One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on Indian roads every

hour.
1214 road crashes occur every day in India.
Two wheelers account for 25% of total road crash deaths.
20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in in the country.
377 people die every day, equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every day.
Two people die every hour in Uttar Pradesh State with maximum number of road crash deaths.
Tamil Nadu is the state with the maximum number of road crash injuries
Top 10 Cities with the highest number of Road Crash Deaths (Rank Wise):
Delhi (City)
Chennai
Jaipur
Bengaluru
Mumbai
Kanpur
Lucknow
Agra
Hyderabad
Pune
Source of Information: National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Road Transport &
Highway, Law commission of India, Global status report on road safety 2013

1,374 road accidents take place every day resulting in 400 deaths. This number
translates to 57 accidents every average hour and resulting in the deaths of 17

The total number of road accidents in 2015 was 5,01,423 as against 4,89,400 in
2014, representing an increase of 2.5%. The resulting number of deaths in 2015
was 1,46,133, as against 1,39,671, marking an increase of 4.6%

The number of people injured from these accidents was 5,00,279 in 2015, as against
4,93,474 in 2014, an increase of 1.4%.

Total number of injured persons in 2015 were 5,00,279.

Breakdown of type of road where maximum accidents have taken place:
Maximum accidents were recorded on non-highway roads at 47.6%. This was
followed by accidents on National Highways (NH) at 28.4% and State Highways at
24.0%.
However, National Highways recorded the maximum number of fatalities at 51,204
or 35% of all road accident fatalities in 2015. This was an increase of 7.5% over
2014 that saw 47,649 persons lose their lives.
It was found that maximum road accidents took place between 1500-1800 hrs
(17.5%) and 1800-2100 hrs (17.3%). It was noticed that the month of May
recorded the highest number of accidents, while road junctions witnessed the
maximum accidents.

Number of accidents recorded by road user category:

Two-wheelers: 31.5%
Car / taxis / vans / light & medium vehicles: 17.2%
Other vehicles: 12.7%
Trucks: 11%
Pedestrians: 9.5%
Buses: 7.4%
Auto Rickshaws: 5.0%
Cycle rickshaws / hand carts / animal drawn carts etc: 3.2%
Bicycles: 2.1%