Over 400 people were killed in road accidents every day in. Its india s worst kept secret we have the world s most unsafe roads and the situation seems to be getting worse by the year. India s average traffic collision fatality rate was similar to the world average rate of 17 4 deaths per 100 000 people less than the low income countries which averaged 24 1 deaths per 100 000 and higher than the high income countries which reported the lowest average rate of 9 2 deaths per 100 000 in 2013.
According to the world health organization road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1 35 million deaths worldwide in the year 2016. This list of countries by traffic related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year per number of motor vehicles and per vehicle km in some countries in the year the data was collected. The number of fatalities is one third of the number of accidents which amounts to 53 road accidents every hour.
As per the government data almost 1 5 lakh people lost their lives in road accidents in 2017 which means every hour 17 people died on the road due to an accident. In 2017 officially reported road accidents were 464 910 claiming 147 913 deaths and 470 975 injured persons that is 405 deaths and 1 290 injuries each day from 1 274 accidents. In india two thirds of road traffic injury rti deaths are reported in the age group 15 44 years.
Safety on road is a vital issue of well being of any country. United nations projections are also included through the year 2100. Chart and table of the india death rate from 1950 to 2020.
Among these months february saw the highest number of accidents with 346 cases reported and 28 deaths taking the toll to exactly one death per day in that month. 20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in in the country. Two wheelers account for 25 of total road crash deaths.
1214 road crashes occur every day in india. One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on indian roads every hour. In india road fatalities in 2016 were reported at 1.
For example the highest rate was noted in africa with 26 6 per 1 00 000 persons while the lowest was in europe at 9 3 per 1 00 000 persons.
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