Major Road Accidents in India: June 1, 2014 to Present SUMMARY Even after the demise of Former Union Minister for Rural Development - Shri. Gopinath Munde, in a road crash, incidents of road accidents continues unabated across India. The table below enlists select major fatal accidents that have occurred in the past one year. It reflects that such incidents are spread across entire India. There have been a large number of incidents where drivers have lost control over their vehicles, leading to their overturning or falling into gorges. June 2014 Onwards No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Date June 5 June 11 June 12 June 14 July 16

State West Bengal Bihar Maharashtra Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir

Place West Midnapore Lakhisarai district Beed district Anand district Kishtwar district

Fatality / Injury 2 killed, 34 injured 12 killed, 8 injured 8 killed, 2 injured 7 killed, 23 injured 8 killed, 2 injured, 3 missing

6.

July 24

Telangana

Medak district

25 children killed, others injured

7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

August 29 August 31 September 13 September 24 September 29

Bihar Rajasthan Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh

Aurangabad- NH 2 Mandia by pass, Pali Tehri district Bilaspur district Bhojakhedi village

12.

October 2

Madhya Pradesh

Katni district

13.

October 4

Odisha

Nabarangapur district

14.

October 25

Assam

Nagaon district

12 killed, 22 injured 10 killed, 36 injured 16 killed, 15 injured 25 killed, 17 injured, 17 missing 10 killed, 16 injured 9 killed (including 4 children), 7 injured 11 killed, more than 12 injured 9 (including 5 women) killed, 28 injured

15.

November 1

Himachal Pradesh

Chamba district

14 killed, 11 injured

16.

November 11

Punjab

17. 18. 19.

November 16 November 22 November 23

Haryana Tamil Nadu Himachal Pradesh

Ramgarh village at National Highway-71 Karnal Namakkal Haripur Dhar-Solan road

8 people died (including 3 children, 2 women) 2 killed, 12 injured 5 killed, 3 injured 7 killed, 9 injured

20.

December 4

Uttar Pradesh

Mau district

5 children killed, 7 injured

21.

December 10

Uttarakhand

Dehradun district

10 killed

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Incident Report Bus collided with a truck Truck and a mini bus collided head-on Car rammed into a stationary truck Pick -up vehicle hit a truck Taxi plunged into the Chenab river School bus hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway level crossing Speeding container ran over sleeping pilgrims Bus collided with a truck Bus fell in a gorge Bus fell into Gobind Sagar reservoir Pick-up truck with passengers collided with a truck Loading auto collided with truck head on Mini truck hit roadside tree Chartered bus fell into a road side ditch Private bus skid off the road and rolled down into a gorge Indica Vista Collided head on with a Truck Two buses collided SUV rammed into a truck Private bus skid and fell 600 meters into a gorge Train rammed into a school van at an unmanned railway crossing at Ranipur Jeep fell into a gorge

22. 23.

December 23 December 30

NCT of Delhi Haryana

Yamuna Expressway GT Karnal Road

2 killed, 20 injured 15 injured

28 vehicles collided in dense fog conditions 6 vehicles collided in dense fog conditions

2015 24. 25. 26. 27.

January 1 January 7 January 29 January 30

Kerala Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Assam

6 students killed 15 killed, 30 injured 9 children injured 6 people killed

Car rammed into a lorry State run bus fell into dug-up area beside the road Private school bus toppled Bus collided head on with an oil tanker

4 killed, 13 injured

Jeep collided head-on with a truck

5 students killed, 30 injured 7 killed

Nagaland Chhattisgarh Assam Uttar Pradesh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Haryana Tamil Nadu West Bengal

Kollam district Anantapur district Jakkur, Bengaluru Jamugurihat on NH 15 Dharamkot Jalandhar National Highway Jalpaiguri district NH 143, near Rourkela Nawanshahar Phagwara Road Phek district Madanpur village, NH111 National Highway 37 Jhansi Garhwa district Sehore district Ambala district Dindigul Burdwan district

28.

February 16

Punjab

29. 30.

February 23 February 24

West Bengal Odisha

April 20

Bihar

Siwan district

6 children killed, 2 injured

42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.

April 30 May 4 May 11 May 11 May 12 May 24

Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat

48.

May 25

Maharashtra

Balod district Panna district Udhampur district Sirohi District Saligrama, Mysore Kheda district NH 8, connecting Mumbai to Ahmedabad

49.

May 25

Rajasthan

11 killed, 26 injured 50 killed, 13 injured 21 killed, more than 30 injured 7 killed (2 children), 27 injured 8 killed, 30 injured 4 killed, 25 injured 11 killed (including 5 year old girl), 15 injured 6 killed (including one child), 16 injured

Bus returning from an exam centre over turned Car collided head on with a truck Punjab Roadways bus lost control and crashed into a tree on the roadside Bus fell into a gorge Passenger bus crashed into railing of a bridge Bus fell into a gorge Uncontrolled truck hit stationary tractor Bus rolled down a gorge while negotiating sharp bend Tractor trolley hit by a truck Bus collided with a truck Van collided with a tanker Bus lost control and turned turtle Auto collided with a mini bus. Non availability of doctors at hospital - people torched ambulances Van overturned after colliding with truck trailer Private bus skidded off the bridge and caught fire Passenger bus rolled down into the gorge Tempo fell into 150 feet gorge Van collided with marriage party vehicle Tractor turned turtle on being hit by a truck

31.

March 5

Punjab

32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

March 13 March 16 March 19 29 March March 30 March 31 March 31 April 3 April 10

41.

Dungarpur District, NH-8

5 killed, 30 injured 13 killed, 25 injured 10 killed, 6 injured 5 killed, 25 injured 10 killed, 12 injured 11 killed, 25 injured 10 killed, 15 injured 7 killed, 19 injured 9 killed, 1 injured 10 killed, 50 injured

2

Head on collision between mini bus and luxury bus Uncontrolled trailer runs over people of a marriage procession