Legal hassle, hospital fee stops people from helping accident victims: Survey

NEW DELHI: The country's first ever survey of impediments to bystanders care in case of road accidents exposes why people don't come to the help of accident victims. The survey by Save Life foundation shows that majority of the bystanders don't help victims fearing legal hassle and police questioning.

Delhi seems to have emerged as the worst city where very few can actually help an accident victim. The survey shows about 96% of bystanders in the national capital won't help victims while this percentage is also equally higher in Mumbai at 95%. The industrial city of Uttar Pradesh Kanpur also has a bad record where likelihood of getting help is as less as 10%.

The survey shows that 88% people don't help accident victims fearing legal hassle and police questioning. Detention at hospitals and having to pay for registration charges is a hurdle for 77% bystanders. The study shows that about 49% bystanders feel that they might have to bear the transportation being late.

The survey comes at a time when India's road fatality toll has crossed 1.40 lakh, the highest among all countries.

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