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Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
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Ministry of Urban Development
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Ministry of Rural Development
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has published the annual report ‘Road accidents in India-2021’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Road Safety | Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the traffic police, in the pre-pandemic years, on average, six accidents were reported for every 10, 000 vehicles. In 2022, this was at 3.53 per cent because of the increased number of vehicles on the road.
Detailed explanation-4: -Maximum fatalities in road accidents on State Highways were reported in Uttar Pradesh (5, 891 out of 39, 040 deaths) which accounted for 15.1% of total deaths due to road accidents on State Highways, followed by Tamil Nadu (5, 067) (13.0%) during 2021.