Archive · 28 Jul 2025
Gujarat Road Accidents: Over 15,000 Deaths in Five Years
Imagine lots of cars driving around, like a busy game!
Unfortunately, in Gujarat, there were many accidents between 2019 and 2023.
Over 36,000 people sadly lost their lives in these accidents.
Although the number of crashes stayed about the same, more people died each year.
The report says that people not wearing helmets and seatbelts when they were driving were a big reason why.
The government is trying to make things safer with new campaigns to teach people how to be safe on the roads.
Gujarat reported over 77,730 road accidents between 2019 and 2023.
36,484 fatalities were recorded during the same period.
Accidents slightly decreased from 17,046 in 2019 to 16,349 in 2023.
Fatalities increased from 7,390 in 2019 to 7,854 in 2023.
Not wearing helmets and seatbelts were major contributing factors.
- Who
- The Gujarat government.
- What
- Road accidents and fatalities in Gujarat.
- When
- Between 2019 and 2023.
- Where
- Gujarat, India.
- Why
- Contributing factors include not wearing helmets and seatbelts.
Factors Contributing to Accidents
Primary Causes
Other Reasons
Factors Contributing to Accidents
Over-speeding
Primary Causes
Reckless driving
- Total Accidents (2019-2023)
- 77,730
- Total Fatalities (2019-2023)
- 36,484
- Accidents in 2019
- 17,046
- Accidents in 2023
- 16,349
- Fatalities in 2019
- 7,390
- Fatalities in 2023
- 7,854
- Lives lost due to no helmet/seatbelt
- 15,978