The Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India 2024 provides data on Accidental Deaths due to Forces of Nature and Other Causes including Traffic and Road Accidents.
Key Highlights of the Report
- Rate of Accidental Deaths (per lakh population): Increased to 33.3 (2024) from 31.9 (2023) with maximum causality reported in age of 30 to below 45 years (31.3%).
- Accidents due to Forces of Nature: 7,903 deaths (35.7% deaths due to ‘Lightning’, 23.2% deaths due to ‘Heat/Sun Stroke’ and 10.5% deaths due to ‘Exposure to cold’.)
- Madhya Pradesh (577), Bihar (360), Uttar Pradesh (275) accorded maximum of lightning deaths.
- Accidents due to Other Causes: Accounted for 4,59,954 deaths with a greater share of men than women.
- Major causes: ‘Traffic Accidents’ (43.4%), ‘Sudden Deaths’ (16.5%), ‘Drowning’ (8.7%), ‘Falls’ (5.7%), ‘Poisoning’ (4.7%) and ‘Electrocution’ (3.4%).
- Fire Accidents: 5,971 cases of reported fire accidents caused 5, 888 deaths in 2024.
- Road Accidents: Road Accidents (87.8%) contributed to the largest share (railway accidents reported nil deaths) among Traffic Accidents.
- Major Cause: Over speeding was prime cause contributing to 61.2% of road accidents.
- Regional Extent: Greater accidents were reported from the rural areas (59.7%) compared to urban areas (40.3%).
- Location of Occurrence: 31.2% of total road accidents were reported near residential areas.
