India reports one-12th of total deaths despite low vehicle population. Quoting surveys and studies, an Emergency Management and Research Institute. advisory said the number of deaths due to injuries could increase to 11 lakh by 2010 and further go up to 12 lakh by 2015. Road accidents are expected to become the third largest killer in the world by 2020.The number of deaths due to road accidents at present has reached an alarming level of 90,000 out of three-lakh road accidents ever year. Compare this against the total death toll of 12 lakh all over the world. Studies indicated that the ratio of deaths to serious injuries needing hospitalisation to minor injuries was 1:20:50. The ratio for Bangalore was 1:18:50 and for Haryana 1:29:70.
The national average ratio of 1:20:50 reflected total deaths up to one lakh, two-crore cases of hospitalisation and five-crore minor injuries, incapacitating people for short or long periods in 2005.
After the first road fatality on 17th August 1896 in London, the Coroner said, “This must never happen again”. More than a century later, globally, 1.2 million people die each year on roads. . Over 80,000 people die in the traffic crashes annually, 1.2 million are seriously injured and about 300000 disabled permanently In India. fatal crashes with pedestrians, bicyclists and motorized two-wheelers involved buses and trucks in higher proportion (50- 70%) than non fatal crashes. All India road data shows that 83.5% of the accidents were due to driver’s fault.
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