Lahore Tops the List for Emergency Calls to Rescue 1122

Rescue 1122 has come a long way, starting out with a small number of vehicles and services, it has since expanded to include more and more facilities, covering a lot more cities in Punjab.

On 3rd July, Punjab’s Rescue 1122 responded to 862 road accidents across the province. Lahore topped the charts with 212 calls for emergency rescue. Multan called in for 78 emergencies and Faisalabad for 75, for the second and third highest calls in Punjab.

The road accidents injured over 1000 people while 12 lost their lives in 24 hours. 60% of the accidents involved motorcycles, in one way or the other, and a total of 613 people suffered serious injuries while 393 were provided first-aid on the spot for their minor injuries.

Here is a breakdown of accidents by vehicle types:

• 688 motorbikes
• 142 auto rickshaws
• 75 motorcars
• 38 vans
• 17 passenger buses
• 24 trucks
• 119 vehicles and slow-moving carts

20 underage drivers were also involved in the accidents reported to Rescue 1122. Further stats reveal that 458 passengers, 130 pedestrians and 430 drivers also became the victims of road traffic accidents.

Do note that these stats are just for 3rd July (yesterday).

Detailed Stats

Ever since Rescue 1122’s inception in 2004, Lahore has been the most incident-prone district of Punjab with over 20 million calls till 21 June 2019.

Here are the consolidated numbers for rescue operations performed by the emergency service:

District	Total Calls	Emergency Calls	Road Accidents	Medical	Crime Incidents	Fake Calls	Patients Rescued
Lahore	20,688,519	1,175,692	544,449	500,439	29,084	1763	1,156,896
Faisalabad	10,445,266	607,664	227,487	284,288	29,549	214	635,029
Rawalpindi	8,085,079	205,581	82,648	94,323	6,441	155	222,189
Rahim Yar Khan	7,791,439	197,440	62,081	110,971	4,396	55	251,551
Gujranwala	7,381,321	37,0553	143,736	166,979	13,354	338	374,230
Multan	7,187,625	439,314	145,815	250,659	11,507	174	487,609

Data via Rescue 1122’s official website.