Highlights

  • Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu reports highest deaths caused by traffic accidents
  • Traffic accidents include road, railway and railway crossing accidents
  • The fatalities in road accidents increased by 16.8 percent-- from 2020

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The number of traffic accidents in the country increased from 3,68,828 in 2020 to 4,22,659 in 2021, the report added. 

 

NCRB report: Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu report highest deaths caused by traffic accidents

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 by National Crime Report Bureau(NCRB).

The number of traffic accidents in the country increased from 3,68,828 in 2020 to 4,22,659 in 2021, the report added.

4,03,116 people died in road accidents, followed by 17,993 railway accidents and 1,550 railway crossing accidents. They caused 1,55,622, 16,431 and 1,807 deaths respectively during 2021.

After UP and Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala reported the most number of accident deaths.

These three states accounted for 14.2 per cent, 9.6 percent and 9.5 percent 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.

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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.

The fatalities in road accidents have increased by 16.8 percent - from 1,33,201 in 2020 to 1,55,622 in 2021.

The NCRB report also said that the rate of deaths per thousand vehicles in 2021 increased from 0.45 in 2020 to 0.53 in 2021.

With agency inputs

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