In 2022, about 33 percent of road accidents happened on national highways in India. Each year, about three to five percent of the GDP of the country was invested in road accidents. About 70 percent of accidents involved young Indians. The country has about one percent of the global vehicle population but it accounted for six percent of the world's road traffic accidents.
National highways as a share of total road accidents in India from 2005 to 2022
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (October 30, 2023). National highways as a share of total road accidents in India from 2005 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/747989/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accidents/
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National highways as a share of total road accidents in India from 2005 to 2022 [Graph], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), October 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/747989/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accidents/
