Indian Roads, Veritable Death Traps

A global report on road accidents presents a bleak scenario for India. It has earned the dubious distinction of being the road mishaps capital of the world, reporting more than 20 deaths every hour, most of the victims being young adults. In a grim paradox, India has the second-largest road network in the world, after the United States, but it has been recording the highest number of road accident deaths globally year after year.