Cyrus Mistry’s death puts the spotlight squarely on roads and safety. Reports state that the vehicle Mistry and his co-passengers were commuting in, was speeding. The passengers in the rear were not wearing seatbelts.

Excerpts from The Geneva-based International Road Federation (IRF), an umbrella global body, state: India accounts for more than 11 per cent of the road accidents deaths worldwide with 426 lives lost every day and 18 every hour. Over 1.6 lakh lives were lost in the year 2021, it stated, emphasising that most of the road accident deaths are avoidable.