Cyberabad reports decline in fatal road accidents, rise in overall collisions in 2025

In 2025, Cyberabad saw fatal road accidents decline to 803, but non-fatal crashes rose. Two-wheelers accounted for most deaths, while pedestrian fatalities increased. Drunken driving cases fell, jail penalties surged, and traffic enforcement collected Rs 239 crore.

Hyderabad: Road safety indicators showed mixed trends in Cyberabad Police Commissionerate in 2025, with fatal road accidents declining but overall accidents and enforcement increasing.

According to the official data, fatal road accidents dropped from 856 in 2024 to 803 in 2025, a reduction of over six per cent. However, non-fatal accidents rose sharply from 2,281 to 2,827, while non-injury accidents increased from 692 to 978, indicating higher traffic density and minor crashes.

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Meanwhile, two-wheeler motorists have continued to account for the largest share of deaths with 52.8 per cent in 2025, though slightly lower than 55.9 per cent in 2024. Pedestrian fatalities increased proportionally to 33.5 per cent in 2025 from 31.5 per cent in 2024, underlining vulnerability of walkers. Deaths involving heavy vehicles rose to 4.8 per cent in 2025.

Officials said self-accidents and driving errors declined this year, while ‘other reasons’ surged to nearly 64 per cent of deaths, suggesting factors such as road conditions, speeding, and mixed traffic. Fatalities due to drunken driving and wrong-side driving also showed a decline.

Drunken Driving (DD) cases fell from 18,959 in 2024 to 15,706 in 2025, but jail sentences rose sharply from 32 to 385, and fine-plus-social service penalties were introduced in 422 cases.

Traffic enforcement intensified in 2025 with over 10.27 lakh contact challans and 25.93 lakh e-challans, imposing penalties of Rs 239.37 crore, more than double the Rs 111.81 crore collected in 2024.