A recent report by the Nepali Police Department has revealed alarming results about road accidents in Nepal.<\/p>\n
The report highlighted that a total of 2,000 people are losing their lives in road accidents in Nepal annually and the number hovers at 8,982 over the last five years period.<\/p>\n
According to the report, road accidents are on the rise as a result of increasing vehicle usage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Negligence of the driver, overtaking, passengers negligence, high speed, drunk and drive, technical glitches in vehicles and overloading of vehicles remain to be the major factors resulting in mishaps.<\/p>\n With regard to infrastructure challenges, narrow roads and lack of strong foundation are among the key reasons leading to substantial number of deaths, says Nepal Police<\/a> Headquarters Spokesperson and Deputy Inspector General Manoj Neupane.<\/p>\n \u201cMost of the accidents that happened involved motorcycles,\u201d says Neupane.<\/p>\n As per the report, the number of deaths due to road accidents was 1,787 in FY 2013-14, which further increased to 2,004 in 2014-15, 2,006 in 2015-16 and a further to 2,384 in 2016-17.<\/p>\n The first four months of 2018 alone saw 801 accidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent report by the Nepali Police Department has revealed alarming results about road accidents in…<\/span><\/p>\n