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 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 number of persons killed in road crashes in india touched all time high in 2018 registering over 1 51 lakh fatalities an increase of nearly 3 500. Data accuracy not guaranteed who excludes cause of death data for the following countries. World health organization 2018.
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Doctors in india officials and crematorium employees suspect the lower death rate is in large part attributable to fewer road and rail accidents. 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.
Road accidents in india account to 1 5 lakh a year.
Road accident death rate 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. Who world health organisation records 13 5 lakh deaths in the world.
Who world health organisation records 13 5 lakh deaths in the world. 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.
