India’s road safety levels seeing improvement

New data from India shows an improving situation with regard to road safety. The country’s annual road death toll is enormous but the latest figures available show that for the first three months of 2017, there were reductions in both road fatalities and road crashes. The figures suggest a drop of 7% in both road deaths and road crashes. Karnataka showed particular success in road death and crash reduction, with Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu also seeing significant improvements in road
July 21, 2017 Read time: 1 min

New data from India shows an improving situation with regard to road safety. The country’s annual road death toll is enormous but the latest figures available show that for the first three months of 2017, there were reductions in both road fatalities and road crashes. The figures suggest a drop of 7% in both road deaths and road crashes. Karnataka showed particular success in road death and crash reduction, with Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu also seeing significant improvements in road safety.

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