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In 2020, India saw the lowest number of road accidents since 2000, least deaths since 2009, a Union government report analysed by CNN-News18 shows. However, road accident severity, measured by the number of persons killed per 100 accidents, increased in 2020 to 36 – highest since 2000. The report – ‘Road accidents in India – 2020’ – revealed that there were 3.66 lakh road accidents during 2020, which claimed 1.31 lakh lives and caused injuries to 3.48 lakh persons. While 2020 was better in overall terms, the share of fatal accidents was highest since 2005, while the road accident severity was highest since 2000, the report shows.

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