As many as 1,39,091 persons
lost their lives in 4,40,042 road accidents in the country last year. According
to statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 1,18,533 of
the victims were male. They include 11,571 pedestrians. The 28 States together
accounted for 1,36,771 deaths and the seven Union Territories
Tamil Nadu tops the list of
with 16,175 deaths in 67,757 accidents, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 15,109
deaths in 24,478 accidents. Andhra Pradesh is third with 14,966 deaths in 39,344
accidents and Maharashtra fourth with 13,936
deaths in 45,247 accidents. The Capital city of Delhi Lakshadweep is the
only administrative division where no road accidents have taken place. It
has 9,000 registered vehicles as on December 31, 2012.
|
#
|
State/UT
|
No of accidents
|
No of deaths
|
|
1
|
Tamil Nadu
|
67, 757
|
16, 175
|
|
2
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
24, 478
|
15, 109
|
|
3
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
39, 344
|
14, 966
|
|
4
|
|
45, 247
|
13, 936
|
Accidents involving two
wheelers accounted for the largest number of deaths — 32,318 or 23.2 per cent —
followed by lorries — 26,678 (19.2%). Bicycles accounted for 3069 deaths.
The death toll in 2012 is 2,257
more than in 2011 — an increase of 1.6%. In 2011 too, Tamil Nadu led the
country with 15,422 deaths in 65,873 accidents. Andhra Pradesh was second that
year with 15,158 deaths in 41,066 accidents. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and
Karnataka accounted for 15.4%, 10.3% and 10.1% of the road accidents in the
country. They also reported the largest number of road accidents each month
of the year in 2012. Delhi reported the most
number of road accidents among the Union
Territories
The rate of accidental deaths
per thousand vehicles in 2012 was the highest in Bihar and West
Bengal at 1.9 each, followed by Himachal Pradesh with 1.8, Andhra
Pradesh 1.5 and Jammu & Kashmir 1.5, compared to 1.0 at the national level.
The rate of deaths per 100 cases of accidents was the highest in Nagaland (133.3),
followed by Punjab (75.8) and Mizoram (70.0), compared
to 31.6 at the national level.
The number of road accidents
in 2012 showed only a marginal decrease of 0.02 per cent compared to 2011. In 2011,
there were 4,40,123 road accidents. Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra accounted for 11.6%, 10.9%, 10.8% and 10.0% of the
deaths in road accidents in 2012.
Most of the accidents (73,672
cases or 16.7 per cent) took place between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Between 6 p.m. and
9 p.m., there were 73,070 cases (16.6 per cent). Roads were comparatively safer
between 12 midnight and 3 a.m., when there were only 29,483 cases (6.3 per cent).
The statistics also show that the largest number of accidents (38,920) took
place in the month of May last year.
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