A total of 225,207 road accidents took place on National Highways (NHs) and State Highways (SHs) in the country in 2021, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a release.
The year 2019 saw a total of 137,191 accidents on NHs while 116,496 accidents took place in 2020. The year 2021 witnessed 128,825 accidents on NHs.
90,755 accidents took place in 2020 on SHs whereas the year 2019 saw a total of 108,976 accidents. The year 2021 saw 96,382 accidents on SHs.
