{"id":32055,"date":"2026-10-03T19:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32055"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:33:50","slug":"road-injuries-10th-leading-cause-for-deaths-in-india-who-report-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32055","title":{"rendered":"Road injuries 10th leading cause for deaths in India: WHO report | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134665200,imgsize-106056,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/new-delhi-oct-01-ani-vehicular-traffic-moves-smoothly-on-the-roads-near-the-.jpg\" alt=\"Road injuries 10th leading cause for deaths in India: WHO report\" title=\"India, which has recorded the maximum road deaths since such global data compilation started, registered 1.74 lakh such fatalities in 2023, and this was a little over 14% of the 12.2 lakh people who lost their lives in road crashes across the world.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"India, which has recorded the maximum road deaths since such global data compilation started, registered 1.74 lakh such fatalities in 2023, and this was a little over 14% of the 12.2 lakh people who lost their lives in road crashes across the world.\">India, which has recorded the maximum road deaths since such global data compilation started, registered 1.74 lakh such fatalities in 2023, and this was a little over 14% of the 12.2 lakh people who lost their lives in road crashes across the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: \u2018Road injuries\u2019 was the eighth leading cause of deaths among males in India in 2023, and in the case of females, \u2018falls\u2019 was the eighth biggest cause of deaths, as per the latest WHO Global Health Estimates (GHE).<!-- --> Overall, road traffic injuries ranked the 10th leading cause of death for both males and females in India, while fatalities due to falls ranked 9th.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>India, which has recorded the maximum road deaths since such global data compilation started, registered 1.74 lakh such fatalities in 2023, and this was a little over 14% of the 12.2 lakh people who lost their lives in road crashes across the world. This has only increased in the past two years to reach 1.83 lakh in 2025. <!-- -->The figures underline the continuing scale of the road safety challenge in the country, where road crashes claim 500 lives daily.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Falls in India claimed 25,150 lives, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, which was around 3% of the total 8.42 lakh lives lost in such incidents. Most of the deaths due to road crashes and falls are preventable. The data also highlights the significant burden of injuries that can result in loss of life and have wider social and economic consequences for families.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>As per the WHO report, globally, road traffic injuries were the 8th biggest cause of death in low-income countries and the 10th biggest in middle-income countries. Globally, it was ranked 11th, indicating that the high number of such deaths not only has a huge burden on low- and middle-income countries but also a major concern for the global community, despite many developed nations having been successful in bringing down fatalities due to road crashes.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> The differences in rankings across income groups also reflect the varying burden of road injuries across countries and regions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Road safety experts have maintained that low- and middle-income countries need to find solutions to this \u201cavoidable disaster\u201d taking into account the local conditions, including heterogeneous road users and poorly sensitised authorities about the concept of safety of all users. They said addressing the problem would require greater attention to the safety needs of different categories of road users and a stronger focus on preventing crashes and reducing their consequences.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/road-injuries-10th-leading-cause-for-deaths-of-both-sexes-in-india-who-report\/articleshow\/134665189.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India, which has recorded the maximum road deaths since such global data compilation started, registered 1.74 lakh such fatalities in 2023, and this was a little over 14% of the 12.2 lakh people who lost their lives in road crashes across the world. 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