India, Nov. 8 -- To improve road safety and curb the growing number of fatal crashes in Gurugram, the traffic police, in collaboration with Google, have begun displaying speed limits and accident-prone zones on its GPS navigation app, Google Maps, across 129 city roads starting from Thursday, traffic officials said on Friday.

The feature, announced by the traffic police on Thursday, will alert motorists about the permissible speed limit and high-risk stretches in real time. This will help drivers maintain safe speeds and avoid sudden lane changes which is a major cause of road fatalities, said officials.

Dr Rajesh Mohan, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (traffic), said the project aims to make motorists more conscious of their respon...