In 2022, the share of accidental deaths involving two-wheelers accounted for about 43.2 percent of all accidental deaths on the road 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.
Distribution of deaths due to road accidents across India in 2022, by motor vehicle type
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