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Transportation is vital for overall development of country but in India it is very critical problem because every year with increase in population, traffic volume also increases on road. Unfortunately, inadequate attention to safety several people loss of live, wealth and health. Here, a survey is performed on past road accidents for a selected stretch of Saharanpur-Yamuna Nagar-Pipli-Kurukshetra road at state highway 6 passing through Kurukshetra city from Pipli to 3rd Gate of Kurukshetra university for last 6 years from year 2007 to 2012 in Kurukshetra (state Haryana, India).After analysis of data various indices like Accident prone areas, Accident severity index, Total number of accidents, Total number of male, female and children involved in these road accidents, Peak hour time of accident and type of vehicle involved in road accident have been studied. Depending upon that accident prone areas are highlighted and suggestions for required provisions are provided to reduce the number of accidents in accident prone areas.