The workshop was organised by IIT Madras CoERS to upskill Karnataka police to arrive at the cause of accidents with an emphasis on understanding human factors.
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS), conducted a three-day programme for the Karnataka police at Mysore on ‘Training on Structured Crash Investigation using Root Cause Analysis Matrix (RCAM)’. The programme aims to upskill the police with design thinking principles and to aid in improving the Road Traffic Accident (RTA) investigations.
The skills will help them to arrive at the cause of accidents with an emphasis on understanding human factors, the institute said.
Providing insights on the training programme, IPS Alok Kumar, additional director general of police training and road safety, Karnataka, said: “It is critical that investigating officers have a more receptive mind set and approach to gathering information about crashes. We must use a sound data collection procedure and conduct investigation in a scientific manner to establish the facts. We can identify better interventions in the future with the aid of this program, which is a good beginning”.
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