Madhya Pradesh Roads Claim 65,289 Lives Due To Overspeeding In 6 Years, 12,818 Deaths In 2025 Alone
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Overspeeding continues to remain the biggest threat on the state's roads even as there has been considerable improvement in controlling other traffic violations. The data for 2020-25 compiled by PTRI shows that while accidents linked to jumping red lights and mobile-phone use have fallen sharply, accidents, fatalities and injuries caused by overspeeding have continued to…
Madhya Pradesh's roads have claimed the lives of 65,289 individuals over the past six years due to overspeeding, with 12,818 fatalities reported in 2025 alone, according to the PTRI data. This issue has become the most serious concern, as overspeeding is responsible for more crashes, deaths, and injuries than other traffic violations such as wrong-side driving, drunk driving, red light jumping, or mobile phone use.
In 2025, overspeeding contributed to 46,904 accidents, resulting in 12,818 fatalities and 49,204 injuries. This marked an increase from 2023, where there were 44,592 overspeeding accidents, 11,380 fatalities, and 44,279 injuries. In stark contrast to 2023, overspeeding accidents rose by 2,312, fatalities by 438, and injuries by 4,925.
Drunk driving cases have shown minimal improvement, with a slight increase in accidents (1,209 to 1,213), fatalities (219 to 271), and injuries (1,374 to 1,473) between 2023 and 2025. Mobile phone use while driving accidents have also decreased significantly, dropping from 821 in 2023 to 488 in 2025, with corresponding reductions in fatalities (185 to 112) and injuries (1,176 to 527).
Similar declines were observed in red light jumping accidents (from 33 in 2023 to 12 in 2025) and wrong-side driving incidents (from 3,756 in 2023 to 3,269 in 2025).
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