The city has had the dubious distinction of having one of the highest rates of death from road accidents globally from as far back as the 1960s at a time when the number of vehicles in the city was a minuscule fraction of that in larger metropolises of the world. Tamil nadu records the highest road collisions for a decade and its capital chennai has more collisions than any other city in india. Out of which india ranks among the top with 1 in every 9 deaths due to road accident is reported in india it is seen that.
There has been a dramatic increase in road accidents across the globe. The motor vehicles amendment bill 2016 has been listed for consideration and passage in the current budget session of parliament. India as a signatory to the brasilia declaration intends to reduce road accidents and traffic fatalities by 50 by 2022.
In 2015 there were about five lakh road accidents in india which killed about 1 5 lakh people and injured about five lakh people. The ministry of road transport and highways on tuesday issued a report on road accidents in india in 2018 which showed that road accidents last year increased by 0 46 as compared to 2017. Road accidents in india claimed over 1 5 lakh lives in the country in 2018 with over speeding of vehicles being the biggest reason for casualties a government report said.
Out of 13 5 lakh people who die each year in road accidents globally india accounts for 1 5 lakh deaths. Road safety in india is one of the most neglected aspects. Road accidents in india account to 1 5 lakh a year.
Who world health organisation records 13 5 lakh deaths in the world. Move comes after family alleged accused in case were linked to gold smuggling ring. Cbi begins probe into death of india violinist balabhaskar daughter in 2018 kerala road accident.
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.
Death in road accident in india. 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. According to the world health organization road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1 35 million deaths worldwide in the year 2016. Later the family members of the k narasimhulu gave a complaint seeking investigation citing it as a road accident. The local police registered a case under section 304 a negligence causing death.
There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in india.
There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in india. The local police registered a case under section 304 a negligence causing death. Later the family members of the k narasimhulu gave a complaint seeking investigation citing it as a road accident.
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.
