×

UPSC Courses

Road accidents

Road accidents

Road Accidents and New HIT and RUN Law

Transporters and commercial drivers from States like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Punjab have staged protests against the recent legislation concerning hit-and-run incidents. Road Accidents in India in 2022 India witnessed a year-on-year increase of 12% in road accidents and 9.4% in fatalities in the same year while there is a 5% global decrease in road crash deaths. It registered the highest count of road crash fatalities, exceeding 1.68 lakh deaths. An average of 462 deaths daily and 19 deaths every hour which amounts to nearly 1 death every 3 and a half minutes. Over 50% of all road fatalities occurred on national and…

13 January, 2024 Road accidents

Road and Rail deaths in India – NCRB Crime India Report

Road and Rail deaths in India – NCRB Crime India Report India recorded 1.2 lakh cases of “deaths due to negligence relating to road accidents” in 2020, with 328 persons losing their lives every day on average, despite the COVID-19 lockdown, according to government data.           As many as 3.92 lakh lives were lost in three years in deaths due to negligence related to road accidents, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed in its annual ‘Crime India’ report for 2020. While 1.2 lakh deaths were recorded in 2020, the figures stood at 1.36 lakh in 2019 and 1.35 lakh in…

20 September, 2021 Road accidents

India’s road safety

India’s road safety India’s Road Safety Month This year instead of "Road, Safety Week", a month-long campaign "National Road Safety Month" will be observed from 18th January 2021 to 17th February 2021. The theme of this year is, "Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha". India’s road safety data India has the world’s worst record on road safety. India has, according to the just-released World Bank-commissioned report, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: 1% of the world’s vehicles but 11% of all road accident deaths; The Union Transport Ministry put the number of dead in 2019 at 1,51,113 and injured at 4,51,361. Those who…

18 February, 2021 Road accidents

Newsletter Subscription
SMS Alerts

Important Links

UPSC GS Mains Crash Course - RAW Prelims Answer Key 2024