The number of road accidents across India amounted to around 449 thousand in 2019. Each year, about three to five percent of the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents. About 70 percent of accidents involved young Indians. The country has about one percent of the global vehicle population but it accounted for six percent of the world's road traffic accidents.
Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (November 18, 2020). Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 05, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746954/india-number-of-road-accidents/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). "Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 05, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746954/india-number-of-road-accidents/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (2020). Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 05, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746954/india-number-of-road-accidents/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). "Number of Road Accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746954/india-number-of-road-accidents/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746954/india-number-of-road-accidents/ (last visited March 05, 2021)