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  • February 2024: 14th Annual RASSI Consortium meeting was held on 20th and 21st February 2024 at Hotel Le Meridien, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

    The meeting was to understand how RASSI database can be utilized on a larger scale by decision makers and government through an appropriate model.

    Shri Nitin Gadkari ji, Minister, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had addressed the gathering and he was appreciative of scientific investigations and recommendations provided by JPRI and RASSI for Nagpur and other locations. The hon'ble minister encouraged the RASSI team for excellent social work by providing research and studies for the welfare of the society.
  • March 2023: 13th Annual RASSI Consortium meeting was held on 20th and 21st March 2023 at Hotel Conrad, Pune, Maharashtra. The meeting was to work towards the next steps to make RASSI database even more robust. Such real world database like RASSI can be very useful for the decision makers and especially for the Indian scenario. Shri N. N. Chaudhary, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City had addressed the gathering and he was appreciative of the positive contribution and impact of RASSI activities in Ahmedabad.
  • March 2022: 12th Annual RASSI Consortium meeting was held on 9th and 10th March 2022. Road Accident Sampling System India (RASSI) is a database of real world road traffic accidents in-depth & scientifically investigated by well trained group of researchers. RASSI Annual meeting agenda was to have focus on reducing road accidents while working with all stakeholders in the country. Crucial points to improve the Database were also discussed. Shri Vikas Mahatme, Member Parliament delivered a keynote in the this meeting. He congratulated the RASSI consortium for working hard towards reducing accidents in India.
  • February 2021:On the invitation of Hon’ble MP - Dr. Vikas Mahatme - JP Research delivered a presentation on “RASSI Scientific Crash Investigations – Saving lives through Accident Research” as part of the 32nd Road Safety Awareness Program, in Nagpur on 03 February 2021. Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, Technical Director, Chairman – RASSI Technical Steering Committee, JP Research, gave the presented which was well received by Nagpur Police Officers (Urban and Rural) and PWD Engineers. The presentation described RASSI crash data collection procedures and use of Haddon Matrix for determining the contributing human, vehicle and infrastructure factors. Case studies from crashes investigated in Nagpur Rural district were also presented.
  • February 2020: Mr. Vaishnav Jethwa, RASSI – Sr. Accident Reconstructionist has participated in a workshop organised by Gujarat Road Safety Authority (GUJROSA) on 18th February 2020 at Marwadi University, Rajkot. This workshop was attended by Police and RTO personnel of the Rajkot city, City engineers, officers from the Health Department, B.E. and M.E. students of the Civil Department of Marwadi University and other delegates from the different fields. Mr. Jethwa gave a presentation on ‘Scientific Crash Investigations and Data-Driven Road Safety Research’. He has explained methodology of the Scientific Crash Investigation and introduced the Haddon Matrix with the exemplar accident cases.
  • February 2020: Mr. Bhuvanesh Bharath Alwar, Project Manager – Road Safety Engineering delivered a training session on “Crash Investigations and Blackspot treatments” at the “Indian Academy of Highway Engineers” Noida, on 14th February 2020. The sessions addressed Highway Engineers from the state of Uttarakhand about safety issues on Indian road network, how to identify and classify concerns to aid in targeted action towards improving the overall road network for India.
  • February 2020: Mr. Sanjay Baladaniya, Senior Automotive Injury Analyst, conducted a training session on “Scientific Crash Investigations and Data-Driven Road Safety Research” at the Road safety workshop, Surat organized by Gujarat road safety authority (GUJROSA) on 13th February 2020.This training session was aimed to signify the importance and necessity of accident data collection. The crash investigations methodologies and classification of causation factors leading to accidents and injuries using Haddon Matrix were also discussed during the session. The attendees were officers from Police, RTO, Surat Municipal corporation (SMC), Road & Building department(R&B), Students and professors from SVNIT. Its was an interactive session and the presentation was well received by the audience.
  • January 2020: Mr. Aravinthkumar Jayaraman, Automotive Injury Specialist and RASSI – Injury Research Head, gave a presentation on "Crash Data Findings of Coimbatore" as a part of India Against Road Crash 2020 initiative at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore on 17 January 2020 . The presentation gave an insight on the top contributing factors for accident and injury causation in Coimbatore and also emphasized safe driving practices.
  • January 2020: On 21 January 2020, Mr. Aravinthkumar Jayaraman, Automotive Injury Specialist and RASSI – Injury Research Head and Mr. Santhosh Kumar, Team Leader Crash Investigation - Coimbatore, met Mr. Sujit Kumar I.P.S, Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore (Rural) and submitted the Coimbatore Rural Road Accident Study Report 2018 (January to December 2018) and Accident Research Status Report Coimbatore 2019 (January to September 2019).
  • September 2019: Mr. Murtuza S. Painter conducted a seminar on “Accident Research & Scientific Crash Investigations” at the “Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management”, Ahmedabad on 27 September 2019. This lecture was aimed to signify the importance of data collection, to understand the methodology of crash investigations and classification of causation factors leading to accidents and injuries using Haddon Matrix. The presentation also touched upon the need of accident data for implementing data driven strategies to reduce accidents and mitigate injuries in India with an example of “Road Accident Sampling System-India” (RASSI) initiative.
  • September 2019: Mr. Vaishnav Jethwa, Project Leader – Ahmedabad branch gave a presentation on “Scientific Crash Investigation” at the “Media Workshop” organised by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) on 23rd September 2019 in Ahmedabad. He has explained about Crash Investigation Methodology and segregation of causation factors using Haddon Matrix in his presentation. Ahmedabad Traffic Police and other eminent media, road safety experts and students participated in the media workshop. The workshop was intended to provide an opportunity to media personnel (print, electronic and social) to explore, discuss, review and act for how the current death traps roads can be transformed to a safer road environment in the state.
  • June 2019: Mr. Murtuza Shabbir Painter, Project Manager – RASSI, delivered a technical presentation on “In-Depth Scientific Data collection for Road Traffic Accidents” at the AD Patel Institute of Technology, Anand, Gujarat on 20th June 2019. The presentation described about the crash data collection procedures and Haddon matrix for categorising contributing factors with an example of “Road Accident Sampling System-India” (RASSI) initiative. The presentation was graced by the faculty members of the Institution from Automobile, Mechanical, Mechatronics and Production department
  • May 2019:Mr. Sanjay Baladaniya and Mr. Sreyas Erande of JP Research conducted a one-day crash investigation training on 31st May 2019 for the police officers of Thane district. The training program was organised by the Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane District. The training was attended by 31 participants attending the session at the training hall and around 40 participants were attending through online portal from Ratnagiri, Palghar, Sindhudurg and Raigad district. The attending police officers were from the ranks of Head Constables to Police Sub-Inspectors. During the training, police officers shared some cases they have dealt with in the past and asked few questions on the same. JP Research team gave them new angles to think about and demonstrated how good quality data collection can help understand crashes better.
  • April 2019: Mr.Bhuvanesh Bharath Alwar and Mr. Vishal Waykar of JPRI Pune, successfully conducted a training session on “On-site Crash Investigations and Data Collection” for the police officers of Raigad District Police at the Office of the Superintendent of Police, Raigad in Alibagh. The training program was conducted from 1 April - 6 April 2019. The training session finished on 6 April, the day of Gudi Padwa - the Marathi new year - and we hope that the police officers, equipped with motivation and good insight regarding accident research, take that one small step towards better crash investigation and data collection, which will result in a giant leap towards safer Indian roads.
  • March 2019: Continental Corporation joins the RASSI Consortium.
  • February 2019: Mr. Jay Kakadiya and Mr. Dhairya Jadhav conducted a “Road Safety Awareness Program” at Zydus School of Excellence, Ahmedabad on 18th February 2019. Aim of the program was to spread awareness regarding significance of helmet, seat belt usage, general road safety awareness tips and real life case studies. All the information shared was based on the crashes investigated by JPRI Team. A total of 200 Students from 6th and 7th grade attended the program.
  • January 2019: Mr. Vaishnav Jethwa and Mr. Unmit Parmar conducted a "Road Safety Awareness Program" at Eklavya School, Ahmedabad on 31st January 2019. This program was attended by students of 9th grade and provided information on significance of helmet and seat belt usage, general road safety awareness tips and different case studies of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI.
  • December 2018: Mr. Murtuza Shabbir Painter, Project Manager - RASSI, delivered a technical presentation on "In-Depth Scientific Data collection for Road Traffic Accidents" at the International Passive Safety Seminar (iPASS-2018); International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), in Manesar on 13th December 2018. The presentation described about the crash data collection procedures and Haddon matrix for categorising contributing factors. The presentation also touched upon the need of accident data for implementing data driven strategies to reduce accidents and mitigate injuries in India with an example of "Road Accident Sampling System-India" (RASSI) initiative.
  • November 2018: Mr. Sanjay Baladaniya and Mr. Jay Kakadiya conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" at Vedant International school, Ahmedabad on 29th November 2018. This was joint initiative by JPRI and Ahmadabad police to conduct road safety awareness program. This program targeted students from class 8th to class 12th. The program pertain to significance of helmet and seat belt usage, General road safety awareness tips and different case studies of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI.
  • October 2018: Mr. Sathya Kumar A, Training Manager delivered a keynote speech on "RASSI Crash Investigation Study and Insights From RASSI Data" at FISITA 2018 World Automotive Congress on 05 October 2018 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The presentation discussed the need for in-depth scientific accident data collection in India and then gave an introduction to the Road Accident Sampling System-India (RASSI) initiative. The presentation also discussed about how the crash data can be used for understanding the contributing factors of accidents and to implement data driven decisions to make Indian roads safer.
  • October 2018: Mr. Vernon Chinnadurai, Project Leader - Pune, conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" in "NCL Junior College, Pune" on 4th Oct 2018. The program targeted students of the class 11th and 12th. The program touched upon the importance of motorcycle helmets, seat-belt usage in cars, pedestrian behavior in roads and the perils of speeding through case studies of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI.
  • September 2018: Mr. Jigar Soni, Jr. Crash Investigator-Jaipur, gave a presentation on "Scientific Crash Investigation" at the "Media Sensitizing Workshop on Road Safety" in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 15th September 2018. The workshop was aimed to encourage media to bring real crash summary in news along with faults in Vehicle and Infrastructure which leaded to the accident. The Police were encouraged to do in-depth investigation of accidents to bring out the various factors which leaded to the accident.
  • August 2018: Mr. Kiran Joseph Sajeev and Mr. Hiran NK conducted a "Road Safety Awareness Program" at Hindusthan Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 07th August 2018. This program was to make the students aware of the dangers of non-usage of helmet & seatbelt.
  • August 2018: Mr. Murtuza S. Painter and Mr. Vaishnav Jethwa conducted a lecture on "Accident Research & Scientific Crash Investigations" at the "Adani Institute of Infrastructure", Ahmedabad on 2 Aug 2018. This lecture was aimed to signify the importance of data collection, to understand the methodology of crash investigations and classification of causation factors leading to accidents and injuries. It also focused on various infrastructure issues identified in the study done by JP Research India Pvt. Ltd.
  • June 2018: Mr. Prasun Das, Mr. Bhuvanesh Bharat Alwar, and Mr. Balakumar Selvaraj from JPRI Kolkata team, conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" at wheel drive event organized by "Kolkata on Wheels magazine" on Sunday, 24th June 2018. The program targeted the audience of car enthusiasts in the age group of 30-60. The program touched upon the importance of seat-belt usage, over-speeding, obeying traffic signals and defensive driving supported by real-world cases investigated by JPRI.
  • April 2018: Mr. Hiran NK and Mr. Muthu Bharani Dharan from JPRI CBE branch conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on 30-Apr-2018.
  • April 2018: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, conducted a technical workshop on "Crash Investigation and Reconstruction" at the IRCOBI Asia conference held in Lonavala, Maharashtra from 25th to 27th April 2018.
  • April 2018: Mr. Murtuza S. Painter conducted a lecture on "Accident Research & Scientific Crash Investigations" at the "Adani Institute of Infrastructure", Ahmedabad on 13 April 2018. This lecture was aimed to signify the importance of data collection, to comprehend the methodology of crash investigations and classification of causation factors leading to accidents and injuries.
  • March 2018: DNA webpage carried an article (dated 14-March-2018) on the research carried out by JP Research India Pvt Ltd.
  • DNA Article
  • February 2018: Mr. Boopathy S and Mr. Hiran NK conducted a "Road Safety Awareness Program" at Amirtha Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore on 24 Feb 2018. This program was conducted as a part of the ANOKHA 2018 - 8th National Level Tech Festival. The program was aimed to signify the importance of helmet and seat belt usage among the college students.
  • February 2018: Mr. Vernon Chinnadurai, Project Leader - Pune presented on the topic of "In-depth Analysis of Accidents on Mumbai Pune Expressway" in the workshop titled "Safe Transportation of Company Employees" on 03rd February, 2018. The workshop was jointly organized by the Motor Vehicles Department, Government of Maharashtra and Tata Consultancy Services. The presentation detailed on the contributing factor analysis of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI on the Mumbai Pune Expressway in the calendar year of 2017.
  • January 2018: The 8th Annual RASSI Consortium Meeting was conducted in Jaipur on 18th and 19th January 2018.
  • January 2018: Mr. S. Rajkamal and Mr. A. Sathya Kumar conducted "Crash Investigation Training" for "Automotive Tire Manufacturers Association (ATMA)" on 17 January 2018 at New Delhi.
  • January 2018: Mr. Ajit Dandapani, CEO, JP Research India Pvt. Ltd., participated in the Maruti India Road Safety Mission Conclave 2017 and gave a presentation on "Role of Accident Data Analysis in making India's Roads Safer". The presentation discussed the need for detailed crash data and scientific crash investigations in India, and then gave an introduction to the Road Accident Sampling System - India (RASSI) initiative. The presentation also gave details of usage of crash data for understanding contributing factors and how such crash data studies helped reduce fatalities on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
  • Role of Accident Data Analysis in making India's Roads Safer
  • January 2018: The Times of India webpage carried an article (dated 14-January-2018) on the research carried out by JP Research India Pvt Ltd.
  • The Times of India Article
  • January 2018: The Times of India webpage carried an article (dated 12-January-2018) on the research carried out by JP Research India Pvt Ltd. by using the "Ahmedabad City Road Accident Study 2016" report submitted to the Transport Commissioner, Gujarat. This article included the details of time of accident and the age of victims.
  • The Times of India Article
  • December 2017: Mahindra & Mahindra joins the RASSI Consortium.
  • December 2017: Mr. Vernon Chinnadurai, Project Leader-Pune, conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" in "Vidyanchal school", Pune on 20 December 2017. The program targeted the audience of children in the age group of 13-18. The program touched upon the importance of motorcycle helmets, seat-belt usage in cars, pedestrian behavior in roads and the perils of speeding through case studies of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI.
  • November 2017: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, gave a presentation on "Understanding Road Traffic Crashes in India through a data-driven approach". The presentation gave an introduction to scientific crash investigations, as being conducted in India by JP Research India Pvt. Ltd. under the RASSI initiative, through a case study and explained the determination of contributing factors in a crash and the resulting injuries through the application of the Haddon Matrix. The presentation then discussed road crash data analysis and the contributing factors identified in city roads (Ahmedabad and Kolkata), national and state highways (Coimbatore Rural District) and expressways (Mumbai - Pune Expressway). The presentation also discusses the "low hanging fruits" and long-term solutions to help India move towards safer roads for all road users at the Safe Roads India Summit held in New Delhi on 24 November, 2017.
  • JPRI presentation for Safe Roads India Summit 2017
  • November 2017: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, gave a presentation on "Role of Corporates in Road Safety 2017" at the FICCI conference held in New Delhi on 17 November, 2017.
  • Role of Corporates in Road Safety 2017
  • November 2017: JP Research India Pvt. Ltd. along-with Mahindra and Mahindra were jointly awarded under the category of Road Safety Analysis and Action by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry during the FICCI Road Safety Awards 2017 held in New Delhi on 17 November 2017.
  • FICCI Road Safety Awards 2017
  • November 2017: Mr. Sathya Kumar A, Project Manager-Coimbatore gave a presentation on "Road Safety Awareness" at "World Interact Week 2017"organized by Regional Interact of RI District 3201 Coimbatore Region in Coimbatore on 02 November 2017. He has given an interview to Rathinavani 90.8 Community Radio about the presentation.
  • October 2017: Mr. Murtuza Shabbir Painter, Project Manager-Ahmedabad, gave a presentation on "Accident Research-Scientific Crash Investigations" at the Road Safety Seminar in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir on 11th October 2017.
  • Accident Research-Scientific Crash Investigations
  • September 2017: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, gave a presentation on Identifying priorities for India towards a Sustainable Urban Road Transportation" at the ASSOCHAM National Council Meeting on Sustainable Urban Transportation on 8th September 2017 at Pune.
  • Identifying priorities for India towards a Sustainable Urban Road Transportation
  • August 2017: Mr. Muddassar Patel, Mr. Vernon Chinnadurai, Mr. Milind Takate and Mr. Vivek Bhuse from JPRI's Pune branch conducted "Road Safety Awareness Program" in "Loyola Public School, Pune" today. This program was jointly organized by the Rotary Club of Khadki and JPRI. The program targeted the audience of children in the age group of 13-18. The program touched upon the importance of motorcycle helmets, seat-belt usage in cars, pedestrian behavior in roads and the perils of speeding through case studies of road traffic crashes investigated by JPRI.
  • July 2017: JPRI conducted a "Certified Automotive Crash Investigation and Data Collection Training" at MK Residency, Coimbatore from 16 to 22 July, 2017. Training was attended by newly inducted crash investigators from all the branch offices of JPRI across India.
  • June 2017: The NEWS Minute webpage carried an article (dated 13-June-2017) on the initiative by Coimbatore Traffic Police department to reduce drunk driving by cancelling license of 292 drunk drivers caught in a weekend. They have showed the risk due to drunk driving and other traffic violations by using Coimbatore accident statistics from the Coimbatore Rural Road Accident Study 2016 report submitted to the Coimbatore Police Department by JP Research India Pvt. Ltd.
  • The News Minute Article
  • May 2017: The Times of India (Pune Edition, dated 17-May-2017) carried an article on recent road accidents in Maharashtra. The article while crediting JPRI and RASSI for its work on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, used the statistics from JPRI's 2016 MPEW Annual Report and quoted Mr. Vernon Chinnadurai (Project Leader - Pune, JPRI) highlighting some of the major findings of the report."The Times of India Article"
  • May 2017: Autocar professional conducted a webinar on "Embarking on safer Roads" on May 8th 2017. In this webinar Mr. Deepak Sawkar, Sr. Vice president, from Maruti Suzuki gave a presentation on "Making Safer Cars for Indian Consumers and Building an Ecosystem for Road Safety". Mr. Sawkar concluded the presentation with an emphasis on the need for in-depth and scientific accident data in India and lauded the efforts of the RASSI initiative in filling this data gap.
  • Making Safer Cars for Indian Consumers and Building an Ecosystem for Road Safety
  • April 2017: JP Research India Pvt Ltd participated in "PC Crash Spring Seminar" organised by DSD, in Linz, Austria.
  • April 2017: JPRI was awarded Runner- up in the category of "Initiative by Private Agency" for the topic "Rethinking Road Safety" in Connect Karo 2017 event conducted in Delhi by WRI (World Resources Institute).
  • March 2017: Mr. Murtuza Painter, Project Manager - Ahmedabad, Mr. Rohan Govardhan, Project Leader - Jaipur and Mr. Jigar Soni, Jr. Crash Investigator - Jaipur along with the JPRI-Jaipur team, completed the training on "Crash Investigation and Crash data collection" given to Rajasthan Police officers at Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur. This was organized by Center for Road Safety, Sardar Patel University of Police. The training for final two batches (each consisting of 24 police officers) was conducted from 20th March to 31st March 2017.
  • March 2017: The results and data from JP Research India Pvt. Ltd. report titled "Mumbai Pune Expressway Road Accident Study - 2016" which analysed 155 accidents that were investigated by JPRI on the Mumbai Pune Expressway (MPEW) in the year 2016 was published in "The Times of India (Pune Edition; dated 24-March-2017)". The report submitted to the Additional Director General of Police (Traffic),Maharashtra State analyses the investigated 155 accidents and lists down the contributing factors that cause accidents and resultant injuries and ranked them to identify the factors that need to be addressed in priority."Mumbai Pune Expressway Road Accident Study - 2016"
  • March 2017: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, Mr. Muddassar Patel, Data Analyst and Quality Manager and Mr. Jigar Soni, Crash Investigator, gave a training on "Crash Investigation and Crash data collection" to Punjab Police officers at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur from 6th March to 10th March 2017.
  • March 2017: Mr. Sathya Kumar A, Project Manager - Coimbatore, gave a presentation on "Coimbatore Rural road Accident Study" to Tamilnadu Government Stakeholders at PRS Auditorium, Coimbatore on 03 March 2017.
  • February 2017: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, Mr. Muddassar Patel, Data Analyst and Quality Manager, Mr. Murtuza Painter, Project Manager - Ahmedabad and Mr. Rohan Govardhan, Project Leader - Jaipur, along with the JPRI-Jaipur team, gave training on "Crash Investigation and Crash data collection" to Rajasthan Police officers at Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur. This was organized by Ccenter for Road Safety, Sardar Patel University of Police. The training was conducted for 2 batches (each consisting of 25 police officers) from 20th February to 3rd March 2017.
  • February 2017: Mr. Muddassar Patel, Data Analyst and Quality Manager and Ms. Pooja Choudhari, Crash Investigator, gave a presentation on "Crash Investigation - A Primer" to Engineering Students and Professors at M H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai on 23rd February 2017.
  • February 2017: A report by JP Research India Pvt Ltd., titled ` Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Road Accident Study' which analysed 211 accidents that took place between February 2014 and February 2015 on roads of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar was published in "The times of India (Ahmedabad)". The most common causes for accidents were found and addressed to the state transport commissioner through this report."Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Road Accident Study"
  • January 2017: The 7th RASSI Annual Consortium Meeting was conducted in Pune on 23rd and 24th January 2017.
  • January 2017: Mr. Sathya Kumar A, Project Manager - Coimbatore, gave a presentation on "Road Safety Awareness" to employees of Robert Bosch at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, CHIL-SEZ, Coimbatore on 13th January 2017.
  • January 2017: Mr. Vaishnav Jethwa and Mr. Vivek Bhuse, Crash Investigators, gave a presentation on "Significance of Helmet and Seatbelt usage" to Engineering Students and Professors at SAL Technical Campus , Ahmedabad on 12th January 2017.
  • January 2017: Mr. Sanjay Baladaniya and Ms. Poonam Uttam Kurhade, Crash Investigators, gave a presentation on "Significance of Helmet and Seatbelt usage" to Vishwakarma Government Engineering college, Ahmedabad on 12th January 2017.
  • December 2016: Mr. Jigar Soni, Crash Investigator, gave a presentation on "Crash investigation" to government school teachers at Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur on 7 December 2016.
  • December 2016: Mr. Milind Takate, Crash Investigator, gave a presentation on "Investigation of Traffic Accident Cases" at Maharashtra Police Training Academy, Nashik on 2 December 2016.
  • December 2016: Mr. Rohan Govardhan, Crash Investigator, gave a presentation on "Crash Investigation" at the Orientation Conference for Motor Vehicle Inspectors held at Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur on 1 December 2016.
  • November 2016: Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, gave a presentation on "Road Safety - Indian Experience" at the TESS Conference on 4th November, 2016 at New Delhi. This conference was organized by the Automotive Tyre Manufacturer's Association (ATMA) and Indian Tyre Technical Advisory Committee Conference (ITTAC). The presentation focussed on road safety status in Indian cities, highways and expressways based on on-site crash investigation data and provided inputs to tire manufacturers on how they can help in reducing fatalities and mitigating injuries on Indian roads.
  • November 2016: Mercedes Benz article by Mr. Parthiv Shah mentioned about RASSI."Mercedes Benz Article About RASSI"
  • October 2016: RASSI opens its fifth centre, Jaipur, with effect from October 2016.
  • September 2016: Mr.Yuvaraj, Injury Team Lead, gave a presentation on "Road Safety Awareness" at Deffree Engineering Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
  • August 2016: Tata Motors Limited joins the RASSI consortium.
  • 16 to 23 July, 2016: JPRI conducted "1st All India Crash Investigation Training Program" at MK Residency, Coimbatore from 16 to 23 July, 2016. Training was attended by newly inducted crash investigators from all the branch offices of JPRI across India.
  • 18 March 2016: The 6th RASSI Annual Consortium Meeting was conducted in Kolkata.
  • Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, was invited to make a presentation on Smart Accident Investigation at the National Traffic Technology Summit held in Ahmedabad in January 2015.
  • RASSI's 5th annual consortium meeting happens on the March 25th, 2015 in Pune.
  • Maruti Suzuki joins the RASSI consortium.
  • Jeya Padmanaban makes a keynote speech at SIAT 2015 on the importance of in-depth data for safer vehicles.
  • An excerpt on JPRI and RASSI presented by news channel Times Now on 25th August 2015, showcasing all the phases of crash data collection .
  • Mr. Ajit Dandapani, CEO, JP Research, gave a presentation on Mumbai Pune Expressway Road Accident Research Study on 2nd November 2015 at the inauguration of Benz Safe Roads in Pune.
  • Mr. Heiko, Head of Accident Research for Mercedes Benz, visits Pune office on 2nd November 2015 to share information on crash investigation procedures.
  • Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, JPRI Technical Director and Chairman-RASSI Technical Steering Committee, was invited to make a presentation on Emphasis on Engineering at SaveLIFE Conference for Media in New Delhi, December 2015
  • Mr. Muddassar Patel, Technical Manager, Jp Research India, was invited to train police officials on Road Accident Investigation at Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik, December 2015.
  • RASSI opens its fourth centre, Kolkata, with effect from November 2014.
  • Autoliv joins the RASSI consortium.
  • RASSI participates in AshokaChangemakers competition and wins an early bird prize.
  • Honda Cars India Private Limited joins the RASSI consortium.
  • DSD Dr.Steffan DatenTechnik trains researchers on the nuances of using PC Crash software for Crash reconstruction.
  • Third research centre of RASSI becomes functional from February 2014 at Ahmedabad.
  • RASSI becomes a member of iGLAD initiative and submits 100 cases for harmonising global accident data.
  • Hyundai joins the consortium.
  • Third consortium meeting is held in Pune.
  • Renault becomes a member of the RASSI consortium.
  • JPRI hosts a three day conference on usage and importance of in-depth accident data.
  • The second consortium meeting is gathered in Coimbatore.
  • Second research center opens in Pune, Maharashtra.
  • RASSI is officially launched as an in-depth accident database founded and organised by JP Research India Private limited and with funding from Robert BOSCH GmbH, NISSAN, Daimler and JP Research Inc.
  • First annual consortium meeting hosted by JPRI in Coimbatore.