Welcome to West Bengal Traffic Police
Message from Shri Supratim Sarkar, IPS ADG, Traffic & Road Safety, West Bengal
The problem of traffic management has emerged as one of the most important challenges before the Police all over the country. The evergrowing population with phenomenal growth in the number of vehicles coupled with poor road infrastructure is making the job of traffic management all the more difficult. As per the available figures one road accident takes place in the country every minute, and one road accident death every four minute. The analysis of road accidents in terms of causative factors reveals that drivers’ fault is the single most important factor for the road traffic accidents. Drivers’ fault accounted for 36.17% of total accidents, 34.2% of the total persons killed and 39.8% of the total number of persons injured in road traffic accidents in the year 2020.
The Police play an important role in respect of traffic regulation and enforcement of traffic laws, traffic safety awareness and quick response and relief to the traffic accident victims. Therefore, there is an urgent need for improvement of traffic police infrastructure in....
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