In 2021, 1.73 lakh traffic accidents recorded in the country

India

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New
Delhi,
Aug
29:
As
many
as
1.73
lakh
people
lost
their
lives
in
around
4.22
lakh
traffic
accidents
in
the
country
in
2021
with
Uttar
Pradesh
reporting
the
highest
number
of
deaths
in
such
mishaps
at
24,711
deaths
followed
by
Tamil
Nadu
which
recorded
16,685
deaths.

According
to
the
latest
report
of
the
National
Crime
Records
Bureau
(NCRB),
the
number
of
traffic
accidents
in
the
country
increased
from
3,68,828
in
2020
to
4,22,659
in
2021.
These
traffic
accidents
comprise
4,03,116
road
accidents,
17,993
railway
accidents
and
1,550
railway
crossing
accidents.

They
caused
1,55,622,
16,431
and
1,807
deaths
respectively
during
2021.
The
maximum
increase
in
number
of
traffic
accident
cases
in
states
from
2020
to
2021
was
reported
in
Tamil
Nadu
(from
46,443
to
57,090)
followed
by
Madhya
Pradesh
(from
43,360
to
49,493),
Uttar
Pradesh
(from
30,593
to
36,509),
Maharashtra
(from
24,908
to
30,086)
and
Kerala
(
from
27,998
to
33,051).

“These
traffic
accidents
resulted
in
injuries
to
3,73,884
people
and
1,73,860
deaths
during
2021.
Uttar
Pradesh
(24,711
deaths)
followed
by
Tamil
Nadu
(16,685
deaths)
and
Maharashtra
(16,446
deaths)
have
reported
maximum
fatalities
in
traffic
accidents
in
the
country,”
the
report
said.
These
three
states
accounted
for
14.2
per
cent,
9.6
per
cent
and
9.5
per
cent
of
total
deaths
in
traffic
accidents
respectively
and
collectively
accounted
for
33.3
per
cent
(57,842
out
of
1,73,860)
of
total
fatalities
reported
at
all
India
level
during
2021.

Bengaluru:
9
people,
including
3
children,
killed
in
jeep-truck
accident
in
Tumakuru

The
percentage
share
of
traffic
accidental
deaths
in
total
deaths
due
to
‘Other
Causes’ has
decreased
from
45.1
per
cent
in
2017
to
44.5
per
cent
in
2021.
A
rising
trend
was
seen
in
the
total
number
of
deaths
in
‘traffic
accidents’
from
2017
to
2019
with
a
sharp
decline
in
2020,
which
again
increased
in
2021
but
this
number
is
less
than
that
in
2017,
2018
and
2019.

The
total
number
of
accidental
deaths
has
increased
by
18.8
per
cent
(from
1,46,354
to
1,73,860)
in
2021
over
2020.
A
total
of
4,03,116
road
accident
cases
were
reported
in
2021.
Road
accident
cases
in
the
country
have
increased
from
3,54,796
in
2020
to
4,03,116
in
2021.

The
fatalities
in
road
accidents
have
increased
by
16.8
per
cent
–
from
1,33,201
in
2020
to
1,55,622
in
2021.
The
NCRB
report
said
that
the
rate
of
deaths
per
thousand
vehicles
in
2021
increased
from
0.45
in
2020
to
0.53
in
2021.
The
4,03,116
road
accidents
caused
1,55,622
deaths
and
injuries
to
3,71,884
persons
during
2021.
Generally
road
accidents
have
caused
more
injuries
than
deaths,
but
in
Mizoram,
Punjab,
Jharkhand
and
Uttar
Pradesh,
road
accidents
caused
more
deaths
than
leaving
persons
injured.

In
Mizoram,
64
road
accidents
caused
64
deaths
and
injuries
to
28
persons;
in
Punjab,
6,097
road
accidents
caused
4,516
deaths
and
injuries
to
3,034
persons;
in
Jharkhand,
4,728
road
accidents
caused
3,513
deaths
and
injuries
to
3,227
persons;
and
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
33,711
road
accidents
caused
21,792
deaths
and
injuries
to
19,813
persons.