Lucknow, Dec. 30 -- As Uttar Pradesh prepares to observe National Road Safety Month from January 1, fresh official data indicates that 2025 all is set to end up being the deadliest year on the state's roads in the recent past.

District-wise figures compiled from January till November by the transport department show an unprecedented spike in fatalities, with road accident deaths rising by 14.1% over the same period last year, a rare double-digit increase after years of relatively decreased or single-digit growth.

A total 24, 776 people were killed in road accidents from January to November this year. As many as 21,710 people died in road accidents in the corresponding period of the previous year. There were 3,066 more deaths this year t...