Road accidents are a serious problem across the country. Every year lakhs of people lose their lives due to these road accidents. But do you know in which state the maximum road accidents occur in the country. Today we will tell you in which state the maximum road accidents have occurred in the last few years.
Road Accident
The pain of losing a loved one is the biggest in the world. Every year lakhs of people across the country lose their lives due to road accidents only. According to the data, in the last few years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of road accidents in the country. Today we will tell you in which state in which year the maximum number of people have lost their lives in road accidents.
How many road accidents in the country?
According to reports, a total of 4,61,312 road accidents took place in the country in the year 2022. In these accidents, 1,68,491 people lost their lives and a total of 4,43,366 people were injured. According to the report, these figures are much higher than in 2021.
During the year 2021, there were 4,12,432 lakh road accidents in the country. 1,53,972 people died in these accidents, while 3,84,448 people were also injured. Apart from this, 3,72,181 road accidents occurred in the year 2020 and 1,38,383 people died and 3,46,747 people were injured. At the same time, in the year 2019, 4,56,959 road accidents were recorded, in which 1,58,984 people died and 4,49,360 people were injured. In the year 2018, there were 4,70,403 road accidents and 1,57,593 people died and 4,64,715 people were injured.
Which states have the most road accidents?
According to the data, Tamil Nadu had the highest number of road accidents in 2022. According to the information, there were 64,105 road accidents in Tamil Nadu in 2022, 55,682 accidents in 2021, 49,844 accidents in 2020, 62,685 in 2019 and 22,230 road accidents in 2018.
Not a single road accident in Ladakh
There was not a single road accident in the Union Territory of Ladakh in 2022. However, there were 374 road accidents in 2021 and 236 in 2020. But there was not a single road accident in 2018 and 2019.
Causes of road accident
Now the question is, what is the reason behind road accidents? Let us tell you that the main causes of road accidents include overspeeding, careless driving, drunk driving, not wearing helmet, not wearing seat belt and not maintaining vehicles properly.
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