Deaths due to road accidents

                 Driver’s fault accounted for about 75 per cent of deaths caused by road accidents in the period 2004 to 2007. As per the information made available to the Rajya Sabha during the question hour by Shri Mahadeo Singh Khandela, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, while driver’s fault was responsible for 75.2 per cent accidents deaths in 2004, it accounted for 74.0 per cent in 2005, 73.3 per cent in 2006 and 75.1 per cent in 2007.

                The Minister also informed the House that about 45-49 per cent deaths caused in road accidents were due to over speeding i.e. exceeding lawful speed limit of the driver. Over-speeding was the main reason for the death of 48.7 per cent (45,106 people) killed in road accidents in 2004, 46.7 per cent (44,346 people) in 2005, 45.5 per cent (48,123) in 2006 and 48.8 per cent (55,883) in 2007.

                As per the data available, the maximum number of accidental deaths in the year 2007 occurred in Andhra Pradesh (11.8 per cent of the total) followed by Tamil Nadu (10.5 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (10 per cent) and Maharashtra (9.8 per cent).


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