The report was prepared under the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' zero fatalities initiative and finalised after a joint inspection on 4 February. The team included senior traffic police, the regional transport authority, the motor vehicle department and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials. The six locations surveyed were Jharsa Chowk, Atlas Chowk, Iffco Chowk, Panchgaon, Sector 33 and Khoh.

Four of these spots, Iffco, Atlas, Khoh and Sector 33, were identified as accident-prone, with six to seven deaths recorded over three years. The report found exposed hard objects along road shoulders, unsafe bus stops, poor lighting and a complete absence of pedestrian walkways at these locations.

Wrong-side driving was recorded at five of the six stretches and overspeeding was rampant across all of them. Illegal parking on road shoulders was observed at Jharsa, Khoh and Panchgaon.

A senior official from the District Road Safety Committee said, "NHAI site engineers have been tasked with demarcating all hard roadside objects within 2.4 m of shoulders, installing warning signs and speed humps in school and hospital zones, and introducing retro-reflective markings, reflective tapes, chevron markings, and road studs."

A senior NHAI official said safety audits and survey work are underway before the monsoon. "AI-powered dashcam analytics for 360° monitoring of signage to identify gaps in road areas is also being carried out. Data visualisation reports identifying damaged patches and untreated median gaps are submitted to project implementation units for timely improvements," the official said.

Traffic police figures show NH-48 recorded 233 accidents and 127 fatalities in 2025, down slightly from 247 accidents and 150 deaths in 2024.

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