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A man lies dead and stuck inside the crashed car along with the driver on a highway in Andhra Pradesh. Road safety in India has been a neglected area amidst rapid developmental policies and programs and faces multiple challenges in implementation. Over 1,37,000 people were killed in road accidents in 2013 alone, that is more than the number of people killed in all our wars put together.There is one death every four minutes due to a road accident in India. Drunken driving is one of the leading causes of road fatalities. One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on Indian roads every hour. 1214 road crashes occur every day in India. Two wheelers account for 25% of total road crash deaths. 20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in in th