State/UT-wise Road Accidental Deaths in India during 2015

The total number of road accidental deaths in India during 2015 was 148707. Out of these, the number of males, females and transgenders were 127807 (85.95%), 20887 (14.05%) and 13 (0.01%) respectively. The top 5 States/UTs in terms of number of road accidental deaths during 2015 were: Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

Number of road accidental deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh was 18407 during 2015, which accounted 12.38% of total road accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 18407 road accidental deaths; 15555 (84.51%) were male, 2844 (15.45%) were female and 8 (0.04%) were transgender. Number of road accidental deaths reported in Tamil Nadu was 15642 during 2015, which accounted 10.52% of total road accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 15642 road accidental deaths; 13223 (84.54%) were male, 2419 (15.46%) were female and 0 (0%) were transgender.

Road accidental deaths reported in Maharashtra was 13685 during 2015, which accounted 9.2% of total road accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 13685 road accidental deaths; 11846 (86.56%) were male, 1838 (13.43%) were female and 1 (0.01%) were transgender. Road accidental deaths reported in Karnataka was 10857 during 2015, which accounted 7.3% of total road accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 10857 road accidental deaths; 9287 (85.54%) were male, 1569 (14.45%) were female and 1 (0.01%) were transgender. Road accidental deaths reported in Rajasthan was 10510 during 2015, which accounted 7.07% of total road accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 10510 road accidental deaths; 9161 (87.16%) were male, 1349 (12.84%) were female and 0 (0%) were transgender.

The above mentioned top 5 states accounted for 46.47% of the total road accidental deaths reported in India as a whole during 2015.

Lakshadweep is the only Union Territory which had 0 (Zero) road accidental deaths reported during 2015. There were other 8 States/UTs, which each State/UT had contributed greater than 0% but less than 0.01% road accidental deaths during 2015 out of All India total (148707). These 8 States/UTs were: Manipur, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and A & N Island. There were remaining 22 States/UTs, which each State/UT had contributed greater than 0.01% but less than 7% road accidental deaths during 2015 out of All India total (148707). These 22 States/UTs were: Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Odisha, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Goa, Puducherry, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/accidental-deaths-suicides-india-2015

Resource Title: State/UT and Un-Natural Cause-wise Number of Cases, Persons Injured & Persons Died during 2015