Time Thieves

Fleeting moments are snatching away lifetimes. A cruel clock is depriving us of precious years. A silent stealer is robbing away our decades in a matter of seconds. An unforgiving shadow is leaving our loved ones in the tragic saga of decades of unseen tears. Years of dreams are gone with the wind. The eternal echoes are swiping away our dull today’s search for our exciting tomorrow. The time’s cruelty is taking a heartbreaking toll on our families. The time thieves are stealing bittersweet remembrances through our unlived chapters. All it takes for lives to get cut short is just one bad moment.

Around 14,000 dead in 15 years, 1.20 lakh injured

In a decade and a half, 13,943 persons lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir while 1,19,560 persons were injured, many among them critically, in 87,697 .

Year 2024 (January to September)

Lives Lost: 621, Injuries: 6122, Accidents: 4457, Fatal Accidents: 497, Non-fatal Accidents: 3960

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Year 2023

Lives Lost: 893, Injuries: 8469, Accidents: 6298, Fatal Accidents: 730, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5568,

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Year 2022

Lives Lost: 805, Injuries: 8372, Accidents: 6092, Fatal Accidents: 654, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5438

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Year 2021

Lives Lost: 774, Injuries: 6972, Accidents: 5452, Fatal Accidents: 642, Non-Fatal Accidents: 4810

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Year 2020

Lives Lost: 728, Injuries: 5894, Accidents: 4860, Fatal Accidents: 623, Non-Fatal Accidents: 4237

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Year 2019

Lives Lost: 996, Injuries: 7532, Accidents: 5796, Fatal Accidents: 762, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5034

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Year 2018

Lives Lost: 984, Injuries: 7845, Accidents: 5978, Fatal Accidents: 809, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5169

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Year 2017

Lives Lost: 926, Injuries: 7419, Accidents: 5624, Fatal Accidents: 760, Non-Fatal Accidents: 4864

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Year 2016

Lives Lost: 958, Injuries: 7677, Accidents: 5501, Fatal Accidents: 734, Non-Fatal Accidents: 4767

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Year 2015

Lives Lost: 917, Injuries: 8142, Accidents: 5836, Fatal Accidents: 749, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5087

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Year 2014

Lives Lost: 992, Injuries: 8043, Accidents: 5861, Fatal Accidents: 886, Non-Fatal Accidents: 4975

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Year 2013

Lives Lost: 990, Injuries: 8681, Accidents: 6469, Fatal Accidents: 808, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5661

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Year 2012

Lives Lost: 1165, Injuries: 9755, Accidents: 6709, Fatal Accidents: 863, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5846

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Year 2011

Lives Lost: 1121, Injuries: 9994, Accidents: 6644, Fatal Accidents: 840, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5804

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Year 2010

Lives Lost: 1073, Injuries: 8655, Accidents: 6120, Fatal Accidents: 833, Non-Fatal Accidents: 5287

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More Dangerous Than Conflict

In 2017, IndiaSpend carried an analysis of J&K Police and Union Home Ministry data since 2004 and found out 46 percent more people had died in road accidents in Kashmir than in armed violence.

Most of these accidents occurred on the National Highway connecting Kashmir, PirPanjal region, and Chenab Valley.

The analysis found that an accident in J&K had a 64 percent chance of causing death against 36.4 percent for all of India.

J&K also topped the list of high accidental death-prone areas in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) survey of 2013.

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Over 1 crore challans registered in 15 years

Data Source: J&K Traffic Police, MoRTH