Accidental, unnatural deaths and injuries: India - Revision history

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‎Accidents, suicides

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‎Electrocution

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‎COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES

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‎Electrocution

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‎Accidents, suicides

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	Experts believe that basic precautions by public such as getting wiring and earthing checked in their premises can also curb down such incidents. According to electrical expert K K K Nair, whose firm manufactures electrical safety equipment, said that even normal domestic electric supply (230 volts) with 100 milliampere (mA) current can prove fatal if wires do not have proper earthing and effective electrical circuit breakers (ELCBs). The real measure of an electric shock’s intensity lies in the amount of current (amperes) forced through the body and not the voltage.		Experts believe that basic precautions by public such as getting wiring and earthing checked in their premises can also curb down such incidents. According to electrical expert K K K Nair, whose firm manufactures electrical safety equipment, said that even normal domestic electric supply (230 volts) with 100 milliampere (mA) current can prove fatal if wires do not have proper earthing and effective electrical circuit breakers (ELCBs). The real measure of an electric shock’s intensity lies in the amount of current (amperes) forced through the body and not the voltage.
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		+	==2012-2022==
		+	[[File: Deaths by electrocution in India, 2012-2022.jpg\| Deaths by electrocution in India, 2012-2022 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=26_09_2025_018_003_cap_TOI Sep 26, 2025: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	'''See graphic''':
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		+	'' Deaths by electrocution in India, 2012-2022 ''
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	What explains the increased skew? In the case of accidents, one reason is the increasing contribution of road accidents. Half a century ago, road accidents accounted for just about 5% of all accidental deaths – 7,071 of 1.3 lakh in 1969. In 2019, they accounted for close to 37% of the total – 1.5 lakh of 4.2 lakh. Road accident victims have always been overwhelmingly male for obvious reasons. In 2019, 1.3 lakh of the 1.5 lakh people who died in road accidents were male. As they account for a larger share of all accidental deaths, therefore, the gender skew gets accentuated.		What explains the increased skew? In the case of accidents, one reason is the increasing contribution of road accidents. Half a century ago, road accidents accounted for just about 5% of all accidental deaths – 7,071 of 1.3 lakh in 1969. In 2019, they accounted for close to 37% of the total – 1.5 lakh of 4.2 lakh. Road accident victims have always been overwhelmingly male for obvious reasons. In 2019, 1.3 lakh of the 1.5 lakh people who died in road accidents were male. As they account for a larger share of all accidental deaths, therefore, the gender skew gets accentuated.

		+	=Deaths, gender-wise=
		+	==2023==
		+	[[File: Accidental Deaths in India, gender-wise- 2023.jpg\|Accidental Deaths in India, gender-wise: 2023 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=22_10_2025_009_008_cap_TOI Oct 22, 2025: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	'''See graphic''':
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		+	'' Accidental Deaths in India, gender-wise- 2023 ''
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 ==2011-15 (India); 2015-19 (U.P.)==
 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F07%2F27&entity=Ar01205&sk=AEB56315&mode=text  July 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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 Experts believe that basic precautions by public such as getting wiring and earthing checked in their premises can also curb down such incidents. According to electrical expert K K K Nair, whose firm manufactures electrical safety equipment, said that even normal domestic electric supply (230 volts) with 100 milliampere (mA) current can prove fatal if wires do not have proper earthing and effective electrical circuit breakers (ELCBs). The real measure of an electric shock’s intensity lies in the amount of current (amperes) forced through the body and not the voltage.
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 ==2019: HC awards ₹63L for ‘forced celibacy’==
 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F11%2F25&entity=Ar00510&sk=0C25706D&mode=text  Srikkanth D, Nov 25, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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 The original verdict by a single-judge bench had noted that: “It was not only the contention of the victim, but also that of the electricity board that there was negligence on part of the corporation and improper welding caused the accident,” the division bench noted.
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	What explains the increased skew? In the case of accidents, one reason is the increasing contribution of road accidents. Half a century ago, road accidents accounted for just about 5% of all accidental deaths – 7,071 of 1.3 lakh in 1969. In 2019, they accounted for close to 37% of the total – 1.5 lakh of 4.2 lakh. Road accident victims have always been overwhelmingly male for obvious reasons. In 2019, 1.3 lakh of the 1.5 lakh people who died in road accidents were male. As they account for a larger share of all accidental deaths, therefore, the gender skew gets accentuated.		What explains the increased skew? In the case of accidents, one reason is the increasing contribution of road accidents. Half a century ago, road accidents accounted for just about 5% of all accidental deaths – 7,071 of 1.3 lakh in 1969. In 2019, they accounted for close to 37% of the total – 1.5 lakh of 4.2 lakh. Road accident victims have always been overwhelmingly male for obvious reasons. In 2019, 1.3 lakh of the 1.5 lakh people who died in road accidents were male. As they account for a larger share of all accidental deaths, therefore, the gender skew gets accentuated.
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		+	=COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES=
		+	==2019: HC awards ₹63L for ‘forced celibacy’==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F11%2F25&entity=Ar00510&sk=0C25706D&mode=text Srikkanth D, Nov 25, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Forced abstinence from sex is a violation of fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution, the Madras high court said while raising 12-fold the compensation awarded to a man who became a paraplegic after an electric post fell on him on a Chennai road in 2008.
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		+	N Ananda Kumar was 26 years old when the accident damaged his spinal cord and left him with 100% disability.
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		+	The Chennai civic body had appealed against the Rs 5 lakh compensation awarded by a single-judge HC bench and sought that the case be referred to a civil court. The division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice P Velmurugan dismissed the appeal, saying the civic body’s negligence not only left Ananda Kumar wheelchairdependent but also destroyed his chances of marriage.
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		+	''' Man stayed bachelor against his will: Court '''
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		+	The bench held that the victim remained a bachelor against his wish because of paraplegia and was, therefore, deprived of marital pleasure and bliss. Terming this a violation of human rights, the court cited medical literature to emphasise its point that forced abstinence has negative health consequences.
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		+	The bench suo motu enhanced the compensation to Rs 63.26 lakh, saying the reason for a court’s existence was to do justice and not to direct the parties involved in litigation to approach various forums — in this case, a civil court.
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		+	In the appeal, counsel for the city corporation had argued that the contract to repair the electric post was outsourced and there was no negligence on the part of the civic body. It said Ananda Kumar was “carelessly” walking down the road while speaking on his cellphone. “Had he avoided speaking on the cell phone, and had he noticed the work being carried out, the accident could have been avoided,” the counsel said.
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		+	The original verdict by a single-judge bench had noted that: “It was not only the contention of the victim, but also that of the electricity board that there was negligence on part of the corporation and improper welding caused the accident,” the division bench noted.
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 According to the NCRB, the rate of accidental deaths (both natural and unnatural) -per 1 akh population -has grown from 25 in 2004 to 36 in 2014. Given that the rate of deaths in natural causes has been declining, it shows badly on human error deaths -primarily traffic accidents, drowning and fire. This points to both lack of public awareness and the government's failure to make such places safe for public.
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2019/11/09&entity=Ar01516&sk=02FCD26E&mode=text  Bharti Jain, Nov 9, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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 This in effect could mean that benefits of higher farm production did not reach farm labourers who had to depend on wages decided by cultivators. The other five states in the list — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Punjab — however reported more suicides by cultivators than by labourers.
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	According to the NCRB, the rate of accidental deaths (both natural and unnatural) -per 1 akh population -has grown from 25 in 2004 to 36 in 2014. Given that the rate of deaths in natural causes has been declining, it shows badly on human error deaths -primarily traffic accidents, drowning and fire. This points to both lack of public awareness and the government's failure to make such places safe for public.		According to the NCRB, the rate of accidental deaths (both natural and unnatural) -per 1 akh population -has grown from 25 in 2004 to 36 in 2014. Given that the rate of deaths in natural causes has been declining, it shows badly on human error deaths -primarily traffic accidents, drowning and fire. This points to both lack of public awareness and the government's failure to make such places safe for public.
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		+	=2015, 2016==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2019/11/09&entity=Ar01516&sk=02FCD26E&mode=text Bharti Jain, Nov 9, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	The rate of accidental deaths (per lakh of population) remained unchanged at 32.8 in 2016 as compared to 2015, though in absolute terms accidental deaths across the country rose to around 4.18 lakh from 4.13 lakh. However, both the rate of suicides and its absolute numbers declined from 10.6 to 10.3 and 1.34 lakh to 1.31 lakh respectively between 2015 and 2016.
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		+	According to data on ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ for the year 2016 released by NCRB, a total of 8,684 persons died all over India due to causes attributable to the forces of nature, while over 4.09 lakh persons were killed in accidents due to other causes, including deliberate or negligent conduct of human beings.
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		+	Out of 8,684 accidental deaths attributable to forces of nature in 2016, 38.2% deaths occurred due to lightning, 15.4% due to heat/sun stroke and 8.9% deaths due to floods. Regarding the 4.09 lakh persons killed accidentally due to “other causes”, traffic accidents accounted for 43.4% deaths, sudden deaths for 10.2%, drowning 7.3%, poisoning 5.6%, falls for 4.2% and accidental fires for 4.1% deaths.
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		+	As per the latest NCRB data, suicide rate in cities was higher at 13 than the all-India rate of 10.3. Nearly 68.4% of the males and 64.4% of the females who committed suicide were married.
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		+	===But more farm hands than cultivators killed themselves===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2019/11/09&entity=Ar01515&sk=C45C3287&mode=text Vishwa Mohan , Nov 9, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Even as farmer suicides in India declined by nearly 10% in 2016 compared to 2015, the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that the drop is mainly due to reduction in suicides by cultivators whereas the number of agricultural labourers who took their own lives increased that year.
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		+	The share of agricultural labourers in total farm suicides was higher than cultivators in 17 out of 29 states in 2016. This trend is seen even in the top 10 states where higher number of farmer suicides were reported. Five states in the list — Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Haryana — had reported more number of suicides by farm labourers than cultivators. Other such states include UP, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Kerala among others.
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		+	All 250 farmer suicides in Haryana were reportedly by agricultural labourers in the state — a sign of stress faced by them even though 2016 was a good crop year after two consecutive drought years.
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		+	This in effect could mean that benefits of higher farm production did not reach farm labourers who had to depend on wages decided by cultivators. The other five states in the list — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Punjab — however reported more suicides by cultivators than by labourers.
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 [[File: People who died of electrocution in India (2011-15); and U.P. (2015-19).jpg|People who died of electrocution in India (2011-15); and U.P. (2015-19) <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F07%2F27&entity=Ar01205&sk=AEB56315&mode=text  July 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
 With inputs from Pankaj Shah and Pankul Sharma in UP, Pjoychen Pulinkalayil in Rajasthan, Amarjeet Singh in Bhopal, Chittaranjan Tembhekar and Somit Sen in Mumbai
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 Experts believe that basic precautions by public such as getting wiring and earthing checked in their premises can also curb down such incidents. According to electrical expert K K K Nair, whose firm manufactures electrical safety equipment, said that even normal domestic electric supply (230 volts) with 100 milliampere (mA) current can prove fatal if wires do not have proper earthing and effective electrical circuit breakers (ELCBs). The real measure of an electric shock’s intensity lies in the amount of current (amperes) forced through the body and not the voltage.
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F21&entity=Ar00300&sk=09CA9C36&mode=text  Atul Thakur, 39 lakh deaths in last 12 yrs were avoidable: Govt data, October 21, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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