{"id":"road-deaths-2024-parliament-answer","title":"Different 2024 road-death categories in a parliamentary answer","source_ref_ids":["road-numbers","road-method"],"published_at":"2026-08-12","reference_period":"2024","checked_at":"2026-10-13","unit":"reported deaths","geography":"India","attribution":"Figures as stated by MoRTH in Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question 2820; underlying full series not independently reconstructed.","observations":[{"series":"MoRTH Road Accidents in India","definition_in_answer":"Total road-accident fatalities","value":177175},{"series":"NCRB Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India","definition_in_answer":"Road-accident deaths","value":175142},{"series":"NCRB Crime in India","definition_in_answer":"Deaths due to negligence relating to road accidents","value":162500}],"calculations":[{"formula":"177175 - 175142","value":2033,"unit":"deaths","interpretation":"Arithmetic difference only; not an estimate of omitted cases."}],"limitations":["Different reporting channels and scopes, as explained by the Ministry.","Do not average these figures as interchangeable estimates.","Do not use the question’s premise as a finding in the answer."]}