{"id":31305,"date":"2017-09-23T03:48:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T03:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=31305"},"modified":"2017-09-23T03:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T03:48:25","slug":"road-accidents-india-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/road-accidents-india-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Road accidents in India-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari the Ministry\u2019s annual publication \u2018Road Accidents in India-2016. According to release, which of the following cities had the highest number of road accidents?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Delhi<br \/>\n(b) Mumbai<br \/>\n(c) Chennai<br \/>\n(d) Kolkata<br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On September 6th,2017, , the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari the Ministry\u2019s annual publication \u2018Road Accidents in India-2016.<\/li>\n<li>According to the report, the year 2006 seeing 4, 80,652 road accidents as against 5, 01,423 in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 1, 50,785 persons were killed in 2016 as against 1, 46,133 in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Road accidents in the country have decreased by around 4.1% however fatalities resulting from these accidents have risen by about 3.2% for the same period.<\/li>\n<li>There has been a 3 % reduction in road accidents between January to July 2017, along with a 4.75 % reduction in road accident fatalities.<\/li>\n<li>During 2016, 13 States accounted for 86 per cent of the total road accidents in the country.<\/li>\n<li>These are Tamil Nadu, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, UP, AP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Haryana.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, 13 States accounted for 84 per cent of the total persons killed in road accidents during 2016.<\/li>\n<li>These are UP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, MP, AP, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar.<\/li>\n<li>Chennai had the highest number of road accidents (7,486).<\/li>\n<li>Delhi had the highest number of deaths (1,591)) due to road accidents.<\/li>\n<li>According to the publication, the age profile of road accident victims for 2016 reveals that the percentage accounted by different Youth age group is as follows-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><strong>Age group<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"245\"><strong>Percentage<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">18 &#8211; 35 years<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">46.3 per cent (69,851 persons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">18-45 years<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">68.6% (1,03,409 persons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">18-60 years<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">83.3 per cent (1,25,583 persons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Number of accidents per lakh population declined from 42.5 in 2010 to 37.9 in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Number of persons injured per lakh population decreased from 44.8 in 2010 to 39.0 in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Number of persons killed per lakh population marginally increased from 11.4 in 2010 to 11.9 in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The National Highways accounted for 29.6 per cent of total road accidents and 34.5 per cent of total number of persons killed.<\/li>\n<li>The share of two wheelers in total road accidents has increased from 28.8 per cent in 2015 to 33.8 per cent in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The other road users killed in road accidents are cars, taxies, vans and other light and medium motor vehicles &#8211; 17.9 per cent; trucks &#8211; 11.2 per cent; pedestrians &#8211; 10.5 per cent; buses &#8211; 6.6 per cent; auto rickshaws &#8211; 4.7 per cent; and others motor vehicles &#8211; 10.6 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>The share of two wheelers in total road accidents has increased from 28.8 per cent in 2015 to 33.8 per cent in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170577<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=66977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=66977<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari the Ministry\u2019s annual publication \u2018Road Accidents in India-2016. According to release, which of the following cities had the highest number of road accidents? 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