India, Aug. 3 -- India is among the countries that see an alarmingly high number of road accidents and related fatalities every year. According to data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), in 2025, road accidents in India surged significantly by 5.3% to 513,563, claiming the lives of 183,382 people. This means every hour, 21 people across India died due to road crashes and every day, 502 people died in the country due to road accidents. Now, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has stated that over-speeding caused 82,124 road accidents in India in 2025, accounting for around 16% of all road crashes in the country last year.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Gadkari said driving...