No Insurance Claim For Riding Without Helmet

Aimed at encouraging bike riders to wear a helmet, the Nashik police have decided that they would mention in their records in case an accident victim was not wearing a helmet while driving a two-wheeler. In case the accident victim was found without a helmet, the bereaved family members would not be able to stake claim for insurance.

Nashik police commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singal said, "This would prevent the bereaved family from staking insurance claims. We have decided to implement this measure to ensure that motorists wear helmets while driving their two-wheelers."

Singal was speaking at the inauguration of the 28th Road Safety Campaign, which is implemented jointly by the Regional Transport Office and the city police, from Monday.

"Deaths from road accidents were more than number of deaths in riots or crime. Every life is important and most of the times, the deceased are the breadwinners of their family. Thus, our efforts should be such that there were no road deaths," Radhakrishan said.

He added that even the safety of pedestrians and those traveling by buses is important as road deaths brought the gross domestic product of the nation down by 4%. He appealed to all the departments concerned to put in sincere efforts to bring down the rate of road deaths.

As per the last statistics, there are 400 road deaths per day in India; up 5% to 1.46 lakh in 2015. In 2016 the number has only risen though the final figures are not out yet.  As per BBC Report, India road crashes killed 146,133 people in 2015.