{"id":267375,"date":"2023-11-02T19:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=267375"},"modified":"2023-11-02T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:22:32","slug":"53-accidents-19-deaths-per-hour-in-road-crashes-in-2022-road-transport-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/53-accidents-19-deaths-per-hour-in-road-crashes-in-2022-road-transport-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"53 accidents, 19 deaths per hour in road crashes in 2022: Road Transport Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c53 accidents, 19 deaths per hour in road crashes in 2022: Road Transport Ministry\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 2nd November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(<\/span>MoRTH<\/span>) has released a report titled ‘Road accidents in India -2022’.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the key findings of the report?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspect<\/b><\/td>\n2022 Statistics<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Road Accidents\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n4.6 lakhs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total deaths due to Road accidents<\/b><\/td>\n1.68 lakhs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Increase in accidents and deaths from previous year<\/b><\/td>\n11.9% in accidents and 9.4% in fatalities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Road accidents and deaths every hour or daily<\/b><\/td>\nIndia witnessed 53 accidents and 19 deaths every hour or an average of 1,264 accidents and 42 deaths daily due to road crashes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location of accidents<\/b><\/td>\nNational Highways(32.9%), State Highways (23.1%) and Other Roads (43.9%)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age group of accident victims<\/b><\/td>\nYoung adults in the age group of 18 – 45 years accounted for 66.5% of victims<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Childrens died in accidents<\/b><\/td>\nOver 9000 children were killed due to road crashes.This means that around 26 children died every day during 2022.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rural vs. Urban Accident Deaths<\/b><\/td>\nRural: 68%, Urban: 32%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vehicle categories involved in road accidents<\/b><\/td>\nTwo-wheelers accounted for the highest share in total accidents and fatalities\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
States with Most Accidents on National Highways<\/b><\/td>\nTamil Nadu followed by Madhya Pradesh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
States with Highest Fatalities<\/b><\/td>\nUttar Pradesh followed by Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What do other reports say on Road Accidents in India?<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to the Save Life Foundation’s analysis, India ranks among the top 20 worst countries for road crashes.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the World Road Statistics 2022 from the International Road Federation, India was followed by China and the United States in terms of the total number of road fatalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201c53 accidents, 19 deaths per hour in road crashes in 2022: Road Transport Ministry\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 2nd November 2023 Why in the News? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(MoRTH) has released a report titled ‘Road accidents in India -2022’. What are the key… Continue reading 53 accidents, 19 deaths per hour in road crashes in 2022: Road Transport Ministry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-267375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":130,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700118869},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}