Number of people injured in road accidents in India 2020, by type of road
In 2020, the number of people injured due to road accidents on national highways across India amounted to around 109 thousand. 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.
