Most number of road accident deaths in Delhi: Data

NEWDELHI: Speeding caused more than 44% of all 1,690 accidental deaths on Delhi’s roads last year even as the national capital accounted for the most road fatalities among all Indian cities in the last two years, data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.

The extensive data on accidents not only revealed Delhi’s standing among all Indian states and 50 most populated cities, it shed light on a host of other aspects such as the factors that caused the accidents, age profiles of victims and the age of vehicles involved.

In 6,515 accidents on Delhi’s roads last year, 1,690 persons were killed and 6,086 were injured. While the number of deaths rose by 6.7% over the previous year, the accidents dipped by 2.4% and injuries by 7.8%.

The data showed that speeding caused 748 deaths, 176 died while jumping traffic signals, 72 due to drunken driving, 69 while driving on the wrong side and 37 were killed while using mobile phones.

The data showed the need for motorcyclists to wear helmets and car occupants to tie seat belts. 127 motorcycle riders and 37 pillion riders died as they were not wearing safety head gear. Not

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Cycle wearing seat belts left 59 drivers and 65 passengers dead in Delhi last year.

Age wise, half (846) of all people killed in accidents on Delhi’s roads were between 18 and 35 years. 84 victims were children below the age of 18.

Women accounted for about 10% of all accident deaths in Delhi last year.

The investigators were able to determine the age of vehicles involved in 54% of all 6,515 accidents. 36% of all accidents involved vehicles less than five years old. About 23% vehicles were older than 15 years.

Bad roads were directly responsible for many deaths. Eighteen persons died due to potholes and another 50 were killed on underconstruction roads, the data showed.