India, Aug. 29 -- Delhi recorded the highest number of road crash fatalities in 2023, with 1,457 deaths from 5,834 road accidents, making it the worst-affected city for two years in a row, according to the latest annual country-wide road accident data published by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.

Bengaluru saw 915 fatalities, which also made it the second-worst-affected city in the country for successive years, and saw a spike in road crash deaths of 19.5% from 772 such deaths recorded in 2022, while deaths in Delhi saw a fractional improvement.

Data showed even the third and fourth worst-affected cities in terms of road crash deaths-Jaipur and Kanpur-continued to hold on to their unenviable positions from 2022. The nu...