In 2022, about 36 percent of the total deaths due to road accidents happened on national highways across 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 accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (October 31, 2023). National highways as a share of total road accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). "National highways as a share of total road accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022." Chart. October 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (2023). National highways as a share of total road accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). "National Highways as a Share of Total Road Accident Deaths across India from 2005 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), National highways as a share of total road accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
National highways as a share of total road accident deaths across India from 2005 to 2022 [Graph], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/748287/india-national-highways-share-in-road-accident-deaths/