சாலை விபத்துக்களில் இறந்தவர்கள் இந்தியாவிலேயே தமிழ்நாட்டில்தான் மிக அதிகம்

சாலை விபத்துக்களில் இறந்தவர்கள் இந்தியாவிலேயே தமிழ்நாட்டில்தான் மிக அதிகம்

2005இல் மட்டும் தமிழ்நாட்டில் சாலைவிபத்துகளில் 13961 மக்கள் இறந்துள்ளனர். இதற்கு அடுத்தபடி ஆந்திரா (10,944), மஹாராஷ்டிரா (10,613), உத்தரபிரதேசம் (9,860) கர்னாடகா (6,876) ஆகிய்வை வருகின்றன

2005 stats show Tamil Nadu has highest accident deaths
26 Nov 2007, 0001 hrs IST,Vishwa Mohan,TNN
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NEW DELHI: Official figures say road accidents kill nearly 280 people every day in India. While Delhi tops amongst the metros, the National Crime Records Bureau statistics for 2005 show that among the states, Tamil Nadu had highest casualties (13,961), followed by Andhra Pradesh (10,944), Maharashtra (10,613), UP (9,860) and Karnataka (6,876). Tamil Nadu and Andhra together have, in fact, reported more than one-fourth of total road accident deaths in the country.

NCRB has data for 35 cities and though it merely compiles the figures received every year from states and Union Territories and does not go into causes, experts believe that the rising graph of road deaths, increasing steadily since 2001, is not only due to increase in number of vehicles but also because of poor quality of roads and blatant violation of traffic and driving rules.

The deaths on Indian roads, where annual road traffic growth rate is 7-10%, contributed to more than 8% of total deaths due to road accidents worldwide. According to UN figures, about 1,200,000 people die in road accidents every year. It was observed at the UN General Assembly two years ago that while the number of road deaths was decreasing in the west, they were rising in the developing world, in regions like the Indian sub-continent. Though in all states, the share of accidental deaths in cities and big towns is more than in rural areas, villagers invariably tend to be vulnerable along highways where buses and trucks emerge as major killers. Males, perhaps due to their sheer number on roads as well as behind the wheels, are more prone to accidental death on roads