Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, launched the Central Accident Database System iRAD (integrated Road Accident Database) for analysing the causes of road accidents and devising the road safety methods to reduce accidents on 1st May 2022 at the occasion of 53rd Gujarat Foundation Day in Patan District along with several other development projects. Hon’ble Minister Shri Jagdish Ishwarbhai Vishwakama and Hon’ble Minister Shri Jitu Vaghani also attended the function. Senior officials from all stakeholder departments (Police, Transport, Road & Buildings, Health) including Shri Ashish Bhatia, DGP Gujarat, Shri PK Singh, State Informatics Officer, Shri HP Mehta, Technical Director & State Coordinator NIC Gujarat, Shri Ajay Singh, DIO Gujarat, were also present. The iRAD Project is an initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India, and implemented by National Informatics Centre. NIC, Gujarat has deployed rollout managers at both state and district levels. The team has conducted more than 440 training programs which were attended by around 7500 officers of all four stakeholder departments. Regular meetings were also conducted to speed up the project and create awareness at the local level.