Bhubaneswar: In spite of several measures to curb road accidents and resultant fatalities, the death toll due to vehicle mishaps in the state had crossed 3,200 by the end of September 2016.
According to state transport department statistics, 3,277 people had died in road accidents till September 30. With 199 deaths in road accidents Ganjam district tops the list followed by Mayurbhanj with 198 fatalities.
Apart from Ganjam and Mayurbhanj, cities and districts such as Bhubaneswar, Jajpur, Balasore, Angul, Sundargarh and Keonjhar have seen the death of at least 150 people each in road accidents till September this year.
The statistics further reveals that 7,788 cases of accidents have been reported in the state by September end. With 444 mishaps the capital city leads the list of the highest numbers of accidents while Keonjhar district is second with 408 cases.
Besides Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Ganjam, Rourkela have seen at least 350 cases of accidents each.
While 4,326 persons received grievous injuries in the accidents, 4097 others sustained minor injuries.
The figures also reveal that during 2013-14 there were around 9,650 accident cases resulting in the death of 3,931 people while 5,667 persons received grievous injuries. Similarly, the state reported 10,542 road accident cases during 2014-15 in which 4,303 persons died while 6,088 persons were seriously injured.
Till September this year the state also witnessed four major road mishaps (one each in Deogarh and Bhuban, two in Angul) in which around 60 people perished.
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