Suhail Khan

Srinagar, Dec 10 : The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has recorded 28,510 road accidents, resulting in 4,031 fatalities, over the five-year period from 2020 to 2024. This official data, presented to Parliament on Wednesday, reveals a severe road safety crisis in the union territory.

According to figures accessed by Kashmir Convener, the annual toll has remained alarmingly high, with excessive speed consistently emerging as the primary killer.

The accident count rose from 4,860 in 2020 to a peak of 6,298 in 2023, before a marginal decline to 5,808 last year. Fatalities followed a similar trajectory, increasing from 728 in 2020 to 893 in 2023, and then dipping to 831 in 2024.

A staggering 27,195 accidents—over 95% of the total—were directly attributed to over-speed

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