In the past few years, India has witnessed rapid urbanization and modernization. This has resulted in a significant growth in vehicular traffic in the country. Road expansion has been taking place and the growth in urban conglomerates has been phenomenal. Road accidents is the byproduct of the same.
On an average, 1317 accidents and 413 deaths due to accidents take place on Indian roads every day; or 55 accidents and 17 deaths every hour. This is an alarming number. Although there is decline by 4.1 per in the road accident compared to 2015, the death of persons killed in road crash has increased by 3.2 per cent over 2015.
The annual report on Road Accidents in India – 2016, released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, records road accident data for cities with 50 Million plus population. These cities accounted for 18.7 percent of the total road accidents in the country during 2016.
Chennai leads the pack with total of 7486 accidents followed by Delhi and Bengaluru. The maximum deaths is recorded in Delhi followed by Chennai.
| S.No. | Cities | Total Accidents | No of persons killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai | 7486 | 1183 |
| 2 | Delhi | 7375 | 1591 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 5323 | 835 |
| 4 | Indore | 5143 | 431 |
| 5 | Kolkata | 4104 | 407 |
| 6 | Bhopal | 3571 | 248 |
| 7 | Mumbai | 3379 | 562 |
| 8 | Jabalpur | 3256 | 352 |
| 9 | Jaipur | 3004 | 890 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 2945 | 448 |
| 11 | Mallapuram | 2738 | 402 |
| 12 | Kochi | 2573 | 169 |
| 13 | Thiruvanthapuram | 2453 | 180 |
| 14 | Raipur | 2240 | 415 |
| 15 | Gwalior | 1993 | 244 |
| 16 | Ahmedabad | 1783 | 428 |
| 17 | Kollam | 1677 | 207 |
| 18 | Vijaywada city | 1640 | 379 |
| 19 | Lucknow | 1639 | 631 |
| 20 | Khozikode | 1542 | 145 |
| 21 | Vishakapatnam | 1538 | 327 |
| 22 | Kanpur | 1451 | 684 |
| 23 | Pune | 1376 | 410 |
| 24 | Nagpur | 1373 | 307 |
| 25 | Thrissur | 1357 | 128 |
| 26 | Coimbatore | 1354 | 288 |
| 27 | Allahabad | 1100 | 488 |
| 28 | Agra | 1062 | 522 |
| 29 | Vadodra | 1046 | 214 |
| 30 | Nashik | 1031 | 213 |
| 31 | Meerut | 977 | 421 |
| 32 | Madurai | 946 | 222 |
| 33 | Patna | 923 | 484 |
| 34 | Ghaziabad | 887 | 421 |
| 35 | Surat | 790 | 283 |
| 36 | Rajkot | 719 | 154 |
| 37 | Aurangabad | 666 | 143 |
| 38 | Tiruchirapalli | 657 | 144 |
| 39 | Faridabad | 624 | 212 |
| 40 | Kota | 590 | 102 |
| 41 | Ludhiana | 549 | 384 |
| 42 | Kannur | 504 | 52 |
| 43 | Varanasi | 456 | 226 |
| 44 | Chandigarh | 428 | 151 |
| 45 | Asansol -Durgapur | 416 | 243 |
| 46 | Srinagar | 324 | 51 |
| 47 | Jodhpur | 270 | 100 |
| 48 | Dhanbad | 217 | 97 |
| 49 | Jamshedpur | 188 | 77 |
| 50 | Amritsar | 152 | 102 |
| Total | 89835 | 17797 |
