India records nearly 5 lakh accidents and another 1.80 lakh fatalities annually due to road accidents, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday, stressing that changing public behaviour and enforcing traffic laws remain the country’s biggest challenges in improving road safety. Speaking at the 3rd National Conclave on Road Safety in New Delhi, Gadkari said overspeeding alone accounts for about 120,000 deaths each year, while failure to wear helmets causes over 54,000 fatalities and not using seat belts leads to more than 14,000 deaths.