Wrong-Side Driving: One Death Every Hour on Indian Roads, UP Leads Fatalities

• One life is lost every hour in India due to wrong-side driving, totaling 51,945 deaths between 2018-2023.
• 9,432 deaths in 2023 were attributed to wrong-side driving, the highest since 2017 (9,527).
• Uttar Pradesh consistently leads in wrong-side driving fatalities, with 2,920 deaths in 2023, accounting for over 30% of India's total.
• Over one in three crashes due to wrong-side driving turns deadly, with a fatality rate of nearly 40% across India.
• Experts blame lack of enforcement, poor road design, and inadequate driver training for the deadly trend, calling it a 'suicidal violation'.

Why It Matters: Wrong-side driving causes one death hourly in India, demanding urgent enforcement, design, and training reforms.