Kathmandu, Oct 25: Surkhet has recorded the highest number of road accidents and fatalities among the 10 districts of Karnali Province.
According to records for the fiscal year 2025/26 maintained by the Karnali Province Police Office in Surkhet, 37 people, including 24 men, nine women and four boys, died in road accidents in the district.
Rukumpashchim recorded 22 deaths, including 12 men, four women, two boys and four girls, while 21 people, including 17 men, three women and one boy, died in road accidents in Salyan, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Ram Prasad Gharti Magar of the provincial police office.
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Similarly, 13 people, including 11 men, one woman and one girl, died in Kalikot. Dailekh recorded 12 deaths, including eight men, three women and one boy, while nine people, including seven men, one woman and one boy, died in Jajarkot.
Eight people, including five men, one woman, one boy and one girl, died in road accidents in Humla. Jumla recorded four deaths, including three men and one boy. Six men died in Dolpa, while three men died in Mugu, Gharti said.
Road accidents also left 1,195 people injured in Surkhet during the fiscal year, including 713 men, 300 women, 115 boys and 67 girls.
Rukumpashchim recorded 262 injuries, including 141 men, 62 women, 33 boys and 26 girls. Salyan reported 202 injured people, including 97 men, 59 women, 23 boys and 23 girls. Dailekh recorded 200 injuries, including 119 men, 60 women, 14 boys and seven girls, according to the police.
Similarly, 126 people were injured in Jajarkot, including 59 men, 37 women, 15 boys and 15 girls. Kalikot recorded 96 injuries, including 56 men, 26 women, nine boys and five girls.
Jumla reported 84 injured people, including 45 men, 21 women, eight boys and 10 girls. Dolpa recorded 56 injuries, including 39 men, nine women, six boys and two girls. In Humla, 54 people, including 33 men, 17 women, two boys and two girls, were injured.
Mugu recorded the lowest number of injuries, with 30 people affected, including 17 men, seven women, three boys and three girls, the Karnali Province Police Office said.