New Delhi, April 6 : A total of 25,507 people were killed in road accidents on national highways crisscrossing Uttar Pradesh between 2018 and 2020, a data showed. The data issued by the on Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in response to a question in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, showed 8,818 lives were lost in 2018; in 2019 it was 8,830 and 7,859 in 2020. During these years, a total of 46,074 road accidents were reported on highways across the state. In 2018, 16,198 road accidents were reported and 16,181 in 2019, the data showed. The number of road accidents reported in 2020 was less as compared to the previous two years. A total of 13,695 cases were reported in 2020. DS ING