WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THESE THINGS, OF COURSE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE ABT COMMON PEOPLE, RTO IS INTRESTED AND BUSY IN TAKING BRIBES.... DONT BELIEVE AND WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OURSELF, WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING DONT DRIVE...DONT DRINK AND DRIVE....BE CAREFULL................ India has among the highest number of road accident casualties in the world. A government statistic says that a death occurs every four minutes on Indian roads. Causes for road accidents are many; the congested city roads, bad road surfaces, flooding of roads, reckless driving, inadequate traffic management and so on and so forth. In the years 2001 to 2011, more than a million people died in road accidents across India. We bring you the top five states that has recorded the highest number of deaths due to road accidents. The five Indian States that lead the charts in terms of number of deaths occurring on the roads are as follows: 1. Uttar Pradesh: The number of deaths occurring due to road accidents in Uttar Pradesh is the highest in the country. In 2003 road accidents accounted for 7,854 deaths, since then the death toll has been steadily on the rise. In 2011 the death toll grew stratospherically witnessing an increase of 6,337 deaths over the previous year. 2. Tamil Nadu The number of deaths occurring on the roads of Tamil Nadu in the year 2003 was 9,275. From the period of 2003 to 2005 the death toll remained almost the same. Since 2006 however the death toll has been steadily on the rise topping off to 15,000+ deaths in the years 2010 and 2011. 3. Andhra Pradesh: The death toll caused due to road accidents in the state of Andhra Pradesh as at par with Tamil Nadu. In 2003 the state witnessed 9,679 deaths on its roads and the death toll has steadily risen since then. In the year 2011 however the number of deaths fell by a few hundred when compared to the number in 2010. 4. Maharashtra: The number of deaths caused by road accidents in Maharashtra in 2003 was the highest in the country at the time. Since then the death toll has increased but fluctuations are seen over the years. In 2011 the death toll stood at 13,057, lower than Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. 5. Karnataka: The number of deaths due to road accidents in the state of Karnataka stood at 6,195 in the year 2003. Since then there has been a rise in the death toll, topping off at 9590 in the year 2010. In the year 2011, the number of deaths fell by over 500 whn compared to 2010.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:54:30 +0000
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