48 accidental deaths every hr in ’19: NCRB

New Delhi: India registered 48 accidental deaths every hour last year, which was marginally higher than 2018, according to the latest report of the National Crime Rec-ords Bureau (NCRB).

Deaths caused due to traffic crashes, which include road and railway accidents, accounted for nearly 44% of the total 4.1 lakh accidental deaths, which exclude fatalities due to flood, avalanche, heat stroke and lightning, reports Dipak Dash. Cause-wise analysis of road accidents show that nearly 60% of the total accidents which resulted in 86,241 deaths were due to speeding. Dangerous, careless driving or overtaking claimed 42,557 lives.

Interestingly, the report shows that the number of people killed by heart attacks increased to 28,000 last year compared to 23,900 in 2018 — the maximum jump in deaths among all causes.