One road death every four hours in Sri Lanka

Ridma Dissanayake

One road death occurs every four hours in Sri Lanka due to motor accidents and 100-110 road accidents occur each day in Sri Lanka, Traffic Administration and Road Safety Director Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) K. Arasaratnam told the Daily News, recently.

"At present, there are over 4.5 million registered vehicles in the country and half of them are motor cycles and they are the reason for most of motor accidents which occur in Sri Lanka," he added.

He said that the number of deaths reported due to accidents is higher than the deaths caused by dengue and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD).

According to the sources, 83 persons had died due to dengue during the past eight month. But at least five die daily due to road accidents.

The laws related to helmets and seat belts wearing should be strengthen and it will help to minimize the damage which can be happened by the accidents,the Director said.

He urged the public to be more careful when they are driving, travelling and walking on the roads and to support the Police to protect and implement the rules and regulations in a correct manner.