Rescue 1122 Punjab Emergencies: 6,867 a Day, 1,352 Road Crashes, and Every District's Total Since 2004

Those figures come from the Emergency Services Department, the Punjab government body that runs Rescue 1122. It publishes two tables on rescue.gov.pk: an average day, and a district by district total since the service began. We went through both and set them out below, with what they mean for you.

The short version: most 1122 calls in Punjab are not crashes or fires. Two in every three are medical. And Lahore alone accounts for nearly a quarter of all road accidents the service has attended.

Rescue 1122 Punjab attends 6,867 emergencies on an average day

On an average day Rescue 1122 Punjab attends 6,867 emergencies, with 4,403 people recorded as minor cases, 3,311 as serious and 201 as dead. Medical emergencies are 4,597 of the total, about 67%, and road crashes 1,352, about 20%.

The minor, serious and dead columns count people, not calls, so one crash with three injured adds three. That is why the miscellaneous row shows more minor cases than calls. Delivery cases are almost all marked serious: 171 of 178.

Medical calls, not crashes, are most of the work

Medical calls are 4,597 of the 6,867 daily emergencies, and they carry 169 of the 201 daily deaths. Medical means illness rather than injury, at home, at work or in the street. Road crashes are second, with 1,352 a day and 681 serious injuries.

This matters for how you call. A medical call is still an emergency, and 1122 is the right number. Have the patient's age, condition and exact address ready before you dial. Learning basic CPR also helps in the minutes before the ambulance arrives; Rescue 1122 runs a free course, described in how to learn CPR in Punjab.

Fires are far fewer, 79 a day, and most need no ambulance at all, which is why so few people are recorded. Drowning and building collapse are rare, about 3 a day each, but they are the deadliest per call.

Lahore has 1.19 million of Punjab's 5.23 million road accidents since 2004

From 10 October 2004 to 31 October 2026, Rescue 1122 attended 5,234,822 road accidents in Punjab. Lahore had 1,190,874 of them, about 23%. Faisalabad followed with 454,533 and Multan with 354,735, the service's district table shows.

Here is every district in the Emergency Services Department's table, sorted by total emergency calls.

Districts did not all start in 2004. Rescue 1122 began on 14 October 2004 as a pilot in Lahore and was later set up in all 37 districts of Punjab, the service says. So a smaller total can mean a later start as well as fewer emergencies.

Sialkot is the only district with more road accidents than medical calls

In every other district medical calls are ahead of crashes. Sialkot is the exception, with 144,841 road accidents against 141,457 medical calls. Crashes are about 41% of all calls in Sialkot, 40% in Lahore, 38% in Gujrat and 34% in Kasur. In Attock, Bhakkar and DG Khan they are under 15%.

For a driver or rider, that means the GT Road belt from Lahore to Gujrat and Sialkot is where 1122 deals with crashes most often relative to other calls. If you are in a crash, what to do after a road accident sets out the first steps: call 1122, do not move an injured person unless there is fire, and photograph the scene.

How to call Rescue 1122 in Punjab and what to tell them

Dial 1122 from any phone in any of Punjab's 37 districts. Give the exact place first, then what happened and how many people are hurt. Stay on the line until the call taker ends the call, and keep the phone free afterwards.

1. Dial 1122. On most phones you can use the emergency dialler without unlocking the screen.
2. Say the district and exact place: road, nearest landmark, house or plot number.
3. Say what happened: crash, fire, collapse, heart attack, delivery.
4. Say how many people are hurt and whether anyone is unconscious or not breathing.
5. Answer every question, then keep the line free so the team can call you back.

For complaints or a lost item in a Rescue vehicle, Punjab has a separate number, 1192, covered in Rescue 1122 Punjab numbers. Never use 1122 for a complaint; it keeps the line busy for someone in danger.

Common questions

How many emergencies does Rescue 1122 Punjab handle a day?

An average of 6,867, the Emergency Services Department's statistics page shows, with 201 people recorded dead.

How many road accidents does Rescue 1122 attend in Punjab each day?

An average of 1,352 road traffic crashes a day, with 681 people seriously injured and 14 dead.

Which Punjab district has the most road accidents?

Lahore, with 1,190,874 road accidents attended from October 2004 to 31 October 2026.

How many emergencies has Rescue 1122 Punjab handled since 2004?

19,667,900 emergency calls up to 31 October 2026, with 21,611,649 patients rescued.

Does Rescue 1122 cover every district of Punjab?

Yes. The service began in Lahore in October 2004 and now runs in all 37 districts of Punjab, it says.

What is the most common emergency in Punjab?

Medical emergencies, about 4,597 a day, or two in every three calls.

How we verified this

What we checked and where we read it.

We read both tables on the Emergency Services Department (Rescue 1122) website on 14 November 2026: the Average Emergencies Per Day page and the Overall Performance page, which covers 10/10/2004 to 31/10/2026. The average page does not say which period the average covers. In its table the miscellaneous row lists more minor cases (1,052) than calls (188), and the fires and animal rescue rows record very few people, as shown. The performance table spells the districts Gujranawala and Jehlum. Percentages and the per district crash shares are our own arithmetic. The October 2004 Lahore pilot and the 37 districts are from the department's Ambulance Service page.