756 people died on J&K's roads up to mid-September 2026. The figure was put on the table at a Road Safety Action Plan review chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo in Srinagar on 5 October, and it is lower than the 1,090 deaths recorded in 2024.
The numbers behind the review
- Accidents: 4,222 in the period reviewed, against a 2024 baseline of 5,808.
- Targets: 600 or fewer deaths by 2027 and 450 by 2030.
- Black spots: 367 identified, 165 audited by central agencies and 68 fully rectified.
- Road Safety Fund: 1,433 roads audited and Rs 11.60 crore released to 15 districts.
- Footpaths and cycle tracks: 135.85 km built, 39.58 km of it by Jammu Municipal Corporation.
- Enforcement: 10.39 lakh e-challans issued this year.
What changes for a young rider or learner
The Transport Commissioner has engaged oil marketing companies to enforce No Helmet, No Fuel for two-wheelers. The article does not say from which date or at which pumps, so check before assuming it applies to you tomorrow.
The Institute of Driver Training and Research (IDTR) at Kot Bhalwal, Jammu, is complete. Under a government-approved partnership with Maruti Suzuki India Limited it is due to start a 45-day commercial driving training curriculum "next month". Fees and eligibility have not been announced.
Who is on the hook
Dulloo directed agencies to give "top priority to the time-bound rectification of identified black spots" and asked District Road Safety Committees, chaired by District Magistrates, to meet every month. Four Traffic Control Units run in Srinagar, Jammu, Ramban and Udhampur, and automated vehicle-fitness testing has replaced manual testing in Jammu and Samba. A first UT-wide audit covered 15 Level-III trauma centres, eight of them in Jammu, and 906 victims have used cashless treatment under PM-RAHAT and Rah-Veer.
For a city-level view, see our earlier piece Jammu's road numbers, explained.
Sources: Greater Kashmir, 6 October 2026.
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