As per World Road Statistics report in 2018, India ranked first for road accidents deaths across the 199 countries. Thalavai Venkatesan of Continental Automotive India explains the five safety technologies that promise to boost road safety in India.

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Valeo, one of the global automotive technology suppliers, has launched Universal Flat Wiper Blades for the Indian market. This advanced wiper technology will be manufactured at Valeo’s Vallam site located near Chennai.

Valeo will initially focus on supplying to OEMs and will later target aftermarket.

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Altroz is the second vehicle from Tata Motors to achieve this after Nexon.

Though India accounts for just 2 per cent of automotives globally, it is responsible for more than 11 per cent of road traffic deaths. In 2018 alone, around 149,000 people lost their lives on Indian roads.

With rising awareness, every consumer today is India wants safety features to be a standard fitment in the vehicle. While cost of the vehicle may go up due these new fitments initially, Prashanth Doreswamy, Country Head of Continental India and Managing Director, Continental Automotive India, believes prices to come down gradually as safety installations increase.

Continental plans to ramp up its production capabilities in the next few years with a capacity of over two million units a year.