According to a survey from WHO, each year road traffic injuries take away lives of 1.2 million men, women, and children around the globe and injure many more. The death toll is on the higher side for the countries where pedestrians, motorcyclists and passengers are vulnerable and vehicles lack the safety norms, like India.
Let's peek into some India related facts:

1. 85% of all road accident deaths occur in developing countries and nearly half in the Asia-Pacific region.


2. India accounts for about 10 percent of road accident fatalities worldwide.


3. An estimated 1,275,000 persons are grievously injured on the road every year.


4. Social cost of annual accidents in India has been estimated at $ 11,000.


5. Professionalism in driver training is absent, proportion of untrained drivers is continually on the rise and a positive driving culture is lacking.

In Indian perspective safety norms have lagged behind the international standards. Moreover, the international companies launch their vehicles on Indian Roads but somehow forget to implant safety measures that are mandatory abroad. To name a few these include: air bags and censors and many more.