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India leads world in road deaths.

13 Indians Die Every Hour Due To Accidents.

With at least 13 people dying every hour on Indian roads, India has topped the global list of deaths in road accidents, leaving behind the world’s most populated country — China. This was revealed in the first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Painting a grim picture, the WHO report states that globally over 1.2 people die in road accidents every year and 20-25 million people suffer non-fatal injuries. The report also reveals that 90% of deaths on world’s roads occur in low and middle-income countries (21.5 and 19.5 per lakh of population, respectively) whereas it has been declining in the case of high-income countries (10.3 per lakh). Although the global report based on 2006 and 2007 statistics collected from 178 participating countries shows that 1.05 lakh people died on Indian roads in 2006, the last NCRB report mentions 1.14 lakh people were killed in road accidents in 2007, registering a 6.1% increase.

: Dipak Kumar Dash TNN New Delhi: