Government of Tamil Nadu

Home (Transport ) Department

ROAD ACCIDENT ANALYSIS IN TAMILNADU

JANUARY 2019

TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY COMMISSIONER,

EZHILAGAM, CHEPAUK, CHENNAI-600 005

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1. Introduction 1
2. Districtwise Total Accidents during the Month of January 2019 2
3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of January 2019 3
4. The Districtwise Grievous /Minor injuries during the month of 4
January 2019
5. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between January 2018 5
and January 2019
6. Accidents in Tamil Nadu - Overview 6
6(a) Accident Comparison January 2018 and January 2019 in 7
Tamilnadu
6(b) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison 8
between January2018 and January 2019 in Tamilnadu
7. Accidents according to type of vehicles January 2019 8
8. Deaths caused due to non wearing of helmets in two wheelers 9
8(a) District wise deaths due to non wearing of helmets (in 9
numbers)
9. Accidents according to vehicles- 10
Comparison between January 2018 and January 2019
10. Accidents and deaths according to roads- in January 2019 11
10(a) Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads during January 11
2018 and 2019
11. Accidents According to Causes 12
12. Action taken on Supreme Court Committee on Road safety 13
12(a) Details of Driving Licences suspended for traffic violations 13
12(b) Districtwise suspension of Driving Licences for the month of 13
January 2019
12 (c ) Check reports issued to drivers not wearing Helmets and not 15
wearing Seatbelts
13. Accident details in Tamilnadu from 2004 – 2018 15
14. Highlights 16
15. Conclusion 16

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1. Introduction

According to the World Health Organisation, more than 1.25 million people die every

year as a result of road crashes. Injuries from road accidents are the leading cause of death

among people aged between 15 and 29 years of age. Road accidents are the 10th leading cause of

death globally.The number of persons killed in road accidents is just lower than the tuberculosis

which is in 9th place (1.40 million). Over 3,400 people die on the world's roads every day and

tens of millions of people are injured or disabled every year. Children, pedestrians, cyclists and

older people are among the most vulnerable of road users. Policy changes which have been

identified to address some of the risk factors includes reducing over speed, drink-driving and

increasing the use of motorcycle helmets, seat-belts and child restraints.

In India, 1,47,913 persons were killed in road accident during 2017. According to

MoRTH(Ministry of Road Transport and Highways), Tamilnadu is the leading State in Road

Accidents during the year 2017 and having an accidental death of 16,157. Continuous efforts

were taken by the State Government through Transport, Police , Health, Highways and

Education departments there by the 24 percent of accidental death during 2018 (12,216) was

reduced comparing the previous year 2017(16,157). An attempt has been made to explore the

real picture on accident and accidental death of the Districtwise in the State, during January 2019

through this analysis.

For this analysis, monthly road accidents data in Tamil Nadu, we use mainly State Crime

Record Bureau (SCRB) data. For comparison and cross checking, we use data from RADMS

( Road Accident Data Base Management System) , Vahan and Sarathy. Data collected from 108

Ambulance and Tamilnadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative also taken into

consideration.

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2. Districtwise Total Accidents during the month of January 2019

Total Sl. Total

Sl. No. Name of the District Name of the District
Accidents No. Accidents
1 Chennai city 689 17 Tiruchirapalli 131
2 Kancheepuram 297 18 Pudukkottai 126
3 Salem 290 19 Thoothukudi 119
4 Villupuram 273 20 Tiruppur 113
5 Coimbatore 253 21 Thiruvallur 108
6 Cuddalore 229 22 Virudhunagar 107
7 Vellore 228 23 Sivagangai 96
8 Erode 218 24 Thiruvarur 96
9 Tirunelveli 209 25 Theni 94
10 Madurai 207 26 Ramanathapuram 89
11 Namakkal 163 27 Tiruvannamalai 86
12 Dindigul 159 28 Karur 81
13 Krishnagiri 141 29 Dharmapuri 67
14 Kanniyakumari 140 30 Ariyalur 42
15 Thanjavur 138 31 Perambalur 40
16 Nagapattinam 132 32 The Nilgiris 12
TOTAL 5173
Source:SCRB

The top 10 districts in total accidents are Chennai city, Kancheepuram, Salem ,

Villupuram , Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Vellore, Erode, Tirunelveli and Madurai. In

Sivagangai,Tiruvarur,Theni,Ramanathapuram,Tiruvannamalai, Karur, Dharmapuri, Ariyalur,

Perambalur and The Nilgiris less than 100 accidents were occurred. Very least accident was

occurred in the Nilgiris District.

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3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of January 2019

Sl. Total Sl.

Name of the District Name of the District
No. Accidents No. Sl. No.
1 Chennai city 114 17 Kanniyakumari 25
2 Kancheepuram 77 18 Thanjavur 25
3 Coimbatore 68 19 Thoothukudi 21
4 Tirunelveli 51 20 Thiruvallur 21
5 Tiruppur 48 21 Theni 19
6 Villupuram 46 22 Tiruvannamalai 19
7 Salem 44 23 Erode 18
8 Vellore 44 24 Nagapattinam 18
9 Madurai 41 25 Dharmapuri 15
10 Krishnagiri 41 26 Virudhunagar 13
11 Cuddalore 34 27 Karur 13
12 Namakkal 32 28 Ramanathapuram 12
13 Dindigul 30 29 Thiruvarur 8
14 Tiruchirapalli 29 30 Perambalur 7
15 Pudukkottai 29 31 Ariyalur 3
16 Sivagangai 28 32 The Nilgiris 0
TOTAL 993

The top 10 districts in total deaths are Chennai city, Kancheepuram,

Coimbatore,Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Villupuram, Salem, Vellore, Madurai and Krishnagiri. In

Tiruvarur, Perambalur and Ariyalurless than 10 fatalities were occurred. The Nilgiris District has

no accidental death during January 2019.

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4. The Districtwise Grievous /Minor injuries during the month of January 2019

Grievious Sl.
Sl. NO. District/City District/City Minor Injury
Injury NO.
1 Chennai city 203 1 Chennai city 501
2 Coimbatore 51 2 Villupuram 384
3 Namakkal 48 3 Kancheepuram 312
4 Salem 32 4 Salem 295
5 Krishnagiri 30 5 Erode 265
6 Dindigul 18 6 Cuddalore 256
7 Kanniyakumari 16 7 Vellore 256
8 Thoothukudi 12 8 Madurai 232
9 Virudhunagar 11 9 Dindigul 217
10 Tirunelveli 10 10 Tirunelveli 211
11 Sivagangai 4 11 Virudhunagar 196
12 Dharmapuri 3 12 Coimbatore 190
13 Kancheepuram 3 13 Tiruchirapalli 170
14 Perambalur 3 14 Thiruvarur 165
15 Vellore 3 15 Thanjavur 157
16 Erode 2 16 Pudukkottai 155
17 Ramanathapuram 2 17 Theni 149
18 Thanjavur 2 18 Sivagangai 140
19 Thiruvarur 2 19 Namakkal 137
20 Karur 1 20 Krishnagiri 133
21 Madurai 1 21 Thiruvallur 131
22 Nagapattinam 1 22 Thoothukudi 130
23 Theni 1 23 Nagapattinam 128
24 Tiruchirapalli 1 24 Tiruppur 112
25 Villupuram 1 25 Kanniyakumari 111
26 Ariyalur 0 26 Ramanathapuram 107
27 Cuddalore 0 27 Tiruvannamalai 95
28 Pudukkottai 0 28 Karur 89
29 The nilgiris 0 29 Perambalur 71
30 Thiruvallur 0 30 Dharmapuri 68
31 Tiruppur 0 31 Ariyalur 55
32 Tiruvannamalai 0 32 The Nilgiris 20
TOTAL 461 TOTAL 5638
Source:SCRB

The top 10 districts the number of persons grievously injured are Chennai city,
Coimbatore, Namakkal, Salem, Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Thoothukudi,
Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli. In seven districts namely Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Pudukottai,
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The Nilgiris, Tiruvallur, Tiruppur and Tiruvannamalai has no grievously injured persons during
the month of January 2019.

The top 10 districts the number of persons minor injured are Chennai city, Villupuram,
Kancheepuram,Salem, Erode, Cuddalore, Vellore, Madurai, Dindigul and Tirunelveli.

5. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between January 2018 and January 2019

Name of the District/City Total Accidents Total Deaths

Total Deaths % of
Jan Jan % of Jan Jan increase
DISTRICT/CITY
2018 2019 increase or 2018 2019 or
decrease decrease
Sivagangai 71 96 35.21 32 28 -12.50
Kanniyakumari 112 140 25.00 14 25 78.57
Dindigul 137 159 16.06 33 30 -9.09
Thiruvarur 85 96 12.94 19 8 -57.89
Chennai city 611 689 12.77 103 114 10.68
Virudhunagar 95 107 12.63 25 13 -48.00
Nagapattinam 118 132 11.86 22 18 -18.18
Vellore 208 228 9.62 36 44 22.22
Thoothukudi 111 119 7.21 45 21 -53.33
Salem 271 290 7.01 35 44 25.71
Pudukkottai 118 126 6.78 26 29 11.54
Erode 213 218 2.35 47 18 -61.70
Ramanathapuram 87 89 2.30 21 12 -42.86
Tirunelveli 215 209 -2.79 48 51 6.25
Kancheepuram 308 297 -3.57 90 77 -14.44
Theni 98 94 -4.08 22 19 -13.64
Krishnagiri 150 141 -6.00 52 41 -21.15
Coimbatore 285 253 -11.23 72 68 -5.56
Karur 94 81 -13.83 20 13 -35.00
Madurai 246 207 -15.85 44 41 -6.82
Namakkal 200 163 -18.50 30 32 6.67
Thiruvallur 136 108 -20.59 33 21 -36.36
Thanjavur 185 138 -25.41 20 25 25.00
Perambalur 54 40 -25.93 8 7 -12.50
Villupuram 374 273 -27.01 61 46 -24.59
Cuddalore 330 229 -30.61 54 34 -37.04

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 Name of the District/City Total Accidents Total Deaths
Total Deaths % of
Jan Jan % of Jan Jan increase
DISTRICT/CITY
2018 2019 increase or 2018 2019 or
decrease decrease
Ariyalur 64 42 -34.38 7 3 -57.14
Tiruchirapalli 200 131 -34.50 53 29 -45.28
Tiruvannamalai 152 86 -43.42 40 19 -52.50
The nilgiris 26 12 -53.85 2 0 -100.00
Dharmapuri 160 67 -58.13 21 15 -28.57
Tiruppur 284 113 -60.21 54 48 -11.11
Total 5798 5173 -10.78 1189 993 -16.48
SOURCE:SCRB
The Total accidents are in increasing trend in the districts such as Sivagangai,

Kanniyakumari, Dindigul, Tiruvarur, Chennai city, Virudhunagar, Nagapattinam, Vellore,

Thoothukudi,Salem, Pudukottai, Erode and Ramanathapuram during Jan 2019 when compared

to previous year Jan 2018 . Eventhough the total accidents are in increasing trend, the fatalities

have come down in Sivagangai, Dindigul , Thiruvarur, Virudhunagar, Nagapattinam,

Thoothukudi, Erode and Ramanathapuram.

In the following districts even though the total accidents are in decreasing trend the

fatalities have been increased in Namakkal, Thanjavur and Tirunelveli. In the remaining

districts the fatalities have comedown.

6. Accidents in Tamil Nadu–Overview

During January 2019, 5173 road accidents have been reported in the State. The

comparison of accidents between January 2018 and January 2019 are as follows:-

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 6 (a) Accident Comparison January 2018 and January 2019 in Tamilnadu
Total Accidents Fatal Accidents Fatalities

increase or

increase or

increase or
decrease

decrease

decrease
MONTH

% of

% of

% of
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

January 5798 5173 -10.78 1106 915 -17.27 1189 993 -16.48

Total 5798 5173 -10.78 1106 915 -17.27 1189 993 -16.48

DIFF (in Nos.) -625 -191 -196

Source:State Crime Record Bureau(SCRB )

The total accidents during January 2019 is decreased by 10.78 percent when compared

to the previous year Jan 2018. Significantly, the number of persons killed in road accidents

during january 2019 are decreased by 16.49 per cent comparing to the previous year. Eventhough

the accidents and deaths are in decreasing trend but it was high when comparing to the previous

month December 2018 (Total accident-4643 Fatalities-950) due to the new year eve celebration

and Pongal festivals.

7000
5798
6000 5173
5000
(IN NUMBERS

4000
3000 Total accidents
2000 1189 993 Total deaths
1000
0
Jan-18 Jan-19
MONTH

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 6(b) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison between January2018
and January 2019 in Tamilnadu
% of
No. of persons increase or No.of persons Minor % of increase
MONTH Grievously injured decrease injured or decrease
2018 2019 2018 2019
January 552 461 -16.49 6187 5638 -8.87
Total 552 461 -16.49 6187 5638 -8.87
Difference -91 -549
Source:SCRB
The percentage of number of persons grievously injured are decreased by 16.49 percent

when compared to previous year Jan 2018. Similarly, the percentage of number of persons

minor injured are decreased around 9 percent comparing the previous year 2018.

7. Accidents according to type of vehicles January 2019

Total % of Fatal % of % of
Types of Vehicles Fatalities
Accidents share Accident share share

: GOVT 185 3.58 52 5.68 56 5.64

: PRIVATE 186 3.60 38 4.15 40 4.03
Truck / Lorry 462 8.93 134 14.64 145 14.60
Car / Jeep / Taxi /
Tempo 1435 27.74 204 22.30 236 23.77
Two wheelers 2273 43.94 342 37.38 368 37.06
Three wheelers 218 4.21 23 2.51 23 2.32
Others 414 8.00 122 13.33 125 12.59
Total 5173 100.00 915 100.00 993 100
Source:SCRB

o The maximum accidents are caused by the two wheelers (43.94% of total
accidents) and the four wheelers like car, jeep, etc(27.74% of total
accidents) stands second .

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 o The maximum fatalities are by two wheelers (37.38% ) followed by four
wheelers like car, jeep, etc(22.30%) and third by Goods carriages
(14.64% )
o The maximum fatalities are caused by two wheelers due to non wearing of
helmets.
8. Deaths caused due to non wearing of helmets in two wheelers
DEATHS DUE TO
DEATHS BY
MONTH NON WEARING OF
TWO WHEELERS
HELMETS
Jan 2019 368 174
Total 368 174
Source: Health Systems Project
47.28% Percent of the Death in two wheelers were occurred due to non
wearing of helmets.

8(a) District wise Deaths due to non wearing of helmets

(in Numbers)
No. of deaths due to non
District wearing of helmets
Ariyalur 0
Chennai 6
Coimbatore 11
Cuddalore 5
Dharmapuri 5
Dindigul 7
Erode 12
Kancheepuram 14
Kanyakumari 3
Karur 3
Krishnagiri 6
Madurai 4
Nagapattinam 5
Namakkal 8
Perambalur 3
Pudukottai 2
Ramanathapuram 0
Salem 6
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 No. of deaths due to non
District wearing of helmets
Sivagangai 6
Thanjavur 9
The nilgiris 0
Theni 3
Thiruvallur 9
Thiruvannamalai 3
Thiruvarur 3
Thoothukudi 1
Tiruchirappalli 8
Tirunelveli 7
Tirupur 4
Vellore 12
Villupuram 8
Virudhunagar 1
Grand Total 174

The highest death due to non wearing of helmet was happened at Kanchipuram
(14) followed by vellore (12) and Erode (12) and Coimbatore(11) occupies third
place.
9. Accidents according to vehicles-Comparison between Jan’18 and Jan’19

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS

% of
Type of vehicles Jan- Jan- % of increase
increase or Jan-18 Jan-19
18 19 or decrease
decrease
Bus : GOVT 214 185 -13.55 69 56 -18.84
: PRIVATE 263 186 -29.28 59 40 -32.20
Truck / Lorry 544 462 -15.07 155 145 -6.45
Car / Jeep / Taxi /
Tempo 1547 1435 -7.24 286 236 -17.48
Two wheelers 2503 2273 -9.19 437 368 -15.79
Three wheelers 273 218 -20.15 30 23 -23.33
Others 454 414 -8.81 153 125 -18.30
Total 5798 5173 -10.78 1189 993 -16.48
Source:SCRB

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 According to vehicles accidents, the government and private buses have been
reduced by 13.55% and 29.28% respectively comparing the previous year. Total
accidents by two wheelers have been decreased by 9.19% and by other vehicles by
8.81%.
10. Accidents and deaths according to roads- in January 2019

Total % of Fatal % of % of
Types of Vehicles Fatalities
Accidents share Accident share share

National Highways 1551 29.98 321 35.08 360 36.25

State Highways 1721 33.27 307 33.55 332 33.43
Other Dist. Roads 1255 24.26 200 21.86 213 21.45
Other Village Roads 646 12.49 87 9.51 88 8.86
Total 5173 100.00 915 100.00 993 100.00

From the above table it reveals that the most number of accidents occurs in State

Highways which is of 33.27% to total accidents followed by National Highways 29.98%,

other district roads 24.26% and other village roads 12.49% Nearly 63% of accidents occurs

both together in National and State Highways.

According to Death, nearly 70% of the Death occurs in National Highways (36.25%) and

State Highways (33.43%) inTamilnadu.

10(a). Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads during January 2018 and 2019

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS

Types of Roads % of % of
Jan- increase or increase or
18 Jan-19 decrease Jan-18 Jan-19 decrease
National
Highways 1791 1551 -13.40 434 360 -17.05
State Highways 2074 1721 -17.02 424 332 -21.70
Other Dist. Roads 1209 1255 3.80 214 213 -0.47
Other Village
Roads 724 646 -10.77 117 88 -24.79
Total 5798 5173 -10.78 1189 993 -16.48
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 Even though the Accident during the month of January 2019 reduced 10.78 percent
the accident in Other district roads has increased by 3.80 percent comparing the
previous year January 2018.

11. Accidents according to causes

Grevious Non-
Fatal Minor injury Total
Types of Causes Injury injury
Accidents
N.A N.P.K N.A N.P.I N.A N.P.I N.A
Fault of Driver 888 965 368 461 3774 5589 69 5099

Fault of Passenger 2 2 0 0 12 13 0 14
Other than Driver
Fault of Pedestrian 6 6 0 0 9 9 0 15

Fault of Mechanical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defect
Bad Road 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Bad Weather 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Others 18 19 0 0 25 27 1 44

Total 915 993 368 461 3820 5638 70 5173

N A-No. of Accidents. N P K – No. of persons killed. N P I – No. of persons injured
Source: SCRB,Chennai

The major cause for the accidents were fault of driver (98.57%) which may be due
to drunken driving, over speed, aggressive driving, Use of Cell phone etc.,

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12. Action taken on Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety

The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety has given directions to suspend the

driving licences of the drivers who commit the following traffic violations

a) Over Speeding.
b) Over Loading of passengers.
c) Carrying passengers in goods carriages.
d) Drunken Driving.
e) Red Light Jumping.
f) Using Mobile Phone While driving.
12(a) . Details of Driving Licences suspended for traffic violations

Jan 2018
Jan 2017 to Jan
OFFENCES to Dec
Dec 2017 2019
2018
Over speeding 17615 33263 1513
Over load in goods carriage 8897 14283 599
Carrying persons in goods carriage 23486 64949 2980
Using mobile phone whiling driving 57158 126181 5797
Drunken driving 30393 45113 2046
Red light jumping 19145 51363 3715
TOTAL 156694 335152 16650
Source: DTCs/JTCs
Most of the traffic violations are using Mobile phone while driving (5797) and followed
by carrying persons in Goods Carriages (2980).
12(b). Districtwise Suspension of Driving Licences for the month of Jan 2019
Using
Over load by
Over load mobile
Red light persons in Drunken Over
Sl.no. Name of the District jumping
in goods
goods driving speeding
phone Total
carriages while
carriages
driving
1 Chennai 1671 56 442 524 141 306 3140
2 Madurai 327 129 346 102 428 345 1677
3 Sivagangai 16 8 229 26 43 853 1175
4 Tiruvallore 564 62 7 112 29 155 929
5 The Nilgiris 50 3 412 86 239 112 902
6 Villupuram 22 3 81 25 66 601 798

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 Using
Over load by
Over load mobile
Red light persons in Drunken Over
Sl.no. Name of the District jumping
in goods
goods driving speeding
phone Total
carriages while
carriages
driving
7 Thoothukkudi 102 20 34 121 87 412 776
8 Tiruvannamalai 9 9 345 20 18 326 727
9 Coimbatore 131 0 24 119 185 237 696
10 Dindigul 76 2 47 17 27 489 658
11 Tirunelveli 4 0 57 412 6 146 625
12 Salem 154 7 131 39 52 160 543
13 Vellore 48 36 205 7 3 206 505
14 Kancheepuram 27 18 206 39 4 121 415
15 Erode 12 1 68 0 13 299 393
16 Theni 65 40 37 84 17 126 369
17 Tiruppur 126 3 48 8 14 157 356
18 Namakkal 143 37 10 10 5 67 272
19 Trichy 111 8 11 50 4 82 266
20 Virudhunagar 2 10 17 104 10 93 236
21 Ariyalur 11 27 22 22 27 99 208
22 Karur 15 45 37 8 0 84 189
23 Cuddalore 3 4 6 23 15 123 174
24 Krishnagiri 6 0 76 14 22 27 145
25 Ramanathapuram 1 26 5 11 20 77 140
26 Thanjavur 1 19 4 36 12 46 118
27 Dharmapuri 12 0 25 0 8 31 76
28 Tiruvarur 0 3 21 6 5 15 50
29 Kanniyakumari 5 7 9 21 6 2 50
30 Pudukkottai 0 15 8 0 6 0 29
31 Perambalur 1 1 10 0 1 0 13
32 Nagapattinam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE -TOTAL 3715 599 2980 2046 1513 5797 16650
Source: Zonal JTC/DTCs
During the month of January 16650 offences were identified and their licences were suspended
in the State. 19 percent of licences suspended were in Chennai city , followed by Madurai and
Coimbatore. The highest suspension in using mobile phone while driving was at Sivagangai
District.

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12(c ). Check reports issued to drivers not wearing Helmets and not wearing Seatbelts
No. of check reports issued (Upto
Jan 2019)
Without wearing helmets 28181
Without wearing seat belts 22291

13. Accident details in Tamilnadu from 2004 – 2018

Total Fatal Non No. of persons
YEAR Fatalities
Accidents Accidents Fatal injured
2004 52508 8733 43775 9507 57283
2005 53878 8844 45034 9760 61967
2006 55145 10055 45090 11009 64341
2007 59140 11034 48106 12036 71099
2008 60409 11813 48596 12784 70251
2009 60794 12727 48067 13746 70504
2010 64996 14241 50755 15409 75445
2011 65873 14359 51514 15422 74245
2012 67757 15072 52685 16175 94523
2013 66238 14504 51734 15563 75681
2014 67250 14165 53085 15190 77725
2015 69059 14524 54535 15642 79701
2016 71431 16092 55339 17218 99381
2017 65562 15061 50501 16157 74572
2018 63920 11375 52545 12216 74537
2019 (Jan) 5173 915 4258 993 6099
Source:SCRB
80000
60794

64996

65873

67757

66238

67250

69059

71431

65562

63920
60409
59140

70000
60000
(IN NUMBERS)

50000
40000 Total
17218
16175

16157
15642
15563
15409

15422

15190
13746

Accidents
12784

12216
12036

30000
20000
10000 Fatalities
0
2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

YEAR

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 A total of 63920 road accidents have been reported by the State in the calendar year 2018,

claiming 12216 lives and causing injuries to 74537 persons. The Accidental death has reduced

around 25 percent during the year 2018 and the accidents has decreased by 2.50 percent

comparing the previous year 2017.

14. Highlights

o In Tamil Nadu , around 167 accidents and 30 fatalities were occurred every day

during January 2019 .

o The Chennai city and Kancheepuram are the leading districts in Road accidents

and fatal deaths during January 2019.

o The highest death due to non wearing of helmet was happened at

Kanchipuram (14)
o The maximum accidents and fatalities are caused by the two wheelers
o The most number of accidents occurs in State Highways ( 33.27%)
o Nearly 63% of accidents occurs both together in National and State Highways.

o Nearly 70% of the Death occurs in National Highways (36.25%) and State

Highways (33.43%) inTamilnadu.

15. Conclusion

The Sustainable Development Goal on Road Safety for the year 2019 is to reduce the death to

9182 . Similarly the target for total accidents for the year 2019 is to reduce the accident to

49089. The Stake Holder departments Transport, Police, Highways , Health and Education of the

State are taking necessary actions along with District Collectors to achieve the Goal.

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 Officials Associated with this Publication

1. Dr.S.Krishnan, Assistant Director of Statistics

2. Tmt.K.Geetha, Statistical Inspector

3. Selvi K. Varalakshmi, Statistical Inspector

e-mail id : sta.tn@nic.in

Telephone No: 044 -28414550-Extn 256

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