Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Telangana Targets Road Deaths Across Seven High-Risk Districts
Road crashes kill more than 7,000 people in Telangana each year, according to the state police chief.
Officials have chosen seven districts for special road-safety work.
They identified 48 dangerous road corridors and many other spots where crashes or traffic violations occur.
Some locations had four or more recorded deaths.
Officials want to study why crashes happen in each place.
Their plan includes teaching people about safety, fixing road problems, enforcing traffic rules and helping injured people quickly.
They also want every crash and injury recorded in online systems.
Their goal is to prevent road deaths.
Telangana DGP C.V. Anand says more than 7,000 people die in road crashes in the state annually, ranking it seventh nationally.
Officials identified 48 critical accident corridors across seven districts and set a zero-fatality target.
Plans based on e-DAR data from 2024 and 2025 also flag 230 locations with four or more recorded fatalities.
The action plans identify 220 traffic-violation locations and 183 pedestrian accident hotspots.
Authorities will use education, engineering, enforcement and emergency support, while improving accident data collection and medical response.
- Who
- Telangana DGP C.V. Anand, Transport Commissioner K. Ilambarithi, officials from seven districts and other participants.
- What
- Authorities reviewed road-safety plans, identified accident-prone locations and set a zero-fatality target.
- When
- The video conference was held on Wednesday; the article also says the plans use e-DAR data from 2024 and 2025.
- Where
- Telangana, focusing on Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Sangareddy, Hanamkonda, Warangal and Jangaon.
- Why
- To reduce road crashes and fatalities through targeted measures based on accident data and local causes.
- Annual road deaths in India
- More than 1.75 lakh, according to C.V. Anand.
- Annual road deaths in Telangana
- More than 7,000; the state ranks seventh nationally, according to Anand.
- Districts targeted
- Seven: Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Sangareddy, Hanamkonda, Warangal and Jangaon.
- Critical corridors
- 48 identified across the seven districts.
- Priority-1 locations
- 230 locations where four or more fatalities were recorded.
- Other flagged locations
- 220 traffic-violation locations and 183 critical pedestrian accident spots.
- Road-safety approach
- Education, Engineering, Enforcement and Emergency Support (the 4E approach).
- Next presentation
- The state’s initiatives and action plan are due to be presented at a meeting in Chennai on November 3.