This initiative will use a ‘design thinking’ approach developed by CoERS, RBG Labs, IIT Madras and will be implemented by stakeholder departments of Tamil Nadu involved in road safety, especially the Tamil Nadu Police, an IIT Madras statement said.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will collaborate with the Tamil Nadu government to implement a scientific enforcement approach to road safety. An agreement for this collaboration was signed between the Special Task Force, Road Safety, Government of Tamil Nadu and the Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS), IIT Madras. This initiative uses a ‘design thinking’ approach developed by CoERS, RBG Labs, IIT Madras and will be implemented by stakeholder departments of Tamil Nadu involved in road safety, especially the Tamil Nadu Police, an IIT Madras statement said.
Marking the beginning of this partnership, Dr C Sylendra Babu, IPS, Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, said, “It is important to understand the socio-economic burden of road accidents on society and family due to young students and breadwinners losing their lives. The adoption of a scientific approach to road safety is a must.”
The key outcomes, as per the IIT Madras statement, targeted from this collaboration include conducting of forensic accident audits at identified crash spots and develop a comprehensive and scientific crash investigation taking into factor the human, vehicle and road environment.
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