One source of truth built on MoRTH's official “Road Accidents in India” data — so government, industry and society act on the same numbers across every state and UT.
Not in the top 10 states by road deaths in 2024.
+15.1%
vs baseline
The Government's stated goal is to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030 (Stockholm Declaration · SDG 3.6). Measured from 2021 — the start of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety — deaths have instead risen 15.1%, from 1,53,972 to 1,77,175 in 2024.
The fatality trend since 2021 and a state-by-state map of 2024 deaths, from MoRTH's official annual reports.
Persons killed per calendar year, all states & UTs
Reading the trendDeaths have risen every year since 2021, reaching a record 1,77,175 in 2024. Figures reported to Parliament in July 2026 put 2025 at about 1.83 lakh (provisional).
Relative to the highest (Uttar Pradesh = 100)
The states with the most road deaths in 2024 — where targeted intervention saves the most lives. The badge shows the change from 2023.
| Rank | State / UT | Deaths (2024) | Share of top-10 | Change vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 24,118 | 18.5% | Up |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 18,449 | 14.1% | Up |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 15,715 | 12.0% | Up > 2% |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 14,791 | 11.3% | Up > 2% |
| 5 | Karnataka | 12,390 | 9.5% | Up |
| 6 | Rajasthan | 11,790 | 9.0% | Up |
| 7 | Bihar | 9,347 | 7.2% | Up > 2% |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | 8,346 | 6.4% | Up > 2% |
| 9 | Telangana | 7,949 | 6.1% | Up > 2% |
| 10 | Gujarat | 7,717 | 5.9% | Down |
Two lenses on preventability — the behaviours behind crashes, and the road users who pay the highest price.
Speeding dominatesOver-speeding accounted for 70.3% of road deaths in 2024 (1,24,522 lives) — the single largest, and most preventable, factor.
46.2%
Two-wheeler riders & pillions
Riders bear the bruntTwo-wheeler users were 46.2% of road deaths in 2024 (81,780), and 54,122 people died not wearing a helmet.
All national and state figures come from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' official “Road Accidents in India” reports (Transport Research Wing), built on police-recorded data — the 2024 edition was released in June 2026. Totals are calendar-year. Violation and road-user shares are MoRTH's shares of persons killed. The 3.14%-of-GDP cost is the DIMTS / TRIPP-IIT Delhi estimate cited by MoRTH in Parliament.
Last harmonised: MoRTH RAI 2024 · released Jun 2026 · Next refresh when MoRTH publishes “Road Accidents in India 2025”.
See MoRTH's latest black-spot status — 13,795 locations identified on National Highways — report a dangerous stretch yourself, and open the official “Road Accidents in India 2024” report behind Live Data.
