The number of road accidents in Gujarat is continuously rising. In the first seven months of this year alone, 93,000 people have been injured in road accidents. This is close to an average of 18 injuries per hour due to road accidents. 

Ahmedabad records the highest number of injury cases from road accidents, with 15,489 cases reported.

Last year, Gujarat reported a total of 92,194 injury cases from road accidents in the first seven month. Ahmedabad had 15,147 injury cases from road accidents in the previous year.

Road Accidents in Gujarat-Ahmedabad (2024)

According to data from EMRI emergency service ‘108’, Gujarat saw 11,678 road accidents in July this year, the lowest number of injury cases in a single month this year. Whereas, May had the highest number of injury incidents, with 13,926 accident-related injuries reported.

Gujarat Road Accidents Statistics

In 2022, road accidents resulted in 7,618 fatalities, averaging 0.86 deaths per hour. Tamil Nadu had the highest number of road accidents with 64,105 incidents, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 54,432, Kerala with 43,910, Uttar Pradesh with 41,746, and Maharashtra with 33,383. Uttar Pradesh also had the highest number of fatalities from road accidents with 22,595 deaths, followed by Maharashtra with 15,224 and Madhya Pradesh with 13,427.

After Ahmedabad, Surat ranks second with 9,587  accident-related injuries reported, and Vadodara ranks third with 6,307 cases. 

District-wise Accident Injury Statistics