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As per the Road accidents in India — 2020 report, the number of road accidents has been on a decline since 2016 except for a marginal increase of 0.46 per cent in 2018.
What is Road accidents in India — 2020 report?
The 2020 edition of the report provides information on various facets of road accidents in the country during the calendar year 2020. It has ten sections and covers information relating to road accidents in the context of road length and vehicular population.
Prepared by: Transport Research Wing (TRW) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
Data sourced from Police departments of States/Union Territories was collected on a calendar year basis. The data were used in standardized formats as provided by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) under the Asia Pacific Road Accident Data (APRAD) base project.
What are the findings of the Road accidents in India — 2020 report?
Road accident parameters registered a significant decline in 2020 compared to 2019.
Total accidents decreased on an average by 18.46%, the number of persons killed decreased by 12.84% and the number of injuries decreased by 22.84% over the previous year’s average.
Fatalities and Injuries: About 3.6 lakh road accidents have been reported by States and Union Territories (UTs) during the calendar year 2020, which claimed more than 1.31 lakh lives and caused 3.48 lakh injuries.
Young people faced more accidents: For the third consecutive year in 2020, the fatal road accident victims largely constitute young people in the productive age groups.
Young adults in the age group of 18 – 45 years accounted for 69% of victims in 2020. People in the working-age group of 18 – 60 years share 87.4% of total road accident fatalities.
Source: The post is based on the article “Road accidents parameters register a significant decline in 2020, Total accidents decrease on an average by 18.46 per cent, number of persons killed decrease by 12.84 per cent” published in PIB on 26th May 2022.
