Chapter 1 — Overview & national trends
National totals — how many crashes, deaths and injuries, and how they move year to year.
1.1 Accidents, deaths & injuries, 2020–24 30 values
1.2 Key parameters, 2024 vs 2023 12 values
1.3 By road category (NH/SH/other), 2024 28 values
1.4 By accident type, 2020–24 70 values
1.5 By collision type, 2024 vs 2023 134 values
1.6 Long-term trends, 2005–24 100 values
1.7(a) Decadal trends: crashes, vehicles, roads, 1970–2020 36 values
1.7(b) Crashes, vehicles & road length, 2014–24 56 values
1.8 Risk indicators (per lakh / per 10k vehicles) 230 values
Chapter 2 — Road categories
Where crashes happen by road type — National Highways, State Highways and other roads.
2.1 By road category, 2023 vs 2024 50 values
2.10 NH deaths by highway category 78 values
2.11 NH crashes by road-user type, 2023–24 60 values
2.12 State Highways, 2020–24 30 values
2.13 Other roads, 2020–24 30 values
2.2 Fatal accidents by road category, 2020–24 55 values
2.3 Trends by road category, 2020–24 72 values
2.4 Long-run shares by road category (%) 189 values
2.5 National Highways, 2020–24 30 values
2.6 Top states on National Highways, 2024 115 values
2.7 Top states by NH deaths, 2020–24 115 values
2.8 By NH category, 2023–24 32 values
2.9 NH crashes by traffic violation, 2023–24 59 values
Chapter 3 — Causes & conditions
Why crashes happen — violations, licences, safety devices, junctions and weather.
3.1 By traffic violation, 2023–24 92 values
3.2 By licence type, 2020–24 45 values
3.3 Helmet / seatbelt non-use deaths 20 values
3.4 By neighbourhood type 54 values
3.5 By road feature, 2023–24 81 values
3.6 By junction type, 2023–24 92 values
3.7 By traffic control at junctions 92 values
3.8 By weather, 2023–24 54 values
Chapter 4 — Victims
Who dies — age, sex and road-user profiles.
4.1 Total, fatal accidents & killed, 2020–24 20 values
4.2 Age profile of victims, 2023–24 30 values
4.3 Age × sex profile of victims, 2023–24 72 values
4.4 Deaths by road-user type, 2024 38 values
4.5 Deaths by impacting vehicle, 2024 171 values
Chapter 5 — States & UTs
Every state and UT — accidents and deaths, rankings and shares.
5.1 State/UT accidents, 2020–24 435 values
5.10 Top 10 states: NH deaths, 2020–24 115 values
5.2 Top 10 states by accidents 115 values
5.3 North-Eastern states accidents, 2020–24 87 values
5.4 UT accidents, 2020–24 82 values
5.5 Top 10 states: accidents on NH, 2020–24 114 values
5.6 State/UT deaths & severity rank, 2020–24 399 values
5.7 Top 10 states by deaths 127 values
5.8 North-Eastern states deaths, 2020–24 105 values
5.9 UT deaths, 2020–24 103 values
Chapter 6 — Million-plus cities
50 cities with 1M+ people — crashes, deaths and what is improving.
6.1 Million-plus cities overview, 2023–24 70 values
6.10 City crashes by junction type, 2024 33 values
6.11 City crashes by traffic control, 2024 33 values
6.12 City crashes by weather, 2024 33 values
6.2 City crashes, deaths & injuries, 2023–24 606 values
6.3 Top 10 cities by accidents 115 values
6.4 Top 5 cities cutting accidents, 2024 24 values
6.5 Top 10 cities by deaths, 2024 115 values
6.6 Top 5 cities cutting deaths, 2024 20 values
6.7 City crashes by vehicle type, 2024 57 values
6.8 City crashes by violation, 2024 39 values
6.9 City crashes by road feature, 2024 51 values
Chapter 7 — Place & time
Rural vs urban, month of year, time of day.
7.1 Rural vs urban, 2020–24 65 values
7.2 Month-wise crashes & deaths, 2020–24 130 values
7.3 By time of day, 2020–24 100 values
Chapter 8 — World
How India compares with 19 other countries (2023-vintage counts).