Road length rises 17% to 63.9 lakh kilometre, registered vehicles rise 41% in 2015-19

New Delhi: The number of registered vehicles in India rose by 41 per cent to 29.6 crore in 2019 from 21 crore in 2015, according to the Road Transport and Highways ministry data.

While total road length rose 17 per cent to 63.9 lakh kilometre in 2019 from 54.7 lakh kilometre in 2015, the road fatalities reduced by 10 per cent to 1,31,714 in 2019 from 1,46,113 in 2015.

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According to the data, Tamil Nadu has emerged as the best performing states in fatalities reduction during 2015-20 period, followed by Kerala, Gujarat and West Bengal.

India has committed to reducing road fatalities to 50 per cent from the period 2020 to 2030. The government has formulated scheme to incentivise samaritans to help accident victims.

PTI