NEW DELHI: Over 1.7 lakh individuals have been killed in highway accidents in 2023. That interprets to a mean of 474 lives misplaced each day or one demise virtually each three minutes, as per information shared by states with central govt. That is the best variety of individuals killed in a yr since govt began collating highway accident information on the nationwide degree to evaluate the extent of the issue and causes behind crashes .
The information additionally signifies how the burden of accidents attributable to highway crashes can also be on the rise as final yr, a most of almost 4.63 lakh individuals have been left injured, which was 4% greater than in 2022.In 2022, the variety of highway fatalities stood at over 1.6 lakh as per the report revealed by highway transport ministry whereas information collated by Nationwide Crime File Bureau had put the variety of fatalities at 1.7 lakh. Each the companies haven’t but revealed the highway accident information for 2023.
TOI has learnt that not less than 21 states and UTs, together with UP, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Punjab, Assam and Telangana, recorded a rise in highway deaths in comparison with 2022 whereas there was a marginal decline in fatalities in states/UTs equivalent to Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Kerala and Chandigarh.
