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. The number of 4 67 044 accidents and 1 51 417 deaths in 2018 translates into an average of 1 280 accidents and 415 deaths every day and nearly 53 accidents and 17 deaths every hour the.
Fatalities resulting from these accidents saw a even smaller drop just 1 9. In 2017 road accidents in india decreased by merely 3 27 with 4 64 910 road crashes as against 4 80 652 in 2016. United nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
Chart and table of the india death rate from 1950 to 2020. Accidents on india s chaotic roads killed more than 151 400 people in 2018 according to official data. India s apparently lower death rates stands in contrast to what has been seen elsewhere.
Road accidents in india account to 1 5 lakh a year. Who world health organisation records 13 5 lakh deaths in the world. 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. 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. Drunken driving is one of the leading causes of road fatalities.
There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in india.
