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A school bus lies at the bottom of a gorge in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. EPA
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The wreckage of a school bus which collided with a car in Amritsar, India. The deadly crash happened in August 2021. Getty Images
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A bus crashed into a pole after its brakes failed in the Indian city of Gurugram. Getty Images
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Indian police at the scene of an accident in which 18 were killed and 25 injured when a speeding truck rammed into an overcrowded double-decker bus in Barabanki. Getty Images
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This car collided with a tractor in New Delhi. Getty Images
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The wreckage of a bus rammed by a speeding container lorry in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. EPA
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The crumpled remains of a bus that crashed on the Delhi-Agra motorway. AFP
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A school bus lies at the bottom of a gorge in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. EPA
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The wreckage of a school bus which collided with a car in Amritsar, India. The deadly crash happened in August 2021. Getty Images
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A bus crashed into a pole after its brakes failed in the Indian city of Gurugram. Getty Images
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Indian police at the scene of an accident in which 18 were killed and 25 injured when a speeding truck rammed into an overcrowded double-decker bus in Barabanki. Getty Images
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This car collided with a tractor in New Delhi. Getty Images
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The wreckage of a bus rammed by a speeding container lorry in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. EPA
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The crumpled remains of a bus that crashed on the Delhi-Agra motorway. AFP
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A school bus lies at the bottom of a gorge in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. EPA
India's roads kill 400 a day - and can leave those left behind penniless
More than 133,000 people were killed in road accidents in 2020
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