The road sector in India spanning approximately 66.20 lakh kilometres as of 2025–26 plays pivotal role in country’s rapid economic growth and its journey towards becoming a $5-Trillion economy. Therefore, substantial additions to the road network are made each year to cater to the steadily rising traffic volumes.

While road infrastructure fuels economic growth, it has also led to a troubling rise in road accidents in each successive year resulting in Injuries & Deaths as per the “Road Accidents in India – 2023” report published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). The data as per this report reveals total 4,80,583 road accidents were witnessed in India in year 2023 which is a rise of 4.17%compared to year 2022, resulting in 1,72,890 fatalities.

Further, year-wise details since year 2020 are illustrated in the following table:

Type of Road Accident

Further, statistics related to data on the “Types of Collisions” reveal that “Hit From Back” collisions account for the highest share of 23% of the total 4,80,583 road accidents recorded in 2023 (it remained highest in preceding years, as well) followed by 18% accidents due to “Head on Collision”, 15% due to “Hit from Side” & so on, as shown in below Table:

% Increase from Previous Period

% Share of Total 4,80,583 Accidents in Year 2023

In J&K, there were total 6,298 accidents recorded in the year 2023 resulting in 8,469 Injuries & 893 Deaths against 6,092 accidents, 8,372 Injuries & 805 Deaths in year 2022. Share of “Hit from Back” collisions in year 2023 is 245 accidents, 610 injuries & 23 Deaths. The ever rising percentage of “Hit From Back” collisions is disturbing &........

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