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Kashmir: Road accidents kill 46% more people than armed conflict in 13 yrs

Since 2004, vehicles have killed 46% more people in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) than armed violence

Kashmir: Road accidents kill 46% more people than armed conflict in 13 yrs
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A man who was injured after a bus he was travelling in skidded off a mountain road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Photo: Reuters

Athar Parvaiz | IndiaSpend
Since 2004, vehicles have killed 46% more people–including civilians, security forces and militants–in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) than armed violence, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of state police and Indian home ministry data.

Source: J&K Traffic Police

More civilians have died in traffic accidents in the 13 years since 2004 than in armed conflict in twice as many years (since it began in 1989-90), as per records from the J&K Traffic Police and the central Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)