Road Accident in INDIA

Road accidents in India
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
01 Overview
Length of roads in India FY 2003-2018 02
Number of operating vehicles in India FY 1951-FY 2019 03
Number of road accidents in India 2005-2019 04
Number of people injured in road accidents in India 2005-2019 05
Number of deaths due to road accidents in India 2005-2019 06
Estimated investment for roadways in India FY 2020-2025 by type of road 07
02 Nature of accident
Share of road accidents in India 2019, by type 09
Number of fatal road accidents in India 2015-2019 10
Number of grievous injury road accidents in India 2015-2019 11
Number of minor injury road accidents in India 2015-2019 12
Number of non-injury road accidents in India 2015-2019 13
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03 Factors causing accidents

Share of road accident deaths India 2019, by cause 15
Number of road accidents India 2019, by type of license 16
Number of road accidents due to potholes in India 2017-2019 17
Number of road accidents India 2019, by weather condition 18
Number of road accidents in India 2019, by traffic control type 19
04 Regional distribution
Reported cases of road accidents India 2019, by state 21
Reported cases of road accidents in India 2019, by major city 22
Number of road accidents India 2019, by neighborhood 23
Number of road accidents across urban areas in India 2015-2019 24
Number of road accidents across rural areas in India 2015-2019 25
Overview
Number of vehicles in operation across India from financial year 1951 to 2019 (in millions)
Number of operating vehicles in India FY 1951-FY 2019
350
300
Number of vehicles in millions
250
200
150
100
50
0
FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018* 2019*
Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents in India 2005-2019
600
499.63 497.63 501.42

484.7 486.38 490.38 486.48 489.4 480.65
500 479.22
460.92 464.91 467.04
Number of road accidents in thousands
439.26 449
400
300
200
100
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
4
Number of people injured in road accidents across India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of people injured in road accidents in India 2005-2019
600
500
Number of people injured in thousands
400
300
200
100
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
5
Number of deaths due to road accidents across India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of deaths due to road accidents in India 2005-2019
160
140
120
Number of fatalities in thousands
100
80
60
40
20
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
6
Estimated investment for roadways in India from financial year 2020 to 2025, by type of road (in billion U.S.
dollars)
Estimated investment for roadways in India FY 2020-2025 by type of road
160
149
140
Estimated investment in billion U.S. dollar
120 113
100
80
60
40
20 13 11
0
NH under schemes and state highways, Bharatmala pariyojna Affiliated infrastructure Rural roads
MDR, ODR
7
Nature of accident
Share of road accidents in India in 2019, by type
Share of road accidents in India 2019, by type
40%
35%
30%
Share of road accidents by type
25%
20%
35%
15% 30.7%
28.2%
10%
5%
6.1%
0%
Non-injury accidents Grievous injury accidents Fatal accidents Minor injury accidents
9
Number of fatal road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of fatal road accidents in India 2015-2019
160
140
Number of fatal road accidents in thousands
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
10
Number of grievous injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of grievous injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
140
120
Number of fatal road accidents in thousands
100
80
60
40
20
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
11
Number of minor injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of minor injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
250
Number of minor injury road accidents in thousands
200
150
100
50
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
12
Number of non-injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of non-injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
70
Number of non-injury road accidents in thousands
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
13
Factors causing accidents

Share of road accident deaths across India in 2019, by cause
Share of road accident deaths India 2019, by cause
Driving under influence of drug or Defect in mechanical condition of

alcohol 1.9% motor vehicle 1.3%
Weather condition 3.2%
Other
causes
10.3%
Dangerous or Over speeding 55.8%

careless driving,
overtaking, etc
27.5%
15
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by type of license (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by type of license
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Valid driving license Not known Without valid license Learner's license
16
Number of road accidents due to potholes in India from 2017 to 2019 (in units)
Number of road accidents due to potholes in India 2017-2019
10,000
9,000
Number of road accidents due to potholes
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2017 2018 2019
17
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by weather condition (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by weather condition

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Sunny/clear 330.3
Others 41.24
Rainy 39.83
Foggy and misty 33.6
Hail/sleet 4.04
18
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by traffic control type (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents in India 2019, by traffic control type

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Uncontrolled
Police controlled
Traffic light signal
Stop sign
Flashing signal / blinker
19
Regional distribution
Number of road accident cases reported in India in 2019, by state
Reported cases of road accidents India 2019, by state
Number of road accidents

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000
Tamil Nadu 57,228
Madhya Pradesh 51,641
Karnataka 40,644
Kerala 39,944
Uttar Pradesh 37,537
Maharashtra 27,286
Rajasthan 23,478
Telangana 21,570
Andhra Pradesh 20,677
Gujarat 16,503
Chhatisgarh 13,899
West Bengal 12,233
Odisha 11,064
Haryana 10,937
Bihar 10,007
21
Number of road accidents reported across India in 2019, by major city
Reported cases of road accidents in India 2019, by major city
Number of cases reported

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000
Chennai 6,871
Delhi 5,349
Bengaluru 4,684
Indore 3,336
Jaipur 3,045
Hyderabad 2,900
Kolkata 2,068
Ahmedabad 1,380
Mumbai 588
Pune 308
22
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by neighborhood (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by neighborhood

0 50 100 150 200 250
Open area
Residential area
Others
Market/commercial area
Institutional area
23
Number of road accidents across urban areas in India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents across urban areas in India 2015-2019
250
200
150
100
50
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
24
Number of road accidents across rural areas in India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents across rural areas in India 2015-2019
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
25
References
Combined length of roads across India from financial year 2003 to 2018 (in 1,000 kilometers)
Length of roads in India FY 2003-2018
Description
Source and methodology information
At the end of fiscal year 2018, the length of roads across India was
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India); over five million kilometers. The Indian road network was the second
Reserve Bank of India largest in the world with a total length of over five million kilometers
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) in 2019. Increased industrial activities and increasing number of
vehicles have supported road transport growth across the south Asian
Survey period FY 2003 to FY 2018 country. The possibility of 100 percent FDI in the industry has resulted
in several partnerships between foreign investors and Indian players.
Region(s) India
Published by Reserve Bank of India
Publication date November 2021
Original source Handbook of statistics on Indian states 2021, page 304
Notes: India's financial year begins in April and ends in

March. For example, FY 2016 started in April 2015
and ended in March 2016. Values have been rounded
for clarity.
Number of vehicles in operation across India from financial year 1951 to 2019 (in millions)
Number of operating vehicles in India FY 1951-FY 2019
Description
In a country with the third largest road network in the world, the total number of vehicles in fiscal
Source and methodology information year 2019 stood at 295.8 million. Road travel seemed to be the preferred choice in India with over
60 percent of the population who used personal or shared vehicles for commute. Not only public
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways commute, the industrial movement of goods through roads had also been on the rise with well over
(India) two billion metric tons of freight transported through roads in financial year 2017.
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

(India) Demographics
Survey period FY 1951 to FY 2019
Region(s) India The youth in the capital city of Delhi preferred to use public transport with over 40 and known to be
best one of the best public networks in the country in 2018. In the southern cities of Hyderabad and
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Chennai however, personal two-wheelers were vehicles of choice for the young generation . This
(India) affection towards the easily-navigable two-wheelers was reflected in the sales volume, with an
approximate 17 million two-wheelers sold in the country in financial year 2020.
Publication date February 2021
Original source Ministry of road transport and highways
annual report 2020-2021, page 106 Road accidents
With the increase of motor bike sales in India, there was also a rise in the risks involved with them.
With over 160 thousand road accidents by two-wheelers in 2018 , each year, about three to five
percent of the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents. Despite the downside, the
number of motorcycles was likely to increase to make travelling within a mercilessly congested and
not easily accessible network of roads within the large cities. Moreover, with continued
urbanization and a consumer sector that continues to burgeon, the development of the automotive
industry was expected to see continued growth.
Number of road accidents in India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents in India 2005-2019
Description
The number of road accidents across India amounted to around 449 thousand in
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and 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.
Highways (India) The country has about one percent of the global vehicle population but it
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and accounted for six percent of the world's road traffic accidents.
Highways (India)
Survey period 2005 to 2019
Region(s) India
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (India)
Original source Road accidents in India 2019, page 12
29
Number of people injured in road accidents across India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of people injured in road accidents in India 2005-2019
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and The number of people injured in road accidents across India
Highways (India) amounted to over 451 thousand in 2019. Each year, about
three to five percent of the GDP of the country was invested
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and in road accidents. About 70 percent of accidents involved
Highways (India) young Indians. The country has about one percent of the
Survey period 2005 to 2019 global vehicle population but it accounted for six percent of
the world's road traffic accidents. Since 2016, there was a
Region(s) India
downward trend in the number of people injured in road
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and accidents.
Highways (India)
30
Number of deaths due to road accidents across India from 2005 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of deaths due to road accidents in India 2005-2019
Description
Source and methodology information Road accidents have been a major cause for concern across the Indian subcontinent. In 2019 alone, the country
reported over 151 thousand fatalities due to road accidents. Each year, about three to five percent of the
country’s GDP was invested in road accidents. Notably, while India has about one percent of the world’s
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and vehicle population, it also accounted for about six percent of the global road traffic incidents. Almost 70
percent of the accidents involved young Indians.
Highways (India)
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Cases and causes
Highways (India)
Survey period 2005 to 2019 Two-wheelers had the maximum involvement in fatal road accidents across the country in 2018. A major
portion of the accidents that year occurred at T-junctions . Over speeding has been a cause for concern
throughout the country regardless of day or night-time. Moreover, fast and risky maneuvers and illegal street
Region(s) India races on roads and highways not designed for the purpose created significant trouble for the police. Over 65
percent of the accidents occurred on straight roads. Additionally, state highways had a share of about 25
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and percent of the total road accidents in 2018.
Highways (India)
Future scenario
Original source Road accidents in India 2019, page Roughly around 17 accident-related deaths occur across India every hour. Fewer cops and empty roads at
night, and sometimes even during the day seem to enable motorists to do away with the traffic rules. However,
12 efforts were made to reduce these discrepancies. The police had equipped themselves with night vision speed
guns to identify the culprits. Over speeding fine was increased in the amendment of the Motor Vehicles Act as
well. The road network has played a crucial role in India’s economic development and the government is likely
to continue to invest resources in making road safety a vital component of everyday commute.
31
Estimated investment for roadways in India from financial year 2020 to 2025, by type of road (in
billion U.S. dollars)
Estimated investment for roadways in India FY 2020-2025 by type of road
Description
Bharatmala pariyojna was India's biggest infrastructure investment
Source(s) Department of Economic Affairs (India); program with an estimated investment of 113 billion U.S. dollars.
Kearney Bharatmala pariyojna was designed to develop a national highway
Conducted by Department of Economic Affairs (India); network of India, which would carry around 70 percent of the freight
volume and connect more than 500 districts. At least 34,800 kilometers
Kearney of road length were planned under that scheme. 52 percent of the
Survey period 2019 investment requirements, valued at around 149 billion U.S. dollars,
was dedicated to national highways under other schemes, state
Region(s) India highways, major district roads, and other district roads.
Published by Kearney
Publication date April 2020
Original source Harnessing the opportunities in India's
transportation infrastructure, page 4
32
Share of road accidents in India in 2019, by type
Share of road accidents in India 2019, by type
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways In 2019, 30.7 percent of the road accidents in India were fatal.
(India) On the contrary, 35 percent of the accidents were incidents of
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways minor injury. Road accidents have been a major cause for
(India) concern across the Indian subcontinent. Each year, about three
Survey period 2019
to five percent of the country’s GDP was invested in road
accidents.
Region(s) India
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(India)
33
Number of fatal road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of fatal road accidents in India 2015-2019
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways In 2019, India witnessed over 137 thousand fatal road
(India) accidents across the country. This formed 30.7 percent of the
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways total road accidents that occurred in that year. Road accidents
(India) have been a major cause for concern across the Indian
subcontinent. In 2019 alone, the country reported over 151
thousand fatalities due to road accidents. Each year, about
Region(s) India
three to five percent of the country’s GDP was invested in
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways road accidents.
(India)
34
Number of grievous injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of grievous injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
Description
In 2019, India witnessed over 126 thousand grievous injury road accidents across
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways the country. This formed 28.2 percent of the total road accidents that occurred in
(India) that year. Road accidents have been a major cause for concern across the Indian
subcontinent. The southeast Asian country had the highest road accident deaths
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways among 199 countries and accounted for around 11 percent of accident related
(India) deaths caused around the world.
Region(s) India
(India)
Number of minor injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of minor injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) In 2019, India witnessed over 157 thousand minor injury road
accidents across the country. This formed 35 percent of the total road
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)
accidents that occurred in that year. Road accidents have been a major
Survey period 2015 to 2019 cause for concern across the Indian subcontinent. In 2019 alone, the
Region(s) India country reported over 151 thousand fatalities due to road accidents.
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) Each year, about three to five percent of the country’s GDP was
invested in road accidents.
36
Number of non-injury road accidents across India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of non-injury road accidents in India 2015-2019
Description
In 2019, India witnessed over 27 thousand fatal road accidents across the country.
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways This formed over six percent of the total road accidents that occurred in that year.
(India) Road accidents have been a major cause for concern across the Indian
subcontinent. Each year, about three to five percent of the country’s GDP was
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways invested in road accidents.
(India)
Region(s) India
(India)
37
Share of road accident deaths across India in 2019, by cause
Share of road accident deaths India 2019, by cause
Description
Over 50 percent of the road accident fatalities were due to over
Source(s) NCRB (India)
speeding of vehicles on the roads in India during 2019. Furthermore,
Conducted by NCRB (India) the state of Uttar Pradesh recorded the most number of deaths in the
Survey period 2019 country, followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka
during the measured period.
Region(s) India
Published by NCRB (India)
Publication date September 2020
Original source Accidental deaths and suicides in India 2019,
page 124
38
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by type of license (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by type of license
Description
With over 329 thousand accidents, valid driver's license holders were the major accident
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) causing agents in 2019. In that year there was an increase of 18 percent in the number of
accidents caused by drivers without a valid license. The southeast Asian country had the
highest road accident deaths among 199 countries and accounted for around 11 percent of
Survey period 2019 accident related deaths caused around the world.
Region(s) India
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)
39
Number of road accidents due to potholes in India from 2017 to 2019 (in units)
Number of road accidents due to potholes in India 2017-2019
Description
With over 4,770 accidents, potholes were one of the major accident
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
causing factors in 2019. Though the number of accidents due to
(India)
potholes decreased, its share in the total causes of accidents due to road
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways features had increased. The number of deaths due to potholes increased
(India) significantly in that year.
Region(s) India
(India)
40
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by weather condition (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by weather condition
Description
In 2019, the number of road accidents that happened on a sunny day across India
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)
was around 330 thousand. Each year, about three to five percent of the GDP of the
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) country was invested in road accidents. About 70 percent of accidents involved
young Indians.
Survey period 2019
Region(s) India
41
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by traffic control type (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents in India 2019, by traffic control type
Description
In 2019, the number of accidents across India in uncontrolled traffic
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
amounted to over 93 thousand. Each year, about three to five percent of
(India)
the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents. About 70
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways percent of accidents involved young Indians.
(India)
Survey period 2019
Region(s) India
(India)
42
Number of road accident cases reported in India in 2019, by state
Reported cases of road accidents India 2019, by state
Description
In 2019, the Indian state with the highest number of road accidents was
Tamil Nadu, with over 57 thousand cases reported, followed by
Conducted by NCRB (India) Madhya Pradesh, with over 51 thousand reported road accidents. T-
Survey period 2019 junctions had the maximum involvement among other junctions in road
accidents . Most of the reported accidents happened due to over-
Region(s) India speeding.
page 121
Number of road accidents reported across India in 2019, by major city
Reported cases of road accidents in India 2019, by major city
Description
Almost seven thousand road accident cases were reported in the
southern city of Chennai during 2019. Majority of the overall road
Conducted by NCRB (India) accident victims in India were two wheeler riders. Also, most of the
Survey period 2019 road accidents across the country occurred in roads where the traffic
was uncontrolled.
Region(s) India
page 132
44
Number of road accidents across India in 2019, by neighborhood (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents India 2019, by neighborhood
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) In 2019, the number of road accidents in open areas across
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) India was around 203 thousand. This was attributed due to
Survey period 2019 low enforcement in open areas. Each year, over three percent
Region(s) India of the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents.
About 70 percent of accidents involved young Indians.
Number of road accidents across urban areas in India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents across urban areas in India 2015-2019
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Over 178 thousand road accidents occurred across urban areas
Highways (India) of India in 2020. This formed around 40 percent of the total
accidents that occurred in India. There was a continuous
Conducted by Ministry of Road Transport and decline in this number during the observed time frame.
Highways (India)
Region(s) India
Published by Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (India)
46
Number of road accidents across rural areas in India from 2015 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Number of road accidents across rural areas in India 2015-2019
Description
Source(s) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) Around 271 thousand road accidents occurred across rural parts of
India in 2020. This formed over 60 percent of the total accidents that
occurred in India. There was a continuous rise in the share of accidents
Survey period 2015 to 2019 caused in rural areas across India during the observed time frame.
Region(s) India
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03 Factors causing accidents

499.63 497.63 501.42

Factors causing accidents

Driving under influence of drug or Defect in mechanical condition of

Dangerous or Over speeding 55.8%

Number of road accidents in thousands

Foggy and misty 33.6

Number of road accidents in thousands

Traffic light signal

Flashing signal / blinker

Number of road accidents

Tamil Nadu 57,228

Madhya Pradesh 51,641

Uttar Pradesh 37,537

Andhra Pradesh 20,677

West Bengal 12,233

Number of cases reported

Number of road accidents in thousands

Published by Reserve Bank of India

Publication date November 2021

Original source Handbook of statistics on Indian states 2021, page 304

Notes: India's financial year begins in April and ends in

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