Even as the nationwide lockdown put all modes of passenger transport to a halt, as many as 140 people died due to road crashes across the country, out of which over 30% were migrants travelling back home.
As per data compiled by non-profit organization SaveLIFE Foundation, India has recorded more than 600 road crashes during the first five weeks of the nationwide lockdown--between March 24 and May 3.
Over 100 deaths in across 9 states--Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Punjab and Tamil Nadu.
Almost 57% of the deaths were of people driving during the lockdown and the most common causal factor across these crashes was speeding, the organization said.