Reasons why Indian roads are dangerous, other than bad driving

Vadodara and Thiruvananthapuram seem to be more pedestrian friendly than many metros as less than 10% of the footpaths in these cities are encroached on, a field audit carried out for the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety has indicated. On the other hand, Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Hisar are at the bottom with more than 80% of the total footpath length in these cities encroached upon. The survey done by IIT-Delhi, DIMTS and TERI as a part of an audit conducted for the apex court panel covered 32 cities in eight states — Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana and Punjab. It analysed about 1,550 kilometres of roads in urban areas.