1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 : 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

5. 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
15331
16444
1.07 3
17297
20779
1.20 4
14988
18570
1.23 5
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