High number of fatalities on National Highways in Mangaluru due to poor road conditions and lack of safety measures.
The three National Highways in and around the city have claimed the lives of 188 people from 2023 to June 15, 2025, and 86% of these deaths (162) occurred on the 43-km stretch of the Kochi-Panvel NH 66 alone, according to the data provided by the city police.
Pedestrians constitute more than one-third of the road accident victims, that is 72, in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate limits, and the number of pedestrians who died on NH 66 is 63, during this period.
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