Table No. 6		Road Accidents in India, 1970-2005
		(Data Relates to Calendar Year)		( In thousands)
Year		Road Accidents	Persons Killed	Persons Injured
1		2	3	4
1970		114.1	14.5	70.1
1971		120.2	15.0	70.7
1972		122.3	16.1	76.4
1973		121.6	17.6	79.3
1974		114.3	17.3	76.7
1975		116.8	16.9	77.0
1976		124.7	17.8	82.5
1977		135.4	20.1	95.6
1978		146.3	21.8	99.5
1979		144.4	22.6	102.9
1980		153.2	24.6	109.1
1981		161.2	28.4	114.0
1982		166.2	30.7	126.0
1983		177.0	32.8	134.1
1984		195.0	35.1	156.2
1985		207.0	39.2	163.4
1986		215.5	40.0	176.4
1987		234.0	44.4	189.0
1988		246.7	46.6	214.8
1989		270.0	50.7	229.7
1990		282.6	54.1	244.1
1991		293.4	56.4	255.0
1992		260.3	57.2	267.2
1993		280.1	60.7	287.8
1994		320.4	64.0	311.5
1995		348.9	70.6	323.2
1996		371.2	74.6	369.5
1997		373.7	77.0	378.4
1998		385.0	79.9	390.7
1999		386.4	82.0	375.0
2000		391.4	78.9	399.3
2001		405.6	80.9	405.2
2002		407.5	84.7	408.7
2003		406.7	86.0	435.1
2004		429.9	92.6	464.5
2005(P)		439.2	94.9	465.2
(P) : Provisional
Source : Data received from States/UTs.