Road Accidents in India 2021

• The Union Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways has published its annual report ‘Road accidents in India 2021’.

• In 2021, there were 4,12,432 incidents of road accidents. These incidents have caused nearly 1.54 lakh deaths and injured over 3.84 lakh individuals.

• In 2020, India witnessed an unprecedented decline in the number of road accidents, fatalities and injuries. The decline is attributed to the pandemic-led lockdowns and containment measures.

• Major indicators related to road accidents have performed well in 2021 when compared with 2019. These indicators are:

• Road accidents declined by 8.1 percent

• Number of injuries fell by 14.8 percent

• However, the number of fatalities caused by road accidents has increased by 1.9 percent in 2021, when compared to the same period in 2019.