India has witnessed 50 per cent more deaths in road mishaps in 2010 than a decade ago with Maharashtra alone accounting for one-sixth of them.
A total of 3,84,649 such accidental deaths were reported in the country in 2010 while the number was 2,55,883 in 2000, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau.
Maharashtra has reported 64,204 deaths in 2010 and remained at the top with nearly one sixth (16.7 per cent) of total accidental deaths in the country.
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous State in the country with population share of 16.8 per cent, on the other hand, has accounted for 7.9 per cent of accidental deaths and stood at fifth position after Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh (9.3 per cent), Tamil Nadu (8.4 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (8.2 per cent).
Gujarat (6.5 per cent), Karnataka (6.3 per cent) and Rajasthan (6 per cent) have also reported significant shares of deaths due to road accidents during 2010.
The incidents of accidental deaths have increased by 7.7 per cent at national level during 2010 as against 2009.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli reported the highest increase of 28.3 per cent followed by Mizoram (25.1 per cent), Assam (19.6 per cent) and West Bengal (15.6 per cent) while Lakshadweep has reported the highest decline of 62.5 per cent followed by Meghalaya (20.2 per cent) and Chandigarh (12.9 per cent).