48 accidental deaths every hour in 2019: NCRB

India registered 48 accidental deaths every hour last year, which was marginally higher than 2018, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Deaths caused due to traffic crashes, which include road and railway accidents, accounted for nearly 44% of the total 4.1 lakh accidental deaths, which exclude fatalities due to flood, avalanche, heat stroke and lightning.

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