Every Day, 400 People Are Killed In Road Accidents In India, Shows Government Data

Its India's worst kept secret - we have the world's most unsafe roads and the situation seems to be getting worse by the year.

Over 400 people were killed in road accidents every day in 2015, government data reveals.

Fresh data submitted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Rajya Sabha this week indicates just how alarming the situation is.

1,46,133 people were killed in road accidents in India in 2015, a 4.6% rise over 2014 when 1,39,671 people were killed.

In the past one decade, over 1.3 million people have been killed in road accidents but there is still no comprehensive road safety legislation in the country.

According to the 234th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture which has recently been tabled in Parliament, there are several stumbling blocks for replacing the existing Motor Vehicles Act with a proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015.