors must submit time-bound reports addressing safety gaps identified during joint national-highway inspections.
- Who
- Chittoor District Collector Sumit Kumar, District SP Tushar Dudi, and officials from transport, highways, roads, and other departments.
- What
- A District Road Safety Committee review ordered coordinated and time-bound measures to reduce fatal road accidents.
- When
- The review covered accident figures for January–August 2025 and the same period in 2026; the meeting date was not specified.
- Where
- Chittoor district, with special attention to national highways.
- Why
- To address recurring crash locations and infrastructural safety gaps, and to reduce fatal road crashes.
- Accidents reported
- 462 from January–August 2025; 425 during the same period in 2026
- Accident change
- An 8 percent decline
- Injuries reported
- 615 from January–August 2025; 449 during the same period in 2026
- Injury change
- A 27 percent decline
- Safety locations
- Repeated-crash locations are to be formally designated as black spots
- Inspections
- Joint multi-departmental inspections were completed across all national highways
- Required reports
- Project directors must submit action reports with measures, priorities, and deadlines