Concentration of Road Accidents In Punjab State of India: A Geographical Analysis

By : Santosh Kumari , D.D. Sharma , Virender Singh

Page No: 308-320

Abstract
There is no denying the fact that road transport is the backbone of society and have telling impact on the economy also. As a result of massive growth of both road network and vehicles there in, the problem of road accident injury and fatalities to road users have also gone up and road accident has become most common and fatal disaster of present time. This study, therefore, aims to analyse the trend and the regional variation of concentration of road accident in the Punjab state of India. The present study is entirely based on the secondary data, collected from statistical abstracts published by Punjab Government. The study reveals that during the period of 2006-2016, the number of total road accidents in Punjab increased from 5099 to 6952 recording a growth rate of 36.34. District with highest number of total road accidents is Ludhiana followed by district Patiala. While, S.A.S. Nagar with 2.10 and 2.02 concentration index values in 2006 and 2016 respectively has been the leading district in both years of study. Number of road accidents in the study area is positively correlated with size of population, population density, number of registered vehicles and road length.

Authors :
Santosh Kumari
Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005.

D.D. Sharma
Professor and Chairman, Department of Geography, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005.

Virender Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Govt. College Sarkaghat, District Mandi (Himachal Pradesh).
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2021.41.02.6