Decrease in road accidents

By Our crime correspondent
July 09, 2020

Islamabad : A significant reduction has been witnessed in fatal road accidents during 2020 as compared to corresponding period of last year and traffic management also got improved on the busy roads of the Capital despite construction work in various areas of the city.

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According to the data, 35 percent reduction has been witnessed in fatal road accidents and 16 percent in non-fatal accidents occurred in 2020 as compared to the corresponding period of 2019.

A total of 3,15,436 fine tickets worth Rs85.6 million were issued over violation of traffic rules in various categories and 502 VIPs were also fined during the ongoing year.

Islamabad Traffic Police force followed the guidelines provided by IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar khan and achieved remarkable success in 2020 under the supervision of DIG (Traffic) Sarfaraz Ahmed Falki and SSP (|Traffic) Farrukh Rasheed.

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