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The Centre and state governments were hoping to maintain the downward trend in the number of road accident deaths. In 2018, India had fewer road accidents but more fatal ones The increase in road fatalities comes as bad news considering that in 2017 the country had registered a 3% decrease in road deaths, from 1.51 lakh in 2016 to 1.48 lakh. LUCKNOW: UP is making news for bad reasons. It is about road deaths that have put the state on top.Road deaths in India increased to nearly 1.49 lakh in 2018 showing a rise of 0.6% with UP registering maximum spike in fatalities, reports Dipak Dash.While the country’s largest state saw an increase of over 2,000 deaths last year as compared to 2017, Tamil Nadu recorded the maximum decline.The increase in fatalities comes as bad news considering that in 2017 the country saw a 3% drop in road deaths..