More Lives Lost In Road Accidents Than In War: Union Minister

VK Singh said there should be research and innovation for vehicles to have adequate safety features for reducing road accident fatalities.

India loses more people in road accidents than in a war, Union Minister General (retd) VK Singh said on Friday.

Addressing an event organised by industry body Assocham, Mr Singh said road safety is the most important issue which the government needs to tackle.

"More than 1.35 lakh people lose their lives due to road accidents every year...this number of people whom we lose every year (due to road accidents), is worse than fighting a war," the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways said.

The minister lamented that unfortunately, road safety is considered something that comes once a year.