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- Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha that over-speeding caused 82,124 road accidents in India in 2025, about 16 per cent of all crashes.
- Total reported accidents rose 5.3 per cent to over 5.13 lakh, killing 1,83,382 people, with Tamil Nadu recording the most accidents and Uttar Pradesh the most fatalities.
- He also shared that EV penetration has grown from 0.71 per cent in FY 2019-20 to 8.26 per cent in FY 2025-26.
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- Full-year 2026 accident data, given 2,85,770 accidents were reported in just the first six months of 2026
- Measures taken against over-speeding, wrong-side driving and other violations highlighted in Parliament
- Further growth in EV penetration as tracked in VAHAN data
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