New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, continues to remain the worst affected by road crashes, with the death toll reaching 24,118 in the previous calendar year as partial details of 2024 were published by the government for the first time on Wednesday in Parliament.

UP's share of the death toll for the entire country remained almost unchanged at 13.61% for 2024 when compared with 13.67% for the period from 2020 to 2023. The trends remain unchanged in the other worst-affected states, such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan accounted for 55% of all road crashes in 2024, compared to 54.42% during 2020 to 2023.

While it remains the worst affected in real numbers, UP saw the le...