How do you access Road Accidents data?

Road Accidents is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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MoRTH Accidents

Road Accidents in India

Name: Road Accidents in India
Creator: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Road Accidents in India is used to study crash counts, fatalities, and road-safety trends.

Open downloadLarge

transport public safety

Host / institution

MoRTH · Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Geography

India, state

Time coverage

Annual official series

Update frequency

Annual

What this is best for

Official road-safety series

Main limitations

PDF tables; under-reporting caveats

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is Road Accidents used for?: Official road-safety series
How do you access Road Accidents data?: Road Accidents is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does Road Accidents cover?: Geography: India, state. Time coverage: Annual official series.
What are the main limitations of Road Accidents?: PDF tables; under-reporting caveats

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

2 links

Variables5

Live-fetched morth.gov.in (2026-07-09): Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government Of India. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

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Name / code	Description	Group
Accidents	Accident counts	Events
Deaths / injuries	Fatalities and injuries	Outcomes
Road category	Road type classification	Roads
Weather / violation	Contributing factors	Causes
Road user type	Victim / user categories	Users

Formats

PDF

Technical tags

PDF reportannual

Example uses

Road safety policy evaluation

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
2.6. Road accidents, mortality
Analyzes Road Accidents data in the context of: "2.6. Road accidents, mortality".
Working paperAnalyzes data
The Prevalence of Road Accidents in India
DC Nanjunda Devajana · 2023
Analyzes Road Accidents data in the context of: "The Prevalence of Road Accidents in India".
Working paperAnalyzes data
Road accidents in India: Looking through the behavioural lens
Neeti Goutam · 2022
Analyzes Road Accidents data in the context of: "Road accidents in India: Looking through the behavioural lens".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

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Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.