With reference to the recently launched Integrated Road Accident Database Project IRAD consider the ...........

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With reference to the recently launched Integrated Road Accident Database Project (IRAD), consider the following statements:

1. It aims to create a central accident database for capturing the spot accident data using mobile app.

2. It will be implemented by the National Informatics Centre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

The government has recently launched a central accident database management system that will help in analyzing causes of road crashes and in devising safety interventions to reduce such accidents in the country. This project is proposed on IT-based system for capturing the spot accident data using mobile app and tablets configured for this purpose. This data can then be utilized for various purposes like finding the causes of the accidents and remedial measures to improve the road infrastructure, to record the accident data for the use of police, health services, and other concerned departments.

The IT tool, known as the Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD), has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) and will be implemented by the National Informatics Centre. The project costs ?258 crore and is being supported by the World Bank. Around 30,000 tablets would be distributed to police personnel across the country to record data on accidents.
The system will be first piloted in the six States with the highest fatalities from road crashes — Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
India sees the largest number of road fatalities in the world. More than 1.5 lakh people lost their lives in road crashes in the country in 2018, according to government data. Of the total people killed in road crashes in 2018, 48% were between 18 years and 35 years old, and more than 60% of such fatalities were due to overspeeding.
Hence both the statements are correct.