New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- Road crash fatalities rose to 177,177 in 2024, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Parliament on Thursday, a number that makes it the worst year in terms of road accidents. Fatalities increased 2.5% from 1,72,890 in 2023; roughly 485 people died every day across India in road accidents in 2024. S Velmurugan, chief scientist and head of the traffic engineering and safety division at the Central Road Research Institute, said India's road crash deaths data corresponds to a trend seen in the global north in previous decades. "India has still not reached the saturation point that many countries hit in the late 1990s," he added. htc...