Table: J&K road deaths, 2021 to 2025 Category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total All roads (fatalities) 774 805 893 831 984 4,287 National Highways (fatalities) NA 259 294 271 431 1,255 Pedestrian fatalities (all roads) 101 131 158 144 477 1,011 NA: NH-wise data for 2021 was not part of that reply, which covered 2022 to 2026 Srinagar, Jul 30: A total of 4,287 people were killed in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir between 2021 and 2025, according to data tabled by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in two separate replies in the Lok Sabha this week, with National Highways alone accounting for 1,255 of these deaths, nearly 30 per cent of the total. The overall five-year toll was given by Union Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari in response to a question by Shyamkumar Daulat Barve on road accidents, fatalities and road safety across all categories of roads. A separate reply to a question by Naveen Jindal and Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi, focused specifically on National Highways, showed that 1,255 of the 4,287 deaths occurred on NH stretches over the same period, with the remainder on state highways, district roads and other categories.