Kolkata: In 2025, 486 persons out of 1,984 road accident victims of the city were injured on the roads of the city due to road accidents involving four-wheelers. That is roughly 24.5% or close to one-fourth of all accident victims in the city. This includes both fatal and non-fatal accident victims.Another 23% (458 persons) were victims of road accidents caused due to two-wheelers and 13% (261 persons) were due to buses. This is the first time, in years, reminded cops when number of bus accidents fell even as those by cars and two-wheelers went up.This was revealed in the Annual Traffic Review report that was released by Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand at Lalbazar on Tuesday.Overall, fatalities in 2025 were lower than both 2023-24. In 2025, there were 154 fatal accident deaths. In comparison, 191 fatal deaths were recorded in 2024 and 159 in 2023. In 2018, there were 294 fatalities. In 2022, this went down to 185. However, total injuries saw a significant jump to 1984 from 1724 in 2024 and 1754 in 2023.According to this report, among the 159 who died in fatal accidents, 79 were pedestrians. In 2023, 72 deaths involved pedestrians.Sept was the worst month in 2025 just like in 2024 that heralds the start of festivities. It is also the time that maximum outsiders visit the city. As many as 18 persons lost their lives in Sept 2025 as compared to 14 in each month between April and July. Sept also recorded 171 non-fatal injuries. Though Aug was the safest as far as fatalities were concerned (5 dead and 183 injured), overall March was the safest with 10 fatalities and 130 non-fatal accidents.The highest number of fatalities reported in the city was between 10 am to 11 am with 113 non-fatal injuries and 8 deaths. While 12 people lost their lives between 9 pm and 10 pm, another 78 non-fatal accidents were reported in same time. There were also 10 deaths reported between 9 am and 10 am and another 108 non-fatal accidents during the same time.Roads on which buses and trucks have maximum access consistently rank in the most accident prone roads. The Diamond Harbour Road, Basanti Highway, Strand Road and CGR Road consistently, therefore, rank in the top six of the most fatal accident prone zones.A total of 26,785 two-wheeler riders were booked for rash riding along with 7,476 private car drivers and 5,814 bus drivers. Cops also booked 57 ambulance drivers for rough driving.“This data helps us to assess the past year and plan for the aspirations that we have a better future. Some efforts that were implemented since 2025 are already bearing fruit this year. We hope for cooperation from citizens as we will keep reviewing our own performances and strive to make traffic movement even better in the city,” said DCP (traffic) Sambhav Jain.
