ALARMING SCENARIO: 18 LIVES LOST EVERY HOUR IN ROAD CRASHES This isn't the first time that any big name has lost life to a road crash. From Gopinath Munde to Sahib Singh Verma to Rajesh Pilot, India has seen many politicians, celebrities and industrialists succumbing to road crashes. In fact, when it comes to road crashes, India has got a bad reputation. It leads the world in road crashes. In fact, over a lakh people lose their lives on roads every year.
In 2015, India became a signatory of Brasalia declaration to reduce road crashes to half by 2020, but it failed to keep the pledge. In the year gone by (2021), 4.03 lakh 'road crashes' took place across the country leading to death of as many as 1.55 lakhs people. The figure translates to the loss of over 400 lives every day or 18 lives every hour. Also, the road crashes injured 3.71 lakh people, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data under the 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India - 2021'. In 2020 and 2019, the road crash figures stood at 4.37 lakh and 3.54 lakh, respectively.
OVERSPEEDING MAJOR REASON BEHIND ROAD CRASHES Overspeeding has been the major reason behind road crashes. According to NCRB data, in 2021, of the total 4,03,116 cases, 2,40,828 took place due to overspeeding alone. At 59.7%, it constitutes over half of total crashes. It took 87,050 lives and left 2,28,274 persons injured. It was followed by the second major reasondangerous/careless driving or overtaking. The latter caused 1,03,629 crashes or 25.7% of total accidents and resulted in the death of 42,853 people and injuries to 91,893 persons.
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