India witnessed an 11.9 per cent increase in road accidents in 2022, compared to 2021, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
A total of 4,61,312 road accidents occurred in 2022, which claimed 1,68,491 lives, while 4,43,366 people were injured.
The report titled ‘Road accidents in India — 2022‘ said there was a 15.3% surge in the number of people getting injured in 2022.
The report noted that Tamil Nadu has maintained the top position in the number of accidents on national highways for the fifth continuous year since 2018.
As per the report, during 2022, a total of 4,61,312 accidents were recorded in the country, of which, 1,51,997 (32.9%) took place on the National Highways (NH), including expressways, 1,06,682 (23.1%) on State Highways (SH) and the remaining 2,02,633 (43.9%) on other roads.
“Out of the total of 1,68,491 fatalities reported in 2022, 61,038 (36.2%) were on National Highways, 41,012 (24.3%) were on State Highways and 66,441 (39.4%) were on other roads,” it added.
The data provided in this report is sourced from police departments of states and Union Territories collected on a calendar-year basis in standardised formats as provided by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) under the Asia Pacific Road Accident Data (APRAD) base project.
