[blueblisters]

I don't think most traffic deaths happen at busy intersections in India during the day. The speeds are too low for serious accidents.

Indian highways (National and State) disproportionately account for a majority of the deaths and accidents on Indian roads. A 2019 report from the Road Ministry states that [1] "Highways (both National and State) which accounted for about 5% of total road network witnessed a disproportionately large share of accidents of 55 % and accident related fatalities of 63% during the year 2019 and naturally become the focus of our attention. More accidents on these have been attributed to higher vehicles speeds and increasingly higher volume of traffic on these roads."

Indian highways are notoriously under-policed, way worse than urban roads. You can literally go twice the speed limits and never get ticketed. Coupled with bad designs, illegal pedestrian crossings and a mix of vehicular traffic with widely different speeds leads to a dangerous mix of conditions.

[1]: https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/RA_Uploading.pdf

[kylehotchkiss]

Don’t forget rural roads frequently and immediately transition into roadworks projects with little or no signage! Just a piece of wood that says “diversion”