AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): There is decline in the number of accident death in the state. According to report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in last five years, least number of casualties was registered in 2014.The report says, 188 person died due to road accident in 2014, 226 person died in 2013, 291 died in 2012. The highest number of causality was 453 in 2011 stated the report.

In the north east region there are report of 9,885 cases of road accidents. In the report Assam tops the list - 7825 cases, Meghalaya – 301, Mizoram – 95, Manipur – 735, Nagaland – 39, Arunachal – 112 and Sikkim – 62.             

 The incidence of accidents at two major accident-prone sites had seen a decline with the help of regular nakas being set up by the traffic police in the areas.

“ TSR s have been deployed  at these nakas to check cases of overspeeding. With awareness being spread across the city, residents have started cooperating to some extent,” said SP of traffic department  Smrithi Ranjan.

The tough enforcement measures also reflected in the penalty collected from the erring motorists. The traffic wing had collected a record of penalty from erring motorists during the first 11 months this year. The petty cases registered were mainly for speeding, overtaking through the left side, jumping of traffic signal, taking ‘U’ turns in the main road, violating one-way rules, not wearing helmet and seat belts and use of mobile phones.Road accident caused serious loss of life and property more than insurgency in the state.