What makes Yamuna expressway so deadly?

New Delhi: With another accident at the Yamuna Expressway claiming 29 lives in the wee hours of Monday morning, overspeeding and drunken driving combined with a slew of other easily avoidable factors have time and again emerged as the reason for Yamuna Expressway being nicknamed as the "Killer Expressway".

Instances of rash driving, such as unindicated lane changing and wrong-side driving also lead to a number of accidents of the expressway.

In addition, low visibility in the winter months and stray wildlife throughout the year are the uncontrollable external factors that also lead to a lot of the mishaps.

Even in the case of Monday accident, the bus was allegedly travelling above the prescribed speed limit and the driver lost control as he was purportedly fatigued from a whole night of driving.

There have now been up to seven fatal accidents on the highway connecting Greater Noida to Agra. Between August 2012 and March 2018, there have been around 4,956 accidents, resulting in 718 deaths and more than 7,000 serious injuries on the Yamuna Expressway, reports show.