Data for Accidental Deaths & Suicides released by NCRB

The data for Accidental Deaths and Suicides released by the National Crime Records Bureau, NCRB  shows that India is doing better than the global rate. The rate of road accident deaths per thousand vehicles in India is 61, while the global rate as per the WHO Report is 64.

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Key-Points

The rate of road accident deaths per thousand vehicles in India is 61, while the global rate as per the WHO Report is 64.

Road accidents form 92.2 percent of the total traffic accidents and have consistently declined. This may be attributed to better implementation of laws such as the Motor Vehicles Act, MVA.

Road accidents due to over-speeding, which was a major cause of road accidents in previous years and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol have declined nationally owing to amendments in the MVA.

The rate of road traffic deaths per one lakh population over the last 15 years has approximately been 18.

The rate of road accident deaths per lakh population in 2019 in the country is 11.6. This rate is very close to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs which calls for reduction in the number of deaths by half which comes to 8 by the year 2020.

In the national capital, Delhi, deaths in cases of road accidents have seen a major decline from 1,734 to 1,508.