India, Oct. 23 -- Approximately 27,000 people died due to road accidents on national highways in the first six months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Two
wheeler riders account for the highest number of fatalities in road accidents. Data shows that nearly half of all deaths in road accidents are of people on two-wheelers. In 2024, of the 1.80 lakh people dying in road accidents, over 45 per cent were riders of two-wheelers.
Police statistics show that young men are more impacted by road accidents than anyone else. A young man today is over three times more likely to die in a road accident than a young woman is to die during childbirth, found a 2024 road safety study by the Transport Research and Injury P...