Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Road Accidents: Nearly 27,000 Deaths Reported in Six Months
In the first six months of 2025, almost 27,000 people died in accidents on the National Highways.
This information was shared with the government by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
A lot of accidents also happened in 2024.
To try and make roads safer, the government is putting in systems called ATMS on busy highways.
These systems use technology to help find accidents quickly and get help there faster.
They also check the safety of highways.
Road safety is being checked on a large part of the highways to improve safety.
Nearly 27,000 fatalities occurred in road accidents on National Highways in the first half of 2025.
The data was presented to the Rajya Sabha by the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister.
In 2024, there were 52,609 fatal accidents on National Highways.
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) are being installed on high-traffic National Highways and Expressways.
Road safety audits have been conducted on 1,12,561 km of National Highways in the past three years.
- Who
- Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
- What
- Fatalities in road accidents on National Highways.
- When
- First six months of 2025 and the year 2024.
- Where
- National Highways.
- Why
- To inform the Parliament about the number of deaths in road accidents and actions to mitigate them.
- Fatalities (First half of 2025)
- 26,770
- Fatal Accidents (2024)
- 52,609
- Minister
- Nitin Gadkari
- System
- Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS)
- Highways Audited
- 1,12,561 km