road accidents

News

ROAD ACCIDENTS NEWS

An uncontrolled dumper hit several vehicles under Harmara Police Station in Jaipur on Monday. Reportedly 10 died in accident. (ANI Photo)

Despite decline in road accidents in states like Gujarat, Haryana, how others, like UP, drove up overall numbers

November 04, 2025 2:59 pm

Data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways show that barring some improvements, the overall annual numbers for 2024 show rising road accidents and fatalities in India.

Four pilgrims among 8 die in road accidents

July 14, 2025 4:46 am

In Greater Noida West, a 55-year-old woman died and her husband was injured after a dumper truck hit their scooter, police said

The two men on the motorcycle were headed to a roadside juice stall at the time of the crash (Image source: @SachinGuptaUP/X)

Watch: SUV in Uttar Pradesh rams into bikers, tosses them 15 feet away

March 04, 2025 1:32 pm

The accident was reported in the Unchahar market area on the Lucknow-Prayagraj National Highway, Raebareli.

It took nearly two hours to pull out the women and the child trapped under the truck with the help of cranes and bulldozers, officials said. Gujarat.

Child, 3 women killed as dumper truck falls on labourers in Gujarat

February 09, 2025 12:10 pm

The dumper tried to make its way through a narrow passage and overturned, falling on a group of labourers engaged in the road construction work, Deputy Superintendent of Police SM Varotariya said.

driving training institutes, road accidents, road accidents in india, Driving Training Centres, Regional Driving Training Centres, Indian express news, current affairs

Govt to develop 1,600 centres to train ‘good drivers’, reduce accidents

February 07, 2025 4:10 am

Officials said that the decision was taken in a two-day meeting with transport ministers and transport secretaries in the first week of January.

Pune Mumbai expressway, Maharashtra State Highway Police

Road accidents at ‘black spots’ came down in Pune last year

January 24, 2025 6:59 pm

Police said measures were taken like entry of heavy vehicles was banned in city limit on Pune–Ahmednagar Road from 7 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 9 pm.

Nearly 700 dead in road accidents in Tripura between 2021-23: state govt

January 17, 2025 9:22 pm

In 2022, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha launched the ‘24x7 National Highway Patrol Vehicle Service’ in the state claiming that it would dramatically reduce highway accidents.

Road Accidents in India: “I had stated that by the end of 2024, we would reduce accidents and fatalities by 50%. However, instead of a reduction, the number of accidents and deaths has increased. This is one area where our department has not achieved success,” he said. (File)

Parliament Winter Session 2024: Nitin Gadkari reveals the top Indian states with highest number of road accidents

December 13, 2024 5:03 pm

Additionally, he mentioned that Delhi is the worst affected city, with over 1,457 deaths, followed by Bengaluru with 915 deaths, and Jaipur with 850 deaths due to road accidents.