Hyderabad: With only 1 per cent of the world's vehicles, India accounts for 11 per cent of the global death in road accidents, the highest in the world, according to a report by the World Bank.
The country accounts for about 4.5 lakh road crashes per annum, in which 1.5 lakh people die, PTI reported.
"India tops the world in road crash deaths and injuries. It has 1 per cent of the world's vehicles but accounts for 11 per cent of all road crash deaths, witnessing 53 road crashes every hour; killing 1 person every 4 minutes," the World Bank report said.
In the last decade, 13 lakh people died and another 50 lakh got injured on Indian roads, it added.
Here are some major bus accidents that happened in India:
16.02.21: Madhya Pradesh
At least 49 people were killed when a packed passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a canal in MP’s Sidhi district. Most of the victims were found dead in their seats. Twenty of those killed are women — most of them were going to attend an ANM (auxiliary-nurse-midwife) exam in Satna town, about 140km away. The other half of the victims were their escorts, mostly brothers and fathers. Two children—including a three months old—are among the dead. More than 50 passengers were on board the bus when the driver lost control of the vehicle at around 7:30 am.
20.02.20: Tamil Nadu
It was a horror Thursday in Tamil Nadu after 20 people died in three separate mishaps. Twenty passengers perished on the spot when 45 people boarded on a Kochi-bound Kerala State Road Transport (KSRTC) bus collided with a container lorry in Avinashi town, a few kilometres from the textile city of Tirupur near Coimbatore in the wee hours of Thursday. Another 23 were injured in the incident that happened around 3:00 am. The condition of some of the injured was reported to be critical.
26.02.20: Rajasthan
24 people were killed and five others were injured when a bus full of passengers fell into a river in Rajasthan’s Bundi district. The bus was carrying baraatis (marriage party). The incident took place in Lakheri town of Bundi district.
Also read: Death toll mounts to 51 in MP bus accident
24.11.18: Karnataka
At least 30 passengers were killed after a bus plunged into a canal in Mandya district of Karnataka. The incident happened at VC canal of the Cauvery river in Kanaganamaradi village of the Pandavapura taluk. Most of the deceased are school students. The bus carrying 35 passengers got completely submerged in the 12-feet deep water body.
11.09.18: Telangana
An overcrowded state-run bus swerved off the road and hurtled down the hillside into a valley in Telangana’s Jagtial district Tuesday, killing 52 people and wounding 20 others in one of the worst highway tragedies in the state.
18.08.2018:
On April 2018, 21 people of a marriage party are feared dead and around 20 more injured when the mini-truck they were travelling plunged 100 feet down into the Son river from the Jogdaha bridge, in Sidhi district situated some 680 km east of Bhopal. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh to the kin of deceased and the injured will get compensation of Rs. 50,000.
29.01.18: West Bengal
36 people died when a bus carrying over 50 passengers fell into a deep canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, about 300 km north of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday.The North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) bus was travelling from Karimpur in Nadia district to the Malda district.
23.12.17: Rajasthan
33 people died and many others injured after a bus carrying passengers fell off a bridge into a river, in Sawai Madhopur's Dubi. All the passengers were going on a pilgrimage to a temple at Malana Dabi area of Sawai Madhopur from Hindaun city. According to the police, the incident took place early in the morning when the driver of the bus lost control and the bus fell off the 100-feet high bridge, into the Morel river.
19.04.2017: Himachal Pradesh
44 Killed After Bus Falls Into River In Himachal Pradesh's Shimla District. The bus with 56 passengers on board plunged into a river around 115 kilometres from Shimla.
Also read: Pedestrians account for 45 % of road accident fatalities in Delhi in 2020: Data
24.05.2017: Uttarakhand
29 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh killed as bus falls into Bhagirathi river. There were 29 people on the bus. The accident took place near Uttarakhand’s Dharasu when the pilgrims were on their way from Uttarkashi to Gangotri.
10.01.15: Karnataka
57 people, including 18 women and two children, were killed when a state Road Transport Corporation bus fell into the Almatti dam canal at Nidugundi in Karnataka's Bijapur district. Nine passengers of the jam-packed bus swam to safety.
