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. 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. The figure accounts for 64 4 of the total deaths in india according to road transport and highways ministry report. As many as 97 588 people died in 2018 due to accidents caused by over speeding.
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. 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. There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in india.
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. 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.
