India, July 31 -- India is on course to record a 3.2% decline in road crash deaths in 2026 despite an increase in accidents, according to official data tabled in Parliament on Thursday.

Based on figures available till July 27, around 177,500 (going by the daily average) road fatalities are expected in 2026, down from 183,434 deaths reported in 2025, while total road accidents are estimated to rise 1.3% to about 520,200, compared with 513,474 last year.

Road crash deaths have risen by 25.5% over the past decade, from 146,133 fatalities in 2015 to 183,382 in 2025.

The projections are based on data submitted by the Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) to the Lok Sabha, which showed that India recorded 296,447 road acciden...