Guwahati, Sept. 1 -- Assam has emerged as the epicenter of road accidents in the Northeast, registering 36,800 cases between 2019 and 2023, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' latest report.

The state's grim record highlights a growing safety crisis, with fatalities rising 10.1% between 2022 and 2023.

In 2023 alone, Assam reported 7,421 road accidents an increase over the previous year's 7,023 and 3,296 deaths, placing it among the top contributors to the region's road toll.

The state had earlier logged 3,208 fatalities in 2019, 2,629 in 2020, and 3,036 in 2021, underscoring a stubbornly high fatality burden.

Tripura, with 577 accidents, ranked a distant second in the Northeast, followed by Manipur (398). While m...