A Silent Tsunami on Indian Road: A Comprehensive Analysis of Epidemiological Aspects of Road Traffic Accidents.
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2011-01
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This paper aims to critically analyze the epidemiology of road traffic accident in India. It is
noteworthy to mention that India already accounts for about 9.5% of the total 1.2 million fatal
accidents in the world. In 2009, for every 4.14 minute and 1.13 minute one death and one injury
took place in India from road accident, respectively. Between 1970 and 2009 the number of
accidents has quadrupled (1.1 lakh in 1970 to 4.22 lakh in 2009) with nearly 6.5 fold increase in
injuries (0.7 lakh in 1970 to 4.67 lakh in 2009) and nearly 9.5 fold increase in fatalities (0.14 lakh
in 1970 to 1.27 lakh in 2009). During the period of 2004 to 2009, road accident rate, injury rate
and casualty rate per 105 population have been increased by 8.5%, 4.7% and 29.8%,
respectively. In 2009, total 1,08,409 male and 18,487 female died in road accident. It was also
observed that in last five years (2005 to 2009) average 84.9% male and 15.1 % female died in
road accident. In 2009, total 90,298 people, out of total 1,26,896 accident victims died from age
group of (5-44 Yrs), which is the most productive age group for nation. Average percentage share
of last five years (2005-2009) for the age groups (Up to 14 Yrs), (15–29 Yrs), (30–44 Yrs), (45–59
Yrs), and (Above 60 Yrs) were 6.35, 29.84, 35.05, 20.97 and 7.79, respectively. The month-wise
distribution of ‘Road Accidents’ has also shown more accidents during May (38,928) and June
(36,234) sharing 9.2% and 8.6% respectively. Maximum ‘Road Accidents’ (68,835) were reported
during 3 p.m. to 6 p.m (16.3%), 64,191 cases during 9 a.m. to 12 noon (15.2%), and least number
(28,984) of these accidents (6.9%) was reported during 1200 to 3 AM in the night. The causewise
number of persons killed in road accidents indicates that almost three-fourths of the
accidents were due to driver’s fault.
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Epidemiology, crash, road accident, economy, India
Citation
Mondal P, Kumar Abhishek, Bhangale U D, Tyagi Dinesh. A Silent Tsunami on Indian Road: A Comprehensive Analysis of Epidemiological Aspects of Road Traffic Accidents. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 2011 Jan; 1(1): 14-23.