Four separate road crashes in Ahmedabad, including incidents at Saijpur, Piplaj, the SP Ring Road and Naroda, have left four people dead and one injured, according to a report by Nav Gujarat Samay. Traffic police have registered cases in all four incidents and begun investigations.
The first crash was reported in Saijpur Bogha, where 54-year-old Arvindbhai Pannalal Parmar was hit from behind by a speeding Chhota Hathi vehicle while walking from Saijpur Tower towards G.D. Three Roads on the 11th. The driver fled the scene after the collision. Parmar was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died during treatment. G Division Traffic Police registered a case and began looking for the vehicle and its driver.
In a separate incident near Piplaj, 33-year-old Dipkumar Chauhan and his friend Gautamsingh Rajput were travelling by motorcycle from Piplaj towards Motipura Char Roads on the 19th. Police said a speeding tempo approaching from the opposite direction struck the motorcycle, throwing both riders onto the road. The tempo’s tyre ran over Chauhan, who died at the scene. Rajput suffered head and left-leg injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. K Division Traffic Police registered a case against the tempo driver.
Another fatal crash occurred on the SP Ring Road, where 23-year-old Vipul Thakor, a resident of Vav-Tharad, was hit by a truck while crossing the road on a motorcycle. Thakor had travelled to Ahmedabad from Mehsana and died during treatment, according to the report. L Division Traffic Police registered a case and opened an investigation into the collision.
The fourth incident took place near the canal at Vyaswadi in Naroda. Forty-seven-year-old Lalitbhai Sonkar, a resident of Nava Naroda, was travelling by motorcycle from Haridarshan towards Naroda village on a Tuesday morning when a tempo collided with his vehicle. The report said the tempo driver was turning from the wrong side of the road. Sonkar suffered critical injuries and died at the spot. G Division Traffic Police registered a case in the matter.
The four incidents involved different road users and locations but shared several reported risk factors, including speeding, a collision involving a heavy vehicle, a wrong-side turn and a vehicle striking a pedestrian from behind. The cases also span local roads and a major ring-road corridor, placing attention on safety risks faced by pedestrians and two-wheeler users across Ahmedabad’s road network.
Traffic police have begun separate investigations into the crashes. The report did not provide details of arrests, vehicle inspections, enforcement action or any immediate road-safety measures announced by the authorities.
