Noida, Sept. 15 -- At least one person has died and two sustained injuries almost every day in the first eight months of this year in Gautam Budh Nagar, as the district witnessed three accidents each day on an average, the Noida Traffic Police stated on Sunday. The traffic police statistics of January to August in 2025 shows that there is an 11.62 per cent (%) hike in accidents, 2.30% increase in deaths but 12.16 % decline in injuries so far, as compared to the same period in 2024. A recent analysis by the transport department found over speeding being the prime cause of accidents. "From January to August 2025, 797 accidents were reported in which 311 people died and 585 sustained injuries. In the same period of 2024, 304 people lost their lives and 666 were injured in 714 accidents," states the data. In view of the spike in such incidents, the traffic police said to have launched multiple awareness drives in the district and hiked enforcement on the ground. The Noida Traffic Police issued 1.65 million challans, of which 38,695 were for violation of speeding from January to July. Besides, 890,000 challans were issued for riding without wearing helmets, 130,000 for wrong-side driving, and 23,373 for driving without wearing seat belts, stated the data as shared on Sunday. To curb road accidents and deaths, the traffic police they have increased awareness drives in public places and schools to educate people about traffic rules. "Multiple teams of traffic police also conduct drives in schools to educate students about importance of traffic rules and consequences if they are not followed," said ADCP (traffic) Manisha Singh, adding that strict actions have been taken for rule violations. On Saturday, a drive at Model Town junction near Sector 63 under the banner of "Safe Driving, Safe Life." It aimed at tackling helmetless riding, triple riding on bikes, and parking vehicles in no-parking zones....