Dataset - Road Accidents - Master Data: Year- and State-wise Total Number of Registered Vehicles, Accidents, Persons Injured and Killed, and Total Road Length, since 1970
Road Accidents - Master Data: Year- and State-wise Total Number of Registered Vehicles, Accidents, Persons Injured and Killed, and Total Road Length, since 1970
The dataset contains year- and state-wise historically compiled data on the total number of road accidents which have happened, number of persons injured and killed, along with number of registered vehicles, road length and population
Road Accidents - Master Data: Year- and State-wise Total Number of Registered Vehicles, Accidents, Persons Injured and Killed, and Total Road Length, since 1970
The dataset contains year- and state-wise historically compiled data on the total number of road accidents which have happened, number of persons injured and killed, along with number of registered vehicles, road length and population
Rows: 33
Columns: 9
Time period: 1970, 1980, 1990, 1994 to 2024
Last Updated: 24 September 2026
Data preview
year
total_road_accidents
total_persons_killed
total_persons_injured
population
registered_motor_vehicles
road_length
unit
note
2024
487707
177175
471441
1400754
total_road_accidents in absolute number, total_persons_killed in absolute number, total_persons_injured in absolute number, population in thousands, registered_motor_vehicles in thousands, road_length in kilometers
2023
480583
172890
462825
1388163
total_road_accidents in absolute number, total_persons_killed in absolute number, total_persons_injured in absolute number, population in thousands, registered_motor_vehicles in thousands, road_length in kilometers
2022
461312
168491
443366
1375586
354018
total_road_accidents in absolute number, total_persons_killed in absolute number, total_persons_injured in absolute number, population in thousands, registered_motor_vehicles in thousands, road_length in kilometers
2021
412432
153972
384448
1363006
335551
total_road_accidents in absolute number, total_persons_killed in absolute number, total_persons_injured in absolute number, population in thousands, registered_motor_vehicles in thousands, road_length in kilometers
2020
372181
138383
346747
1326155
326299
6360004
total_road_accidents in absolute number, total_persons_killed in absolute number, total_persons_injured in absolute number, population in thousands, registered_motor_vehicles in thousands, road_length in kilometers
The calendar year to which the road accident and related transport statistics pertain.
total_road_accidents
Int64
33
33
The total number of road accidents recorded during the year, expressed in absolute numbers.
total_persons_killed
Int64
33
33
The total number of persons killed in road accidents during the year, expressed in absolute numbers.
total_persons_injured
Int64
33
33
The total number of persons injured in road accidents during the year, expressed in absolute numbers.
population
Int64
33
33
The population of the area for the given year, expressed in thousands, serving as a reference for per-capita accident metrics.
registered_motor_vehicles
Float64
32
31
The number of registered motor vehicles for the given year, expressed in thousands.
road_length
Float64
30
29
The total length of the road network for the given year, expressed in kilometers.
unit
String
1
33
The unit of measurement associated with each metric, indicating whether values are reported as absolute numbers, thousands, or kilometers.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or footnotes providing additional context or caveats for the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. (2026). Road Accidents - Master Data: Year- and State-wise Total Number of Registered Vehicles, Accidents, Persons Injured and Killed, and Total Road Length, since 1970 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19619