Gadkari 'Road Deaths on National Highways Fall 4 pc in 2025'

Fatalities due to accidents on national highways reduced for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of such deaths falling by 4 per cent to 62,122 in 2025, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that accident fatalities on national highways were 64,772 and 63,112 in 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In 2025, the



number of road accidents went up by 5.30 per cent to over 5.13 lakh, resulting in deaths of 21 persons every hour. 

A total of 5,13,563 road accidents have been reported by police departments of states and Union Territories across the country during the calendar year 2025, claiming 1,83,382 lives, Gadkari said. While the total number of road accidents on NHs in 2025 was at 1,43,526, the figure stood at 77,234 this year as on July 27, the minister said.