these adas systems generate millions of scientific data with various parameters from every road user roads have become central to human life and the symbol of national prosperity yet 3700 road deaths every day is a blackspot on world transportation one day people may ask is it worth is it sustainablein india millions travel on roads but daily 415 families do not get back their dear ones home road fatalities are the biggest cause of unnatural deaths among indians it is estimated that road accidents cost india about 35 of its gross domestic product every year india loses a citys worth of population every year due to road crashes according to the ministry of road transport highways of india data with the evolution of the motorized vehicles increasing speed limits and improving roads all over the world the boom of road transport is turning into a major bane to mankind without appropriate strategies to reduce road accidents and deaths it is becoming a serious global crisis advt the national crime records bureau data shows that india had about 155622 deaths due to road accidents in 2022 with millions more sustaining serious injuries and living with longterm adverse health consequences globally road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death among the young people and the main cause of death among those aged 1529 yearswhy road crasheswho is responsible for these deaths more profound question should be how do we arrest the alarming road death numbers for an answer we must look into the cultural reality of indian roadsunderstanding road crash is a complex science yet an average indian still treats it as a chance factor hence many resort to luckchance and science takes a back seat that is why so many superstitions like black catkaali billi lemon chillinimbu mirchi are spread around the vehicles it is also evident from our roads that we naturally do not follow road rules the root cause remains the same we dont believe that the road rules the life saving protocols have a scientific background and hence most of us treat them more as lawcompliance issuesthe government is highly concerned about these deaths through world class regulation of vehicles infrastructure licensing and driving rules it has demonstrated its strong intention to reduce road accidents and deaths still road crashes continue to occur because of inadequate enforcement of these laws and their violations by the road users majority of citizens violate simple road rules like lane discipline maintaining safe distance or wearing helmets seat belts etc safety culture on our roads is grossly inadequate and it is obvious as the majority of our masses still believe that road crashes are accidents by chance advt countries where citizens respect the road rules and accidents occur owing to genuine human error government supports by bringing major infrastructure reforms in a systemic approach our safety culture is very different from those countries our road designs and infrastructure have much higher density of black spots and our roads