S. Rajaseekaran Versus Union of India & Others - Data on Road Accidents

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In the last post, I mentioned that, recently, a writ petition (Copy of the Judgment) was filed seeking the Court’s intervention, primarily, in the matter of enforcement of the prevailing laws relating to Road Safety and also seeking directions for enactment of appropriate legislative measures and for more affirmative administrative action.

I also gave some of the facts relating to road safety that were pointed out in this case. This post is a continuation of the last post. Here is some more eye-opening Comparative Data on Road Safety.

Data on Road Traffic Accidents

Country	Road Length (km)	No. of Vehicles	No. of Accidents	Deaths	Serious Injuries
India (2010)	46,89,842	11,49,53,000	4,30,654	1,26,896	4,66,600
USA (2009)	65,86,610	25,41,66,000	1,08,00,000	33,808	22,17,000
UK (2009)	3,94,428	3,42,00,000	1,64,000	2,222	2,20,000
China (2010)	41,06,387	20,70,61,286	-	70,134	-
Brazil (2010)	15,80,964	6,48,17,974	-	37,594	-

China v. India – Number of Road Accidents

Year	China	India
2004	5,17,889	4,29,910
2005	4,50,254	4,39,255
2006	3,78,781	4,60,920
2007	3,27,209	4,79,216
2008	2,65,204	4,84,704
2009	2,38,351	4,86,384

China v. India – Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents

Year	China	India
2004	1,07,077	92,618
2005	98,738	94,968
2006	89,455	1,05,749
2007	81,649	1,14,444
2008	73,484	1,19,860
2009	67,759	1,25,660

To Be Continued.... 

Part I: S. Rajaseekaran Versus Union of India & Others - A PIL on Road Safety Regulations

Part II: S. Rajaseekaran Versus Union of India & Others - Data on Road Accidents

Part III: S. Rajaseekaran Versus Union of India - Steps for Road Safety in India
Part IV: S. Rajaseekaran Versus Union of India - Directions by the Supreme Court