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India’s Road Deaths Hit 3-Minut e Average, Cost 3% GDP

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  • India reports one road death every three minutes.
  • Speeding, traffic-rule violations and poor road design cause many accidents.
  • Road fatalities cost the Indian economy at least 3 percent of GDP annually.
  • India’s road network spans over 6 million kilometres, the world’s second-largest.
  • FRANCE 24’s Navodita Kumari and Suhel Khan reported the story from Delhi.