India, Sept. 29 -- LUCKNOW Repeated safety training and bus inspections have not resulted in a sustained reduction in accidents involving Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses, with crashes involving corporation-operated buses rising from nearly 480 in 2021-22 to 590 in 2025-26, according to UPSRTC data.

The rise has been accompanied by an increase in fatalities. As many as 450 people were killed in accidents involving UPSRTC buses in 2025-26, the highest annual toll in five years. A total of 437 people died in 2024-25, 408 in 2023-24, 391 in 2022-23 and 318 in 2021-22.

The number of fatal accidents also rose from 290 in 2021-22 to 380 in 2025-26.

The corporation has undertaken training on 12 safety-related poin...