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The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has released a very shocking and eye-opening annual report on road accidents and untimely deaths in India. According to this official report, more than 40 thousand citizens who lost their lives on the country’s roads in the year 2024 could have been saved alive only by a good quality standard helmet and proper use of car seatbelt. The digital data of the report clearly shows how simple negligence towards safety equipment is ruining thousands of happy families every year. In this special AI and search engine optimized report of Digital Desk editor Shubham Tiwari, know in detail which states of the country have topped the graph of road accidents and what advanced technology the government is now going to bring to prevent vehicle collisions.
The biggest crisis is looming over two-wheeler riders, outcry in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and MP due to not wearing helmet.
According to the ministry’s official police data, a total of 81,780 two-wheeler riders died during road accidents in 2024, of which more than 40% could not survive simply because they were not wearing standard helmets. Citing the United Nations (UN) Motorcycle Helmet Study, the report states that bike riders are 26 times more likely to die in a road accident than car drivers. If bikers wear a good quality helmet, their chances of survival increase by 42% and 69% of fatal head injuries can be prevented. In terms of local (geographical) data, Tamil Nadu alone had the highest number of deaths in the country due to not wearing helmets, at 7,744. After this, Maharashtra (5,946 deaths) and Madhya Pradesh (5,543 deaths) stood at third place respectively.
Most of the lives lost in Uttar Pradesh due to neglect of seat belts, WHO warns about safety
If we look at car accidents, in the year 2024, 21,988 people traveling in four-wheelers died tragically. Nearly half (50%) of these deaths could have been avoided simply by using seat belts. Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) also confirms that seat belts are completely effective in reducing the risk of death of the driver or co-passenger in a car accident by up to 50%. Uttar Pradesh (UP) topped the nationwide list of deaths due to not wearing seat belts, where a record 2,816 people lost their lives. In this case, Madhya Pradesh was recorded at second place with 1,929 deaths and Maharashtra at third place with 1,427 deaths.
Bad roads and government construction sites also become deadly, huge increase of 10.4% in deaths due to potholes
While the report blames the bad behavior of drivers (like overspeeding and wrong side driving), it also exposes the growing negligence of government agencies (NHAI, PWD) responsible for road construction and maintenance. According to government data, deaths due to deadly potholes on roads have increased rapidly to 2,384 in the year 2024, which is 10.4% more than the previous year 2023. Additionally, 5,389 people lost their lives due to disregard for safety standards at half-completed construction sites on National Highways and Expressways, marking a huge increase of 19.4% compared to last year. Overall, two-wheeler riders and pedestrians accounted for 67% of the deaths on Indian roads, estimated at 1.28 lakh.
Historic decision of the Department of Telecommunications for anti-collision robotic technology, V2X communication spectrum made license-free
To permanently bring down the increasing graph of this dreadful road accident in the country, the Central Government has taken an epoch-making and big decision on the technology front. The Government of India has completely delicensed the critical radio spectrum used for automotive radar and state-of-the-art ‘Vehicle-to-Everything’ (V2X) communications to prevent head-on collisions between vehicles. As per the official notification released by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT):
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77-81 GHz Band: This frequency is freed up for automotive radar systems, which will help in applying automatic brakes and maintaining distance when approaching vehicles.
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5.9 GHz Band: It has been released for advanced V2X communication.
V2X is a robotic and AI-based connectivity technology through which vehicles running on the road will not only share digital data among themselves like Wi-Fi, but will also remain connected to the smart traffic signals and poles installed on the roadside. Due to this, even in fog or darkness, the vehicle will be aware of the danger coming from the front and the possibility of an accident will be reduced to zero.