Maha highway police launch app for analysis of road accidents

The Maharashtra Highway Police have launched a mobile application for its personnel to collect and analyse the data related to road accidents in the state, a senior official said on Wednesday.

As per the statistics provided by the highway police, road accidents claimed the lives of 13,261 people in the state in 2018.

"The mobile application - MRADMS Maharashtra - has been developed to know the reasons behind road accidents and also for their detailed analysis," Additional Director General of Police, Maharashtra (Highway Police), Vinay Kargaonkar, said.

"Without the scientific data, one cannot suggest measures, like removing deficiencies in road engineering, to curb such mishaps. Our focus is to minimise the loss of life by making roads safe for driving," he added.

According to him, the app would replace the old manual method used by police personnel to collect spot details.

"Earlier, police used to collect the data related to any road accident manually, which was ...