1.2 lives every hour of every day of the year Total umber of deaths in road traffic accidents that the children in India are responsible for, in 2016 10622 1.2 lives every hour of every day of the year Source: ‘Road Accidents in India – 2016’ – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Top five Indian states with road traffic accidents caused by children in 2016 Name of the state Total number of accidents in a year accidents/ day 1 Telangana 3976 10.89 2 West Bengal 2391 6.55 3 Madhya Pradesh 2325 6.36 4 Uttar Pradesh 2310 6.32 5 Tamil Nadu 894 2.44 These five states’ accidents caused by the children constitute more than 63% of entire country’s accidents (18738) for 2016 Source: ‘Road Accidents in India – 2016’ – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
more than 50% of entire country’s accidents deaths (10622) for 2016 Top five Indian states with road traffic accident deaths caused by children in 2016 Name of the state Total number of deaths in a year deaths/ day 1 Haryana 1452 3.9 2 Uttar Pradesh 1319 3.6 3 West Bengal 1065 2.9 4 Bihar 769 2.1 5 Tamilnadu 725 1.9 These five states’ road traffic accident deaths caused by children constitute more than 50% of entire country’s accidents deaths (10622) for 2016 Source: ‘Road Accidents in India – 2016’ – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Top five Indian states with road traffic accident deaths (of child drivers and child passengers) caused by children in 2016 Name of the state Total number of child driver deaths Passenger deaths caused by the child drivers Ratio of child driver deaths : child passenger deaths 1 Rajasthan 24 549 1 : 22.875 2 Kerala 7 84 1 : 12 3 Telangana 41 363 1 : 8.85 4 Bihar 79 690 1 : 8.73 5 Jharkand 35 297 1 : 8.48 Ratio anything above 1:3 indicates that the children may have access to three/ four wheeler vehicles including commercial vehicles. Source: ‘Road Accidents in India – 2016’ – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Ratio of driver to passenger deaths by age groups. Total number of driver deaths Passenger deaths Ratio of driver deaths : passenger deaths 1 Less than 18 3417 7205 2.10 2 18 - 25 15331 16444 1.07 3 25 - 35 17297 20779 1.20 4 35 - 45 14988 18570 1.23 5 45 - 60 8454 13720 1.6 6 60 and above 2807 6007 2.14 7 Age unknown 2107 3659 1.7 This ratio indicates that one child driver’s death, taking away 2.10 passenger lives. It is extremely dangerous to give access to motor vehicles to children. Source: ‘Road Accidents in India – 2016’ – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways