Archive · 22 May 2025
IIT-Madras Initiative Launches to Curb Road Accidents Nationwide
IIT-Madras is starting a new program to make roads safer.
The program will focus on areas with many accidents in 100 districts.
This project will use information to understand why accidents happen in each area.
The goal is to make roads safer by improving things like road design, traffic enforcement, and educating people about safety.
This is based on the 5E model.
The project aims to decrease the number of accidents and make sure that people are safe when they travel.
IIT-Madras launched a program to curb road accidents across the country.
The program focuses on high-accident zones in 100 districts.
The initiative is under the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
It uses a data-driven, hyperlocal intervention approach.
The program is aligned with IIT-M’s 5E model of road safety.
- Who
- IIT-Madras, Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- What
- A program to curb road accidents.
- When
- Launched on Tuesday
- Where
- 100 districts across 17 states
- Why
- To reduce road accidents, fatalities, and injuries.
- Target Districts
- 100
- Affected States
- 17
- Lead Institution
- IIT-Madras
- Program Approach
- Data-driven hyperlocal intervention
- 5E Road Safety Model
- Engineering, Enforcement, Education, Emergency care, Empathy
- Launched In
- Delhi
