Road accidents have remained one of many greatest causes of unnatural deaths in India, and each passing yr the variety of lives misplaced on the roads throughout the nation is barely rising.

Despite the COVID-19 lockdown which noticed the nation coming to a standstill, in 2020 India recorded 1.2 lakh instances of “deaths due to negligence relating to road accidents”

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In different phrases, 328 individuals are dropping their lives day-after-day on common, based on authorities information.

Though the 1.2 lakh dying in 2020 was lower than the fatalities within the pre-pandemic yr which noticed 1.36 lakh lived being misplaced on the roads, the numbers are alarming because the nation was below full lockdown from March 25 to May 31 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, throughout which the motion in public area was “very limited”.

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As many as 3.92 lakh lives have been misplaced in three years in deaths resulting from negligence associated to street 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 capabilities 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 day-after-day prior to now yr, based on the info. The instances of inflicting “hurt” by rash or negligent driving on public approach stood at 1.30 lakh in 2020.

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Rail accidents

Meanwhile, 52 instances of deaths resulting from 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.

Earlier this yr, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had mentioned that the street accident state of affairs in India was extra “dangerous than COVID-19 pandemic”.

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In February 2021, Gadkari had mentioned there may very well be a saving of Rs 90 lakh per particular person by stopping deaths and decreasing accidents to minor ones in such incidents.

A World Bank report ‘Traffic Crash Injuries And Disabilities: The Burden on India Society’ mentioned that India accounts for the best variety of street accidents globally, with 1.5 lakh folks being killed and greater than 4.5 lakh crippled yearly in 4.5 lakh street accidents with losses amounting to three.14 per cent of the GDP.