India’s roads are getting more dangerous, with 17 people dying in accidents every hour, a new government report shows.
“Much more needs to be done,” to make India’s roads safe, Sanjay Mitra, secretary of the Ministry of Roads and Transport said in the report.
The data is pretty damning. The total number of road accidents in India increased 2.5% in 2015, to 501,423. The number of people killed climbed 4.6% to 146,133. Injuries rose by 1.4%.
Road accidents also got more severe. The total number of people killed per 100 accidents was up 2.1% at 29.1 in 2015.
The Ministry of Roads and Transport said it had identified 700 “black spots” on roads, where more than five people died in the past year, and that it has earmarked 6 billion rupees ($89.9 million) to fix defects.
Source: 17 People Die on India’s Roads Every Hour, Report Says – India Real Time – WSJ
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