Thursday 3 January 2013

Mumbai, the New Accident Capital of India

Mumbai, the New Accident Capital of India: angalore: Mumbai is the new accident capital of the country. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the city recorded the maximum number of accidental deaths between 2007 and 2011.

It was noted that Mumbai registered 7,814 accidental deaths in 2007-11, followed by Delhi (7,576), reported Chittaranjan Tembhekar for TNN. The two cities accounted for 12.5 and 12.1 percent of the total cases respectively. Bangalore took the third position with 7.2 percent cases; Chennai was at the fourth position at 6.8 percent and Pune was on the fifth position (5.9 percent).

Accidental deaths include all types of unnatural deaths like those caused by industrial mishaps, building collapse, drowning, explosions, etc. But it was noted that road accidents accounted for the most number of such fatalities. Mumbai took the fourth position in road accident cases in the time frame of four years.

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