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Visakhapatnam: In a bid to check traffic fatalities in the city, police and road transport authority (RTA) have decided to undertake a comprehensive study of accident-prone areas. The teams will also take feedback from motorists to identify black spot areas (accident-prone areas).They will then submit a report to the road safety committee. Earlier, enforcement departments used to analyse only areas where the death toll was more than three.A total of 2,128 persons were killed in 2,026 fatal road accidents in the city and Vizag rural limits between 2016 to 2018. The teams will also have to make recommendations such as changes in road-engineering, speed limit and others to mitigate the accidents.“Call it negligence or thrill”, over-speeding is one the major reasons in over 60% of the fatal road-accidents. It is not so easy to check over-speeding and negligent driving round the clock, said ADCP (traffic) M Ramesh Kumar.Sources said the teams will also study the the accidents in which RTC buses have been involved, as there are several complaints, which have been lodged, against RTC bus drivers, accusing them of negligence and rash driving.If the team submits an adverse report against any driver, disciplinary action will be taken against him..