Road accidents, fatalities rose in Karnataka and Bengaluru in 2022: Report

In 2022, 11,702 people were killed in 39,762 road accidents in Karnataka, as per the report of Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Despite the increase in accidents, Karnataka has dropped from the fourth-most accident-prone state to the fifth-most accident-prone state in 2022. (Representational Photo)

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Karnataka and its capital, Bengaluru, saw a rise in road accidents in 2022, according to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways report released recently. The number of road accidents in Karnataka went up from 34,647 in 2021 to 39,762 in 2022.

These numbers, however, were still lower than the figures of 2018 and 2019, when the state recorded over 40,000 accidents.

Despite the increase in accidents, Karnataka has dropped from the fourth-most accident-prone state to the fifth-most accident-prone state in 2022, accounting for 8.6 per cent of all accidents nationwide. In the previous years, the state accounted for around 9 per cent of road accidents in the country. Out of these accidents, 13,384 took place on national highways in Karnataka.

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However, despite the fewer accidents compared to 2018 or 2019, 2022 has seen the highest number of road accident fatalities in the state. While fatalities hovered roughly around 11,000 in 2018 and 2019, with 1,000 fewer deaths in each succeeding year, 2022 saw 11,702 deaths. Out of these, 4,164 happened on national highways. The statistics also indicate that about 8,000 of the fatalities in 2022 occurred in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru has also seen an increase in accidents from 2021 to 2022, up to 3,822 from 3,213. The city (772 deaths) is second only to Delhi (1,461 deaths) when it comes to road accident deaths in 2022.

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