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Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi records highest number of deaths due to road accidents in 2021: Report. New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) Delhi recorded the highest number of deaths (1, 239) due to road accidents in 2021, followed by Chennai (998) and Bengaluru (654), according to a report by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).

Detailed explanation-2: -Delhi accounts for the maximum number of accidents happening in India. The carelessness of drivers and poor road construction is the major cause of accidents.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the Indian cities, the capital city of Delhi had the most number of road accident deaths with 1.2 thousand deaths during 2021, followed by the southern city of Chennai with over nine hundred deaths due to road accidents in that year.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2021, the Indian state with the highest number of road accidents was Tamil Nadu, with over 55 thousand cases reported, followed by Madhya Pradesh, with over 48 thousand reported road accidents.