Page 3 - Road Accident Deaths

World's deadliest roads in focus after Cyrus Mistry's fatal crash

Prior to the pandemic, there was one deadly road crash in India every four minutes, equal to 11% of all crash-related deaths globally

Focus back on road crash deaths after Cyrus Mistry's fatal accident

The fatal road accident involving former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry on Sunday once again brought into focus the high number of deaths caused in such incidents every year in the country, with government data showing a record 1.55 lakh lives were lost in 2021. Mistry, 54, was killed this afternoon after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district when he was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car. The accident took place around 3.15 pm on a bridge over the Surya river. It seems an accident, said Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil. According to National Crime Records Bureau data released recently, over 1.55 lakh people were killed in road crashes across India in 2021 -- an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour. This is the highest death figures recorded in such accidents in any calendar year so far. Besides the deaths, 3.71 lakh people were also injured in 4.03 lakh 'road accidents' across the country last year, showed the NCRB figu

4 children killed, 11 injured as jeep collides with truck in MP's Ujjain

Four school children were killed and 11 others injured after the jeep in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Monday, a police official said. The accident took place near Jhirniya Fata in Unhel town when the children were on way to the Fatima Convent School, Nagda, Ujjain's Superintendent of Police Satyendra Shukla said. The injured children were referred to a hospital in Indore, an official said.

60% of black spots which caused over 28,000 highway deaths rectified: RTI

Sixty per cent of black spots on national highways in India where more than 28,000 killings took place in road crashes in a period of three years have been rectified now, according to official data.

18 killed in Uttar Pradesh as truck rams into stationary double-decker bus

Eighteen people were killed when a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle.

Parents of road accident victims entitled to compensation: Delhi HC

Parents are dependent on their children at some stage of life and it would be inequitable to deny compensation to those who lost their ward in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has said

At least 25,108 deaths occurred in truck accidents during 2018: Report

A truck's speed rarely goes beyond 50-60 km per hour, but they account for a high number of road fatalities every year

Govt defends hefty traffic fines, cites 500,000 accidents every year

Various reports have said a two-wheeler rider was fined Rs 23,000 in Gurugram for various norms violations, while a truck driver was given challan for Rs 59,000

Only those with less than 3 kids be allowed to contest polls: RLP leader

According to RLP leader Hanuman Beniwal, one of the reasons for growing number of road accidents was India's rising population

19 Indians die daily in drink-driving mishaps. Here's how that can change

In 2015, 3% of road accidents in India were attributed to driving under the influence of alcohol

Rash drivers face less jail time for killing people than cow killers: Court

India accounts for 10% of global road accidents with more than 1.46 lakh fatalities annually