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. 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. By p r sanjai in india more than 150 000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents.
Pti many small vehicles sold in india a zero star safety rating an assessment that there could be life threatening injuries in a crash at 40 miles per hour. Number of road. Number of female victims in road accident deaths india 2018 by age.
Over speeding has been a cause for concern throughout the country regardless of day or night time. An average of one person died per day in road accidents in goa during the tourist months of january february march and december in 2018. According to the 2013 global survey of traffic collisions by the un world health organization india suffered a road fatality rate of 16 6 per 100 000 people in 2013.
For example rahul goel in 2018 reports an india wide average fatality rate of 11 6 per 100 000 people and goa to be the state with the highest fatality rate. 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.
Road accident death in india per day. 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. In india road fatalities in 2016 were reported at 1. 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. 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.
