Two-wheelers Contribute To Maximum Road Mishap Fatalities In 2024: NCRB
Over 25,769 pedestrians died in road mishaps, constituting 14.7 per cent, and cars contributed to 13.6 per cent (23,739 deaths) of the total fatalities in the nation
Two-wheelers continued to be the major contributor to fatal road mishaps, causing as many as 84,599 deaths, accounting to 48.3 per cent of the total road mishap deaths in 2024, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
Over 25,769 pedestrians died in road mishaps, constituting 14.7 per cent, and cars contributed to 13.6 per cent (23,739 deaths) of the total fatalities in the nation.
The NCRB report also observed that the road accidents in India peaked during 6-9 pm, with over one-fifth of all incidents occurring during this time. In India, over 20.4 per cent of total road accidents, amounting to 1,01,232 cases, occurred during the 6-9 pm period, followed by 84,837 accidents, which is 17.1 per cent of the total mishaps, occurring during 3-6 pm period.
The data also revealed that Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh reported the highest two-wheeler fatal road mishaps. TN recorded 11,786 deaths, accounting for 13.0 per cent of the nation's two-wheeler deaths followed by Uttar Pradesh, which accounted to 10.1 per cent, counting to 8,575 deaths.
Uttar Pradesh also dominated the chart in other categories, recording over 19.3 per cent of all SUV/car/jeep fatalities, over 4,575 out of 23,739 deaths, 26.3 per cent of truck/lorry/mini-truck deaths -- 3,628 of the total 13,815. In addition, UP also accounted for 29.8 per cent of bus-related fatalities across the nation.
The report also revealed that May was the most accident-prone month, when over 41,364 cases, account for 8.8 per cent of the annual total, occurred. May is followed by March, during which 41,193 accidents occurred.
The NCRB data also showed a clear rural-urban divide, with 59.7 per cent of accidents, over 2,79,412 of the 4,67,967 cases, occurring in rural areas and 1,88,555 cases, accounting to 40.3 per cent of the total cases, happening in urban areas.
Residential areas were found to be the most common locations for crashes, 31.7 per cent in urban areas and 30.9 per cent in rural areas.
