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A study by IIT Delhi points out that the national highways constitute only 2% of the length of roads in India, but they account for 30.3% of total road accidents and 36% of deaths. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The NCRB data for 2021 shows 17,993 accidents in Indian Railways , a rise in 38% compared to the year 2020, with most accidents in Maharashtra.
Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000. [3] Seventy-four percent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for only 53 percent of the world's registered vehicles.
Road collisions in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India, are among the highest in India. In 2013, the state recorded 15,563 fatalities in the 14,504 recorded collisions, the highest for any state in India. The state also topped the list of most collisions in a state for all previous 18 years from 2002 to 2020.
Vattapara accident zone This page was last edited on 1 February 2025, at 18:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ... Road incidents in India.
Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash. Chris Hartje: 1915 1946 31 years American baseball player bus Snoqualmie Pass Highway (US 10), Washington: Passenger in a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team, which swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver and plunged 300–500 feet down a mountainside. Hartje and eight of ...
Documented marijuana-related traffic accidents that required treatment in an emergency room rose 475% between 2010 and 2021, the study found. ... Car crashes due to drunk driving grew only 9.4% ...
Victims and survivors nationwide have been working with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to ensure the HALT Act is implemented and to urge the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet ...
October 1 – India – Kanpur road accident. A tractor carrying pilgrims overturned and fell into a pond, killing 26 and injuring nine. [440] October 5 – India – Palakkad bus accident. A bus rear-ended another bus, killing nine and injuring 38. [441] October 6 – Nepal – A bus overturned in Bara District, killing 16 and injuring 20. [442]