Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- The Zirakpur barrier to Hallomajra light point stretch on National Highway-5 turned out to be Chandigarh's deadliest traffic belt in 2025, recording five fatal mishap cases and seven deaths - the highest among the city's five major congestion-prone corridors identified by the UT traffic police.

According to accident data analysed during a workshop to mark the National Road Safety Month, six persons were also injured in mishaps on this stretch. The high fatality-to-accident ratio has led police and traffic experts to flag the corridor for urgent structural intervention rather than piecemeal enforcement.

Why the stretch is turning deadly

Officials attributed the high fatalities to speeding, unsafe merges between sl...