Cross where it's meant for crossing.
Use the zebra crossing or the foot-over-bridge, and cross when it's your turn - don't dart between moving cars to save a minute.
A gap in the traffic is not a door. It's a dare.
Here's the science
- What happensPedestrians crossing away from zebra crossings or foot-over-bridges
- HowWithout marked crossings or foot-over-bridges, pedestrians share the carriageway with fast traffic that cannot stop in time.
- SoPedestrians are one of the largest groups of road-crash deaths in India.
32,825pedestrians killed (India, 2022)
Official count - government recordIN
“Pedestrians are the next highest victim of road accident death with a share of 19.5 percent in 2022.”
The report body states the 19.5 percent pedestrian share; the exact count of 32,825 pedestrians killed in 2022 is from the report's Table 4.4 (persons killed by road-user category).
Source: Road Accidents in India 2022 - Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH)(checked 2026-07-18)
And when we do it
At a marked crossing the drivers expect you - so the one place you're most visible is also the safest place to step out.
You couldn't have known. Now you do.