In 2022, the number of road accidents across the country due to the involvement of two-wheelers amounted to around 32.9 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 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/748888/india-road-accidents-by-type-of-vehicle/
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India). "Number of Road Accidents across India in 2022, by Type of Vehicle (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/748888/india-road-accidents-by-type-of-vehicle/
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Number of 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/748888/india-road-accidents-by-type-of-vehicle/