Pedestrians, bikers remain top cause of road accidents in Islamabad.

Byline: kasim abbasi

ISLAMABAD -- Pedestrians and bikers remain at the top for causing road accidents according to an analysis of the year 2019 by Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP).

Expressway and GT Road Tarnol have emerged as dangerous roads of the capital where major accidents happened and the most in numbers: 60 and 29 respectively. Pedestrians on one hand are the main cause of the accidents on Express Highway, whereas, on the other hand, bikers remain at top for causing accidents on GT Road Tarnol.

In the year 2019, the roads of Islamabad faced a total of 205 major accidents recorded by the traffic police of Islamabad.

The official document available with The Nation shares both the location of the accident as well as the type of it. Vehicles hitting bikes are 85 of the total 205 accidents occurred in Islamabad last year. The second place in the list is taken by vehicles hitting pedestrians. A total of 70 accidents are recorded when cars or traffic hit the people on the road.

Vehicle to vehicle accidents are 34, whereas bike to bike accidents are only two in number in the year 2019.

When locations are seen, Express Highway and GT Road Tarnol remain at the top. On 3rd comes Murree Road (Islamabad part) with 15 accidents in the year 2019. Out of the 15 accidents on Murree road, seven of them were caused by pedestrians, according to the official document.

GT Road and Park Road experienced 10 accidents in the previous year. Both of them faced most of the accidents because of bikers.

Islamabad Traffic Police Education Wing Head Ishtiaq told The Nation that the roads of Islamabad needed good engineering, which is most essential for effective and smooth traffic. He emphasised that the flow of the traffic is highly dependent on the structure and making of the roads and highways.

The official stressed that...