In 2016, more than 1.5 lakh lives were lost in road accidents in India and another 4.95 lakh injured in 4.8 lakh different listed incidents. This is according to the latest data on road accidents in India released by the Transport Research Wing of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
According to the report, the highest number of road accidents happened in Tamil Nadu (14.9 per cent of all accidents) followed by Madhya Pradesh (11.2 per cent). However, if we factor in the population of the states, it throws up a different picture, as depicted in the interactive map below.
With 217.7 accidents per lakh population in 2016, Goa is at the top of the road accident chart. The lowest is in Lakshwadeep at 1.2 followed by Nagaland at 3.2 against an all India average of 37.9.
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