Highest number of Road accidents in India: Road safety becomes an important factor in India since the rate of road accidents and the number of people killed on roads have become embarrassing.
PTI reported that Gadkari stated during the Parliament Winter Session 2024 on Thursday that road accidents resulted in nearly 178,000 deaths per year in India and about 60 % of the victims were aged 18-34 years.
“I had said that by the end of 2024, accident and fatality rates would have been cut by 50%.” However, instead of the situations of the accidents and deaths scaling down, they have rather escalated. “This is one area where our department has not been successful,” he said.
In the international conferences GADKI firmly stated his shame and concern for failures of implementing road safety in India saying that he felt ‘ashamed’ and that he had been compelled to ‘hide his face’ over the sad state of more road accident in India.
Gadkari shared alarming statistics for road fatalities; below is the table showcasing the top states in India experiencing the highest number of road accidents:
| Rank | State | Number of Road Fatalities |
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 23,652 |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 18,347 |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 15,366 |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 13,798 |
Road Accident Death Claim Amount
He also said that Delhi tops the list in deaths due to road accidents which are more than 1457, Bengaluru with 915 deaths and Jaipur with 850 deaths.
Top 10 states in India with the highest number of road accidents in India 2022:
| Rank | State | No. of road accidents in 2022 | % share in 2022 |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 64,105 | 13.9 |
| 2 | Madhya Pradesh | 54,432 | 11.8 |
| 3 | Kerala | 43,910 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh | 41,746 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Karnataka | 39,762 | 8.6 |
| 6 | Maharashtra | 33,383 | 7.2 |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 23,614 | 5.1 |
| 8 | Telangana | 21,619 | 4.7 |
| 9 | Andhra Pradesh | 21,249 | 4.6 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 15,751 | 3.4 |
| Total | 3,59,571 | 77.9 |
Please note: The data presented is derived from the most recently available report on Road Accidents in India (2022), published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Gadkari also blamed the increasing rates of accidents in the country on poor lane discipline and parked trucks, complete disregard for traffic rules and signs, two-wheelers not wearing helmets.
Addressing the issues of human behaviour on roads and the need to maintain absolute compliance to traffic laws as imperative for improving safety of roads in India, Gadkari offered a statement to the speaker, Om Birla where he urged all members to support initiatives meant at improving road safety.
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