A 23-old-taxi driver and a 42-year-old man who was his family’s only earning member were killed on Monday when a black-and-yellow taxi jeep rammed into a flatbed trailer truck near Shivle on Malshej Ghat road.

This is just one accident among thousands that take place in India. In 2012, the National Crime Records Bureau’s published report recorded 135,000 deaths due to traffic collisions alone for the year 2010. The same year, 275,000 deaths were recorded in road accidents, making India the second highest country with road fatalities after China.