04-03-2021 | 12:51 PM
The Burden on Indian Society Report
The World Bank recently released its study, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society. The article mentions the unfair effect of a traffic accident on disadvantaged families.
It also sheds light on the ties between poverty, traffic accidents, inequalities and disabled road users across India.
The study points out that India has just 1% of the world's cars. And as it accounts for 11% of the world's death from traffic injuries.
The world bank report highlighted that the road crash deaths among rural poor households accounts for 44 per cent.
