Road Safety in India – Comparison with the US

In the last three posts, we have been looking at the statistics of road accidents in India. It would be interesting at this stage to compare that with the US.

ParameterThe USIndia
Population
(mln)
3301321
Fatalities38,824131,714
Fatalities per
million population
117.65100
Injured
Persons
2,282,015348,729
Injured per
million population
6915263
Crashes/
Accidents
6,393,624366,138
Accidents per
million population
19374277
Survival probability
Injured /(Injured +fatality)
0.980.72