At 23,219, UP reports highest number of road, rail accident deaths

AGRA: With 23,219 deaths, Uttar Pradesh leads the country in the number of fatalities in road and rail accidents, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The state is followed by Maharashtra with 18,404 deaths and Tamil Nadu with 17,376 for 2015. The figures include fatalities on the road, railways and railway crossings, which are together referred to as ‘traffic accidents’.
In 2014, UP had also reported the highest number of combined road and rail fatalities of any state in the country, at 20,653, of which 16,284 were killed in road accidents alone. In 2015, the three states comprised more than one-third of all fatalities (58,999 out of 1,77,423) in the country, according to data released by NCRB on January 3.
Over this period, there were a total of 4.96 lakh traffic accidents in the country, in which 4.86 lakh persons were injured, in addition to the deaths. Compared to 2014, the number of traffic accidents across India rose by 3.1% (from 4.81 lakh to 4.96 lakh) in 2015.
The highest increase in traffic accident cases was reported in Kerala (from 36,284 in 2014 to 39,343 in 2015) followed by UP (from 30, 429 to 32,884 in 2015) and Chhattisgarh (from 12,804 to 14,977 in 2015).

According to NCRB, in most states, road accidents caused more injuries than deaths, but in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab such accidents resulted in more fatalities than injuries. In Punjab, 6,702 road accidents caused 4,893 deaths and injuries to 4,414 persons and in Uttar Pradesh, 28,095 road accidents caused 18,407 deaths and injuries to 17,384 persons.
During this period, two wheelers accounted for the maximum number of fatal road accidents (43,540 deaths), followed by trucks or lorries (28,910 deaths), cars (18,506) and buses (12,408).
The majority of deaths due to accidents involving two-wheelers was reported in Tamil Nadu (3,668) and Maharashtra (3,146).
A large number of deaths due to accidents involving trucks (5,720 out of 28,910 nationwide) and car accidents (2,135 out of 18,506 nationwide) were reported in UP.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra had a substantial number of deaths of pedestrians in road accidents, with 1,256 out of 7,088 across the country.
A total of 29,419 railway were reported, in which 4,055 people were injured while 26,066 were killed. The highest number of railway accidents were from Maharashtra (7,806 out of 29,419 across the country) followed by UP with 4,431. While 4,719 people died in Maharashtra, 4,472 deaths were reported in UP.
However, the highest number of accidents at railway crossings were reported from Haryana (1,290 out of 2,669 across the country), leading to 1,286 deaths. There were 358 such accidents in UP, in which 340 people were killed.
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In total of 4,96,762 traffic accidents across India, 1,77,423 lost their lives while 4,86,567 persons were injured in 2015