Overview

• From June 18 to 20, a series of at least nine collisions across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi killed over 30 people and injured dozens more.
• In Bulandshahr on June 18, a family’s car veered into a culvert, overturned and ignited, burning five occupants and critically injuring a 15-year-old survivor when the driver reportedly dozed off.
• Also on June 18, an out-of-control vehicle in Agra crushed four morning walkers, and in Pune a speeding car ploughed into a parked truck on the Jejuri–Morgaon road, killing nine people.
• Subsequent incidents included a Rajgarh SUV crash that claimed four family members, an auto-rickshaw fire in Muzaffarpur that killed one, a cruiser-jeep collision on the Samruddhi Expressway killing two, and a speeding Audi in Delhi injuring three.
• Two head-on collisions near Pinjore on June 20 added two more fatalities, underscoring persistent risks from speeding, fatigue and substandard road conditions.