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.

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