Chandigarh, May 18 -- A detailed analysis of 27 fatal road crashes across Chandigarh between January and March 2025 has exposed a pattern of infrastructural neglect, poor traffic management and blatant safety violations at several high-density locations in the city.

The assessment, based on FIRs and site inspections by Chandigarh Traffic Police, points to critical gaps, such as broken medians, unmarked Zebra crossings, pothole-ridden roads, overgrown vegetation blocking sight lines, missing traffic-calming measures and illegal encroachments - all contributing to fatal incidents that were largely preventable.

The report, procured by RTI activist RK Garg, revealed that the city witnessed 30 fatal cases till April 30, claiming 32 lives, co...