KATHMANDU: In Chitwan, a staggering toll of 115 lives lost to road accidents has been recorded over the fiscal year spanning mid-July 2023 to mid-July 2024.

On July 10, in Uttar Pradesh, a private double-decker bus collided with a milk tanker, killing 18 people. Local reports claimed the bus’s insurance had not been renewed and that it lacked an alarm system to alert the driver if the bus drifted from its lane, among other issues.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Parliamentarians have called the attention of the government to the need for declaring a special situation and taking urgent measures for minimizing the increasing road accidents in the country.

It is a somber reality that road accidents have become a common occurrence in our country, often with terrible loss of lives as well as crippling injuries. On Tuesday morning, the country woke up to a shocking piece of news about the death of nine individuals in the Baglung bus accident. As many as 28 others have sustained injuries after the ill-fated bus en route from East Rukum to Kathmandu met with an accident at Jaulepani, Nisikhola Rural Municipality-6, along the mid-hill highway.

While it is important for riders to take necessary precautions, it is equally crucial for the concerned government authorities to take concrete actions to minimize the rate of accidents. It is high time for the formulation of new legislation that mandates formation of specialized bodies to oversee road safety standards.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Annually hundreds of people have been untimely losing their lives in the Kathmandu Valley due to road accidents.

CHITWAN, Jan 18: A 30-year-old youth died when a Bolero jeep and a scooter collided in Khairahani, East Chitwan on Thursday. Thus, the number of deaths in road accidents is high. In the last four and a half years, 1,530 people have lost their lives in 5,213 vehicle accidents in Bagmati Province. In the last six months, 128 people have died in road accidents, according to Bagmati Province Traffic Police Office Ramnagar.

It is a somber reality that road accidents have become a common occurrence in our country, often with terrible loss of lives as well as crippling injuries. On Saturday morning, the country woke up to a shocking piece of news about a terrible accident involving a passenger bus in Bhaluwang, Dang where twelve people died and many others received critical injuries.

BUTWAL, Jan 1: On December 16, two youths tragically lost their lives in a collision with a tipper at Jharbaira Chowk on the Ghorahi-Tulsipur road section in Dang. Bishal GC, 17, and Sagar KC, 18, from Jhimru Rural Municipality, Pyuthan, riding a motorcycle, were struck by a speeding tipper during the night. Police investigation revealed that the main cause of the accident was overspeeding. The tipper driver, Ishwar Budha, 26, has been apprehended by the police.

TRIBENI (RUKUM WEST), Nov 20: Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Rukum West, a district in Karnali Province, and Jhapa, a district in Koshi Province.

KAILALI, Nov 18: During the Tihar festival, a total of 17 people died in road accidents in Sudurpaschim Province. According to Nepal Police Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office, Attariya, 17 people died in road accidents at various places in Sudurpaschim during the Tihar festival.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Nepal Police has said that apart from sporadic incidents during Tihar, criminal incidents across the country were below the ‘normal’ mark. According to Central Police Spokesperson DIG Kuber Kadayat, there have been fewer criminal incidents during Tihar this time than in the past, but road accidents have increased.

SUNSARI, Nov 16: Two people have died in separate road accidents in Sunsari.

BHARATPUR, Oct 27: A person died and three others were critically injured in separate road accidents in Chitwan district.

KAILALI, Sept 8: The District Traffic Police Office, Dhangadhi, has taken initiatives to place reflective belts around the necks and horns of stray cattle in response to a rising number of road accidents. The reflective belts will glow from a distance at night, so the number of road accidents will be reduced.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The frequency of road accidents in Nepal has reached a distressing level. As per the three-month progress report released by the Nepal Police on Friday, a staggering 581 individuals lost their lives in vehicle accidents during this period.

KATHMANDU,  June 28: It was an unforgettable day for the Ramesh Itani couple from Matatirtha, which lies on the western outskirts of Kathmandu.

MADHYABINDU, March 1: As many as 22 people lost their lives in road accidents in a period of seven months in Nawalparasi ( Bardghat Susta East). According to the District Police Office (DPO), Nawalpur, the district reported 47 road accidents in the given time with 61 cases of severe and 87 minor injuries.

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: A six-member committee has been formed under the coordination of Spokesperson at Home Ministry Phanindra Mani Pokhrel to issue directives for smooth management of transport and prevention of road accidents in the wake of approaching festivals.

SURKHET, July 25: As many as 392 people lost their lives in 992 road accidents in Karnali Province in the last three years. During these three years, the biggest accident happened in Mugu on 12 October 2021. As many as 32 people lost their lives and 13 others were injured in a road accident in Mugu. A bus (Bhe. 1 Kha 3167) going from Nepalgunj to Mugu Headquarters Gamgadhi had met with an accident in the Pinatpane River located in Chhayanath Rara Municipality-7.

KAPILVASTU,July 5: Two people died in separate road accidents in Kapilvastu on Tuesday.

KARNALI, Oct 18: There have been 21 accidents and deaths of 37 people during Dashain period in Karnali, according to the Provincial Police Office, Surkhet.

BANIYANI, August 17: Despite the lockdown imposed several times to contain coronavirus, the number of road accidents grew by threefold in Jhapa district.

South Asia is particularly vulnerable to road-related accidents where frequent road users such as motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians, and public transport users are killed in road crashes more than in any other region of the world.

RUPANDEHI, Jan 19: Lumbini Traffic Police has introduced a time card for tippers operating in two sections of the road in the district in a bid to minimize road accidents. The time card will be implemented for the tippers operating from Dovan of Palpa to Butwal and from Butwal to Bhairahawa.

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KATHMANDU, March 5: Six people were killed and 34 injured in two separate road accidents in Surkhet and Makawanpur districts on Wednesday.

LONDON, Feb 24: Minister for Transport Management Basanta Kumar Nembang attended the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety at Stockholm of Sweden where he shared Nepal's position and called for supports from the development nations to save the lives of many people in the road accidents.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Parliamentary committee on Development and Technology on Friday held a discussion on frequent road accidents.

Driving, the most sensitive job on the road, seems to be becoming reckless job in recent times. Last week, a truck driver crushed a student in Nepalgunj inviting widespread protests from the students and the locals.  According to the locals, the student who lost both of her legs in that incident, was actually pushed to that stage when the truck driver rolled back the truck over her when he noticed that she was only injured.   Locals suspect that the truck driver actually intended to kill her.

DHANGADHI, Nov 29: On November 22, Ram Bahadur Rokaya and Ram Bahadur Thagunna were walking on the road at Krishnanagar Municipality-2 in Kanchanpur district. A speeding vehicle hit them and Rokaya died of injuries at the Seti Provincial Hospital. Police have yet to nab the vehicle and the driver.

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KATHMANDU, Aug 6: There has been a marked rise in wildlife deaths in road accidents on the highways in and around various national parks.

DOTI, July 26: A total of 233 people lost their lives to road accidents in Sudur Pashchim State in the last fiscal year 2018/19.

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KATHMANDU, July 14: In recent times, there has been an increasing trend in road accidents across the country.

TANAHU, June 20: A cyclist Kamal BK, 21, of Dulegauda lost his life in an accident at Gachhepani on Sunday morning last week. The same day, Hum Bahadur Sapkota, 66, of Raipur died on the spot in another accident a few kilometers away from Gachhepani in the evening.

BAITEDI, May 25: Ten persons have died in various accidents in the past one week in Baitedi. Of them five died in road accidents, according to Baitedi police spokesperson Rabindra Chand.

BHARATPUR, April 20: Two people have died and one seriously injured in two separate road accidents that took place in Chitwan.

KATHMANDU, April 12: A ‘traffic week’ has begun in the Kathmandu Valley from today. The weeklong awareness campaign launched on the initiatives of the Traffic Police Circle, Maharajgunj and other subordinate community service centers aims to minimise road accidents in the Valley.

More than 132 people lost their lives in Kathmandu’s road accidents in the last six months, and 1,176 people died across the country in road accidents during the same time.

KATHMANDU, March 2: Lawmakers from different political parties have drawn the attention of the government and parliament over the growing number of road accidents. They blamed government bodies and construction companies behind delayed construction of roads.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The newly widened Koteshwar-Kalanki road section has been plagued by doubts ever since its inception, with stakeholders pointing out technical lapses . As a result of these lapses, accidents have proliferated on the road section at an alarming rate.

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CHITWAN, Jan 23: Five people were injured in two separate road accidents today along the Prithvi Highway. Four were injured, one seriously when two trucks collided at Phisling of Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-3 in Chitwan.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Road accidents in the Kathmandu Valley have claimed 132 lives in the first six months of the current fiscal year, indicating a sharp rise in the number of road fatalities.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Altogether nine individuals lost their lives in  road accidents  in Rukum (West), Rupandehi, Nawalparasi(East), Bara, Chitwan and Dhading districts.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Shyam Shrestha, 36, was riding his bicycle along the Kirtipur road Saturday when he suddenly fell into a manhole left open by Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL). He did not live to see another day.

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Fourteen people died in road accidents in Kathmandu Valley during the Dashain festival time.