On Planet Earth 1.25 million people are killed each year in traffic related 'accidents'.
India which makes up 17.5% of the world's population kills off a quarter million humans a year through this method. This is second only to China at nearly 300,000 people a year.
For context, the US road death toll is about 1/10 that. Norway had 146 in 2013
In 2015, one person dies every 4 minutes in roads accidents in India, according to NGO 'Indians for Road Safety'.[1]
Most of the people killed are pedestrians.
Moving about India on sees the most amazing wrecks on regular basis but given the craziness exhibited it is amazing the numbers are not twice as high. People think nothing of passing with only inches between them and oncoming traffic.
It is not infrequent to see traffic going both ways on divided highways.
I was driving on one highway a while ago and came up behind a big truck driving a long that looked a bit lopsided and as I overtook it I see that the entire cab was crushed in and the driver was sitting in front of what used to be the windshield.
There is also the habit of driving in the inside of any curve no matter if its your lane or not, this is the source of most of the the mountain road deaths.
In the Western Ghats I was driving along and came across a fresh one (people still sitting around stunned) and looking at the skid marks it was obvious one of the drivers was fully in the wrong lane.
The method in use to avoid this is the magical tooting of the horn to ward off mishap.
India which makes up 17.5% of the world's population kills off a quarter million humans a year through this method. This is second only to China at nearly 300,000 people a year.
For context, the US road death toll is about 1/10 that. Norway had 146 in 2013
In 2015, one person dies every 4 minutes in roads accidents in India, according to NGO 'Indians for Road Safety'.[1]
Most of the people killed are pedestrians.
Moving about India on sees the most amazing wrecks on regular basis but given the craziness exhibited it is amazing the numbers are not twice as high. People think nothing of passing with only inches between them and oncoming traffic.
It is not infrequent to see traffic going both ways on divided highways.
I was driving on one highway a while ago and came up behind a big truck driving a long that looked a bit lopsided and as I overtook it I see that the entire cab was crushed in and the driver was sitting in front of what used to be the windshield.
There is also the habit of driving in the inside of any curve no matter if its your lane or not, this is the source of most of the the mountain road deaths.
In the Western Ghats I was driving along and came across a fresh one (people still sitting around stunned) and looking at the skid marks it was obvious one of the drivers was fully in the wrong lane.
The method in use to avoid this is the magical tooting of the horn to ward off mishap.
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