Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said the ministry has set a target to reduce number of road accidents by fifty percent in next five years. Addressing the National Meet of NGO on road safety in New Delhi today he said his ministry has also decided to identify black spots or accident-prone areas on the national highways and develop them to reduce such incidents.<br/><br/>Mr. Gadkari said, he has proposed to the government to set a separate ministry for road transport and create a National Road Safety Authority. He said, his ministry has requested to education boards of states and center to accommodate topics on road safety in their curriculum.<br/><br/><br/>