India, Dec. 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir recorded 28,510 road accidents and 4,031 deaths over the last five years, official data presented in Parliament has revealed, highlighting a persistent road safety crisis across the Union Territory, according to a report from Srinagar.

The figures show that road accidents in J&K rose steadily from 4,860 in 2020 to 5,452 in 2021 and 6,092 in 2022, before peaking at 6,298 in 2023. The number of crashes declined slightly to 5,808 in 2024.

Fatalities followed a similar trend, increasing from 728 deaths in 2020 to 774 in 2021 and 805 in 2022, and reaching a five-year high of 893 in 2023. In 2024, the death toll dipped marginally to 831.

Over-speeding emerged as the single largest cause of both accidents a...