LAHORE: At least 426 people have been killed and thousands other injured due to traffic accidents in the provincial capital during the current year, thus exposing the inefficiency of the authorities concerned to manage traffic in the city, Pakistan Today has learnt. Like previous years, the traffic police could not bring any change in improving the traffic system. Despite launching various traffic awareness campaigns, traffic accidents have increased as compared to last year when roads accidents claimed the lives of 328 people. From January 1 till December 24, the traffic authorities recorded 45,094 accidents in Lahore alone, averaging six deaths, 906 injuries and 884 accidents every week. He was of the view that despite being issued traffic violation tickets, people intentionally ignored the traffic rules which caused the accidents.

Source: Pakistan Today December 20, 2017 16:07 UTC