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MoRTH Data · 2024

Road Accidents in Rajasthan

In 2024, Rajasthan recorded 24,838 road accidents in which 11,790 people were killed6.7% of all road deaths in India. This page sets out the five-year trend, how lethal those crashes were compared with the national average, and where the state ranks.

11,790

Deaths in 2024

Rank 6 of 36

24,838

Accidents in 2024

Rank 8 of 36

47.5

Deaths per 100 crashes

India: 36.3

+0.24%

Change in deaths

2024 vs 2023

What the numbers say about Rajasthan

Rajasthan recorded 47.5 deaths for every 100 road accidents in 2024, against the national figure of 36.3. Crashes here are more often fatal than the Indian average. Severity of this kind tends to reflect the speed at which crashes happen and how long it takes an injured person to reach hospital, more than the raw number of collisions. Deaths rose 0.24% between 2023 and 2024, so the trend is moving the wrong way.

Five-year trend

Accidents and deaths in Rajasthan, 2020 to 2024, as published by MoRTH.

YearAccidentsDeathsDeaths per 100
2020COVID19,1149,25048.4
202120,95110,04347.9
202223,61411,10447
202324,69411,76247.6
202424,83811,79047.5

Across the full period, accidents in Rajasthan rose 29.9% and deaths rose 27.5%. Note that 2020 was suppressed by COVID-19 lockdowns across India, so a rise measured from 2020 overstates the underlying trend.

Rajasthan in the national picture

Share of India's road deaths

6.7%

of 1,77,175 deaths nationally

Share of India's accidents

5.1%

of 4,87,707 accidents nationally

National rank by deaths

6

of 36 states & UTs

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many people died in road accidents in Rajasthan in 2024?
11,790 people were killed in road accidents in Rajasthan in 2024, across 24,838 accidents. That is 6.7% of India's 1,77,175 road deaths that year. Source: MoRTH, Road Accidents in India 2024.
Are road deaths in Rajasthan rising or falling?
Road deaths in Rajasthan rose by 0.24% in 2024 compared with 2023 — from 11,762 to 11,790. Over the full five years from 2020 to 2024, deaths rose by 27.5%.
How dangerous are Rajasthan's roads compared with the rest of India?
Rajasthan recorded 47.5 deaths per 100 road accidents in 2024, against a national average of 36.3. That means a crash in Rajasthan is more likely to be fatal than the Indian average — usually a sign of higher speeds, more highway travel, or slower emergency response rather than more crashes.
Where does Rajasthan rank nationally?
Rajasthan ranked 6 among India's 36 states and union territories for the number of people killed in road accidents in 2024, and 8 for the number of accidents. Rank 1 is the highest number, not the best performance.

Source & method

Accident and fatality counts are from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Transport Research Wing), Road Accidents in India 2024 — Table 5.1 (accidents) and Table 5.6 (persons killed), both State/UT-wise for 2020-2024. Ranks and year-on-year percentage changes are as published in those tables.

“Deaths per 100 crashes” is accident severity, calculated here as deaths divided by accidents for the same year. It is the standard measure MoRTH uses to describe how lethal crashes are, as distinct from how many there are.

Figures are those reported to MoRTH by state police departments. MoRTH restates earlier years in each edition, so these may differ slightly from figures published in previous years' reports.

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