Posted by Anup Baral January 31, 2016:
Road accidents in Nepal have killed as many people or even more than the
figure claimed by the 10 years of armed conflict. One study reveals
that they have taken the lives of about 5,000 people in just five years
since the year 2000. Therefore, on average, road accidents claim three
lives everyday, 83 lives every month and 1,000 lives every year.
Unfortunately, many road accidents are not reported or recorded.
Accidents only with significant property damage, serious injury or those
leading to disputes and conflict are recorded.
On the other hand, if an adult is killed in a road accident, then it
will likely bring financial crisis to the family, which has to cope with
a severe loss to their livelihood. Other consequences that may follow
can be the drop-out of the victim's children from school and, of course,
loss of a key role model in their lives.In this connection, it is worth
mentioning that the majority of lives claimed by road accidents are of
people aged between 15-40 years. This means, the country is losing
potentially the most productive people to road accidents.Arun Karki