Bengaluru, Oct. 2 -- Bengaluru has emerged as one of the top cities in India for accidental deaths, fatal road accidents, and suicides in 2023, according to the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Out of the 65,897 accidental deaths reported across 53 major Indian cities last year, 4,414 occurred in Bengaluru, placing the city third after Mumbai (8,974) and Pune (5,054). These deaths were mostly categorised under "other causes", which include a range of non-traffic-related incidents such as falls, electrocution, drowning and workplace accidents.

Bengaluru also reported alarmingly high numbers in road-related fatalities. With 4,980 road accidents recorded in 2023, the city accounted for 7.1 per cent of all such i...