In 2022, the number of fatal road accidents across India due to the involvement of two-wheelers amounted to over seven thousand. 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.
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). (October 31, 2023). Number of fatal road accidents across India in 2022, by type of vehicle (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/749669/india-fatal-road-accidents-by-type-of-vehicle/
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Number of fatal road accidents across India in 2022, by type of vehicle (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India), October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/749669/india-fatal-road-accidents-by-type-of-vehicle/