India, Oct. 27 -- As many as 524 pedestrians were killed in Delhi till October 15 this year due to road accidents out of which 262 were killed by unknown vehicles, data by the Delhi Traffic Police revealed.

While 262 pedestrians were killed by unknown vehicles, 69 such deaths were caused by private cars, while motorcycles and scooters accounted for 56 pedestrian deaths till October 15. At least 519 fatal crashes involving the deaths of 524 pedestrians were reported during this period, shows the data seen by HT.

Non-fatal road crashes

The national Capital witnessed 1,322 road accidents involving pedestrians, in which 1,518 such people were injured, with unknown vehicles accounting for 429 such accidents, leaving 466 pedestrians injured....