The number of people injured in road accidents across India amounted to over 443 thousand in 2022. Each year, about three to five percent of the GDP of the country was invested in preventing road accidents. About 70 percent of accidents involved young Indians.
India has about one percent of the global vehicle population, but it accounted for six percent of the world's road traffic accidents. In 2022, close to 168.5 thousand deaths were caused due to road accidents. This was also the leading cause among all the accidental deaths across India. Two-wheelers were the foremost type of vehicles involved in fatal road accidents, while speeding was the primary contributing factor towards accidents. In order to reduce the number of accidents, the government has invested heavily in improving the road infrastructure and enforcing stricter traffic laws.
Number of people injured in road accidents across India from 2005 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (October 31, 2023). Number of people injured in road accidents across India from 2005 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746994/india-number-of-people-injured-in-road-accidents/
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Number of people injured in road accidents across India from 2005 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/746994/india-number-of-people-injured-in-road-accidents/