1,040 lives lost in road accidents caused by use of mobile phone while driving
The report titled 'Road accidents in India -- 2021', further said 555 road accidents took place due to jumping of red light which claimed 222 lives in 2021.
Updated On - 1 January 2023, 01:47 PM
New Delhi: A total of 1,997 road accidetelanganatoday.com/tag/morthnts occurred in 2021 due to the use of mobile phone by drivers while driving, which claimed 1,040 lives, according to a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) report.
The report titled ‘Road accidents in India — 2021′, further said 555 road accidents took place due to jumping of red light which claimed 222 lives in 2021.
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According to the report, total number accidents and death due to potholes in 2021 respectively stood at 3,625 and 1,481.
The report noted that road accidents are multi-causal which requires multi-pronged measures to mitigate the problems through concerted efforts of all agencies of both central government and state governments.
It said the road ministry has formulated a multi pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on education, engineering (both of roads and vehicles), enforcement and emergency care.
A total of 4,12,432 road accidents occurred in 2021, which claimed 1,53,972 lives while 3,84,448 people were injured.