Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) are the most tragic and unforeseen yet preventable cause of death that happens to any road user.  According to World Health Organization’s report, more than 1.2 million people are killed and 50 million injured each year.  During the year 2006, India reported more than 96,000 deaths on account of Road Traffic Accidents. 

While some of the highly motorised and developed countries reported a steep decline in the number of fatalities; the developing countries showed a big leap in the fatality chart.  Experts point out many reasons for this scenario. Rapid urbanization, increased income level, increasing migration of the rural poor to the urban areas, easy availability of financial assistance from various institutions, availability of latest brands and makes of vehicles due to globalization are some of the reasons contributing to the increase of vehicle usage in the developing countries.  On the contrary, the infrastructural developments such as the improvement of roads, technology driven traffic management systems, Public transport systems etc have not developed in pace with the sudden increase in vehicle population.

According to the State Crime Records Bureau; Kerala stands on top as one of the highest accident making State in the country by reporting 3543 fatalities and 49876 injuries. The following chart explains about the ratio of Road Infrastructures in comparison to the sudden increase of vehicle population during the last 10 years.

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