aAn accident black spot is marked on the highway in Coimbatore. File photograph: Special Arrangement

India recorded 1.2 lakh instances of “deaths due to negligence relating to road accidents” in 2020, with 328 individuals shedding their lives every single day on a median, regardless of the COVID-19 lockdown, in response to authorities information.

As many as 3.92 lakh lives have been misplaced in three years in deaths on account of negligence associated to highway accidents, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed in its annual
‘Crime India’ report for 2020 . While 1.2 lakh deaths have been recorded in 2020, the figures stood at 1.36 lakh in 2019 and 1.35 lakh in 2018, the info present.

The nation logged 1.35 lakh instances of “hit and run” since 2018, the report of the NCRB, which features below the Union Home Ministry, confirmed. In 2020 alone, there have been 41,196 instances of “hit and run”, whereas there have been 47,504 such instances in 2019 and 47,028 in 2018, the report mentioned. On a median, there have been 112 instances of “hit and run” reported throughout the nation every single day prior to now 12 months, in response to the info. The instances of inflicting “hurt” by rash or negligent driving on public means stood at 1.30 lakh in 2020.

Rail accidents

Meanwhile, 52 instances of deaths on account of negligence associated to rail accidents have been recorded throughout the nation in 2020; 55 such instances in 2019 and 35 in 2018, the report confirmed.

During 2020, India additionally logged 133 instances of “deaths due to medical negligence;” 201 such instances in 2019 and 218 in 2018, the NCRB mentioned. There have been 51 instances of “deaths due to negligence of civic bodies” in 2020, whereas there have been 147 instances in 2019 and 40 in 2018, in response to the report.

Another 6,367 instances of “deaths due to other negligence” have been reported throughout the nation in 2020; 7,912 instances in 2019 and eight,687 in 2018, it confirmed.

The NCRB said within the report that the nation remained below full lockdown from March 25, 2020 until May 31, 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, throughout which the motion in public area was “very limited”. “The cases registered under crimes against women, children and senior citizens, theft, burglary, robbery and dacoity have therefore declined, whereas COVID-related enforcement has resulted in increase of cases registered under ‘disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant [Section 188 IPC]’, under ‘Other IPC Crimes’ and under ‘Other State Local Acts’,” it famous.