Road accidents claimed 400 lives daily in India in 2016
A Road Transport Ministry report states that road accidents in India killed nearly 400 people daily in 2016, taking the total to 1,50,785 deaths as compared to 1,46,000 in 2015. However, the country witnessed 55 accidents every hour as compared to 57 in 2015. The number of accidents has gone down but their severity has increased, a ministry official noted.