| Table No. 8 | ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS OF INDIA : 1970-2004 | |||||
| SL. NO. | YEAR | TOTAL NO. OF ROAD ACCIDENTS (IN NUMBERS ) | TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS KILLED ( IN NUMBERS ) | TOTAL NO. OF REGD. MOTOR VEHICLES ( IN THOUSANDS ) | NO. OF ACCIDENTS PER TEN THOUSAND VEHICLES | NO. OF PERSONS KILLED PER TEN THOUSAND VEHICLES |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
| 1 | 1970 | 114100 | 14500 | 1401 | 814.42 | 103.50 |
| 2 | 1980 | 153200 | 24000 | 4521 | 338.86 | 53.09 |
| 3 | 1990 | 282600 | 54100 | 19152 | 147.56 | 28.25 |
| 4 | 1991 | 295131 | 56278 | 21374 | 138.08 | 26.33 |
| 5 | 1992 | 275541 | 60113 | 23507 | 117.22 | 25.57 |
| 6 | 1993 | 284646 | 60380 | 25505 | 111.60 | 23.67 |
| 7 | 1994 | 325864 | 64463 | 27660 | 117.81 | 23.31 |
| 8 | 1995 | 351999 | 70781 | 30295 | 116.19 | 23.36 |
| 9 | 1996 | 371204 | 74665 | 33786 | 109.87 | 22.10 |
| 10 | 1997 | 373671 | 76977 | 37332 | 100.09 | 20.62 |
| 11 | 1998 | 385018 | 79919 | 41368 | 93.07 | 19.32 |
| 12 | 1999 | 386456 | 81966 | 44875 | 86.12 | 18.27 |
| 13 | 2000 | 391449 | 78911 | 48857 | 80.12 | 16.15 |
| 14 | 2001 | 405637 | 80888 | 54991 | 73.76 | 14.71 |
| 15 | 2002 | 407497 | 84674 | 58924 | 69.16 | 14.37 |
| 16 | 2003 | 406726 | 85998 | 67007 | 60.70 | 12.83 |
| 17 | 2004 | 429910 | 92618 | 72718 | 59.12 | 12.74 |