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The two states account for 26.4 per cent of the total road accidents in 2006, according to the latest statistics released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The statistics reveal that 1,05,725 people lost their lives all over India in road accidents in 2006, compared to 98,254 in 2005. The victims of 2006 included 16,548 women also.
Andhra Pradesh leads the list with 12,661 deaths followed by Maharashtra (11,934), Uttar Pradesh (11,520) and Tamil Nadu (11,009).
Out of the total 3,94,432 road mishaps across the country, Tamil Nadu reported a whopping 55,145 cases (14 per cent) while Maharashtra had 48,887 incidents (12.4 per cent).
Karnataka (43,280), Kerala (41,728) and Andhra Pradesh (41,323) were the other main contributors for road accident cases in 2006.
In Delhi, there were 9,699 road accidents in which 2,167 people lost their lives in 2006.
Road accident cases have registered a one per cent increase in 2006 compared to 2005 when the figure was 3,90,378.
Similarly, the casualties have increased by 7.6 per cent in 2006 compared to the previous year.
People travelling in trucks and lorry were the largest chunk of victims in 2006 with 22.6 per cent (23,868) of them using this mode of transport during the time of accident.
Two-wheelers were second in the list with 17.8 per cent (18,833) followed by passengers in buses 11.9 per cent (12,625) and 8.4 per cent pedestrians (8,906).
The month-wise distribution of road accidents shows that more such incidents took place in May (37,109) and December (34,379).
Maximum road accidents were reported in evening during 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. with 15.7 per cent (62,023 accidents) followed by the time period of 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (60,584).
The NCRB figures also note that there were 2,829 (2,537 in 2000) rail-road accidents and 26,165 other railway accidents.
In rail-road accidents, 2,353 people (1,389 in 2005) were killed while 23,574 deaths were reported in other railway accidents category.
Pune mein Rowdy Auto, Bus/truck drivers and most importantly scooters and bikes chalane walo ke mercy per hum appni car chalate hai. People who drive the above vehicles seems like they own the road and seems to have no road sense and regularly engage in road rage. This is the only place in india where you can overtake peacefully from Left :)
It is not at all surprising. My car was brushed from drivers side by a girl driving a red spark around 4:30, in pune on a saturday evening. The girl did not even stop for second and simply fled away. If people like her are there everywhere, this kind of numbers are not unusual rather one should expect. Pune is home to most of the worst drivers you can count in India.
Now that Nano and Bajaj's small car likely to hit the market in due course, we can expect accidnet rates to increase. Unless, our roads and infrastructure are exapnded, it makes illogical to increase the number of vehicle population in the country. We urgently require to stop or limit production of cars and two wheelers in the country, unless the infrastrcuture support them. Th road tax and other income that government takes need to be ploughed into infrastrcuture. I feel TN and southern government should take the responsibility and should be accountable. Unless this is done, I suggest NANO should be discouraged.
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