India reports second highest road causalities globally in 2004
Killing Indian Roads
In 2004 in India, 92,618 people lost their lives in road accidents, second only to China where nearly 1, 07,077 people were killed in the same year. This report was furnished by Rajya Sabha today.
Replying to a written question, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways K H Muniyappa told the Upper House that 4,39,255 road accidents in India during 2005 resulted in as many as 94,968 deaths. The US reported a massive 19 lakh road accidents in 2004, followed by a loss of 42,636 lives, 4,29,910 accidents claimed 92,618 lives in India during the same year.
Amidst the rising protests against Blueline buses, the NCR region astoundingly reported a drop in the number of road fatalities during July this year at 748 against 821 in the corresponding period during the last year.
According to the data, China, India and the US were the only three countries which had casualties above the 10,000 mark. Singapore reported the minimum causalities during the year with 193 deaths.
Tags: causalities, india, Infrastructure
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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