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Accidents are the most undesirable mishaps responsible for the destruction of a considerable number of National Resources. According to international statistics, Losses due to traffic accidents in developing countries are well over 1% percent of their gross national product (GDP). This percentage is nearly 2.5% in INDIA, and Globally, INDIA is in 3rd position from the South Asia region. This paper briefly overviews India's current road accident statistics, especially on National Highways, during the last seven years. India has a high rate of road traffic accidents, presents a clear picture of violation of traffic discipline, and day by day, the situation is getting worse, not only in terms of the number of people killed or injured but also of the high social and economic costs occurring from these accidents. This scenario is even worse in rural areas (comprising 63% of total accidents occurring in India between 2015 and 2021). Out of 31,41,601 reported accidents, 18,35,254 accidents occurred during the seven-year study period from 2015 to 2021. In this thesis, an attempt has been made to find out traffic accident trends in India. Also, an attempt to find out trends of accident data presented herein to either accident profiles or compare the proportion of accidents by road class, time, light, junction, collision, weather, locations, pavement, road surface condition, and alignment can be undertaken. Road safety initiatives should be taken to manage hazardous conditions and locations by imposing appropriate safety provisions.