fatal road accidents

We all know how dangerous the road travel conditions are while driving in India. It makes sense to be aware of the safety regulations in India. The roads are in bad condition, with cows strolling about in the middle of the road, endless traffic jams that cause rage among commuters at peak hours and deadly potholes that you may not see while you are driving. Road construction is poorly executed in India. Roads are widened but the side-walks for pedestrians have become so narrow that it is of no use. If this is the condition in India’s popular metros such as Delhi and Mumbai, you can imagine what the road conditions are likely to be in other rural areas or places where there is more congestion and bad state of roads.

Incidentally, India has held the distinction of recording the maximum number of reported road accidents in the world. In 2005, reports by the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NTPRC) stated that India had three times more road accidents than most developed countries. There were approximately 35 accidents per 1,000 vehicles in India during the year; while this figure for developed nations was between 4 and 10.