State sees sharp drop in road accident fatalities
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The figure has reduced by 54% when compared to 2016
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The figure has reduced by 54% when compared to 2016
Fatalities in road accidents in the State have reduced by 54% when compared to the base year of 2016.
The total number of fatalities dropped from 17,218 in 2016 to 10,525 in 2019. As many as 7,287 fatalities were reported until November 30 last year.
The State had been seeing a steep rise in the number of accidents, the number of fatal accidents and the number of persons injured in accidents.
At one point, the figures were the highest in the country. In 2008, the number of persons who died in fatal accidents was 12,784. It kept rising year after year and reached 17,218 in 2016.