India has the world’s second-largest road network. National highways represent over 97,991 kilometres of the total length of the 5.4 million kilometre road network. A CCTV recording of a T-junction reveals how traffic continues to flow from all directions despite a clear red signal.

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Figen, a Twitter user, shared the footage. “No accident in Indian traffic rules,” she captioned the video.

More than 2.4 lakh people have watched the traffic camera footage. Other users began responding to the tweet with videos showing huge traffic in their countries.

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Drivers crossing the neighbouring road appear to be almost oblivious to the traffic signal in the 38-second viral video. Their blatant indifference to the fundamental norms eventually leads to a stalemate.

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Due to the sheer enormity of the task, providing world-class roads is already a significant challenge for the Indian government.

India has the world’s greatest number of road accident fatalities. Each year, it reports approximately 4,50,000 accidents, with 1,50,000 individuals killed.

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) “GlobStatus Report on Road Safety” highlighted speeding, driving under the influence, and not wearing helmets and seat belts as the leading causes of traffic collisions.

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On four-lane, non-access controlled National Highways, failure to maintain lane or yield to oncoming traffic when turning are the leading causes of incidents. Motorcycle and motor-powered three-wheeler riders are the second-largest categories of those killed in traffic collisions, according to the research.