Breaking Records: Uttar Pradesh Tops The List In Fatal Road Accidents In India

Uttar Pradesh has broken all the records when it comes to fatal road accidents and this is what data tells. As per the data released by the Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH), it said that Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of total number of road accident deaths on national highways while it has also topped in the chart of the number of road accident fatalities in 2020 across the country.

In 2020, 3,66,138 road accidents were reported by states/UTs, of which, 1,16,496 (31.82%) were on national highways; 47,984 (36.43%) people were killed and 1,09,898 (31.55%) were injured, reported Hindustan Times.

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¡°The fact that much of the 31.8% of the accidents, 36.4% of deaths and 31.6% of accidents-related injuries took place on national highways, which share only 2.1% of the total road network in the country, needs attention,¡± the report said.

¡°More accidents on the highways have been attributed to higher vehicle speeds and higher volume of traffic on these roads.¡±

As per the report the UP alone has 16.4% of the road accident deaths on national highways in India, followed by Maharashtra (7.4%) and Karnataka (6.9%). It said that Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of accidents on national highways.

The report mentioned that 7,859 persons were killed in 13,695 cases of road mishaps on highways in UP in 2020, making it the worst state in India in terms of fatal accidents.

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It also said that 10,492 accidents took place in UP in the recorded year, killing 5,984 persons on national highways under NHAI, while 1,265 people died in 2,159 mishaps on national highways under PWD. On the national highways (expressways) under other departments, 610 people died in 1,044 accidents.

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The Yogi Adityanath-run state also topped the list for reporting the highest number of deaths (5,825) on state highways in 2020, but in terms of the number of road accidents (10,555) on state highways, UP ranked third.

¡°Of the 19,149 road crash deaths reported by UP in 2020, 13,684 occurred on national and state highways. Poor road engineering and large-scale violations of traffic rules are two of the biggest reasons why the state is ranked as number one in road crash fatalities,¡± Piyush Tewari, founder and CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation has reportedly said.

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