A little more than half (51 per cent) of these accidents took place during the evening hours between 3 to 8 pm and 30 per cent on Saturday. Traffic rush on Saturdays is a plausible reason behind this, doctors said.
As many as 68 per cent of the accident victims were driving a two-wheeler and 86 per cent were male. Majority of the victims are in their productive years, with more than half of them (59 per cent) in the age group of 20 to 40 years, the study reveals.
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