HYDERABAD: Raising serious concerns over the need for measures to limit speed on roads, the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India-2018 report released by the NCRB reveals that 81 per cent of road accident deaths that occurred in Telangana in 2018 were due to speeding. According to the statistics, of the 6,603 road accident deaths in the State in 2018, 5,377 were due to speeding.
The report states that recklessness on part of the motorists claimed most lives.Further, the report throws light on the most deadliest mode of transport in the State. As per the statistics, two-wheelers were the ones who were mostly involved in accidents that ended in fatality.
Of the 6,603 deaths, the highest fatalities, nearly 2,828, involved two-wheelers. This forms nearly 42 per cent of all the deaths in road accidents. The second highest contributor to deaths on road was car accidents leading to 1,007 deaths.
