GT Karnal road saw fatal accidents rise 59% in 2011 from 2010. Does it mean that this road is bloodiest of all Delhi Roads?

This analysis has been presented by the Times of India, a prominent daily newapaper of India.

As per the data published by the Times of India on 5th January, 2012, the change reported for number of accidents for the Delhi roads is as below.  It has been highlighted that The GT Karnal road is bloodiest.  Probably, this has been reported because the percent change for this road had been highest from 2010 to 2011.  Following this data analysis, GT Road would have been the next bloodies road in Delhi as the percentage change is 22.9, whereas for others it is not even positive. 

Road	2010*	2011*	% Change
Ring Road	210	198	-5.7
Outer Ring Road	125	123	-1.6
GT Karnal Road (NH-1)	70	111	+58.6
Rohtak Road	90	74	-17.8
Mathura Road	68	48	-29.4
GT Road	35	43	+22.9
NH-8	45	37	-17.8
MB Road	42	32	-23.8
Najafgarh Road	42	27	-35.7
Wazirabad Road	33	26	-21.2

* Number of Fatal Accidents.

 As could be seen from the table above, that in 2011, it is the Ring Road which has reported to have  198 fatal accidents, whereas GT Karnal Road (NH-1) had 111 (much less) fatal accidents comparatively. How can the GT Karnal road be bloodiest?  It may be mentioned that as per the given data, the most accident prone roads in Delhi are Ring Road followed by Outer Ring Road.   It may be worth mentioning that the ratio of number of fatal accidents and the length of the road is important to consider for making such an comparative analysis. In the absence of these, one can not conclude the one which has been highlighted in the daily. Such presentations only create wrong impressions in the mind of users of the roads. The concern is definitely the percent change in the number of accidents for NH-1 and GT Road and the corrections needed should be noted and implemented by the road administrators.