• Mohit Nandal
• Navdeep Mor
• Dr. Hemant Sood

The main objective of this paper is to examine road accidents in India at metropolitan city, state and national level. The analysis exhibits that the proportion of road accidents deaths and injuries in India differs according to gender, age, time, and month. Age group 25-60 years is most vulnerable population group and also males face higher number of fatalities and injuries than females. Analysis of road accident trend at city and state level exhibits that there is large variation in fatality risk across cities and states. Fatality risk in 17 out of 36 states and union territories is higher than all India average. Moreover at international level, Russia is the only country having fatality risk more than India among all the 22 countries analysed under this paper. There is urgent requirement of rectifying the worsening situation in road deaths and injuries and to take suitable measures

Road accident, Road fatalities, Accident rate

"Accident Trend in India: Issues and Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.1059-1068, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906G60.pdf

"Accident Trend in India: Issues and Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp1059-1068, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906G60.pdf