Pedestrians most vulnerable to road accident fatalities in Delhi: Data

Pedestrians accounted for 43 per cent of road accident fatalities in Delhi in 2022 followed by motorcyclists at 38 per cent, police said on Tuesday.

In 2022, 629 pedestrians were killed and 1,777 injured in road accidents in the national capital. The percentage share of pedestrians injured in accidents fell to 34.16 per cent against 35.94 per cent in 2021, the data showed.

According to the police, 91 per cent of road accident death victims in 2022 were men. They accounted for 86 per cent of accident injuries.

The maximum men and women killed in road accidents were in the 40-years-and-above age group.