Tamil Nadu recorded 71,387 road accidents and 18,505 deaths in 2025, according to figures tabled in Parliament.
The State recorded the highest number of road accidents in the country for the fourth consecutive year.
At the same time, Tamil Nadu’s fatality-to-accident ratio was 25.9%, below the corresponding ratio in several other large States.
The figures point to two distinct policy questions: why the State continues to record such a high absolute number of crashes, and whether existing emergency response and road-safety systems are limiting the proportion of crashes that become fatal.
The accident count makes road design, enforcement, vehicle safety and driver behaviour continuing public-policy concerns.
