ROAD SAFETY IN INDIA
Current status

Geetam Tiwari
MoUD Chair professor, Transportation Research and injury
prevention programme
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI

2nd GIFTS Session November 19, 2016, Tokyo

Road traffic deaths in India 1970 though 2015
(Source: NCRB).
160,000
140,000

Fatali es, number

120,000
100,000
80,00060,00040,00020,00001965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Year

Fatalities per100 thousand population
2014

1996

TAMIL NADU
HIMACHAL PRADESHHARYANA
KARNATAKA
ANDHRA PRADESH*PUNJAB
GOA
D & N HAVELIRAJASTHAN
PONDICHERRYGUJARATMADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
KERALASIKKIM
ORISSAMIZORAMARUNACHAL PRADESH
DELHI (UT)JAMMU & KASHMIR
ASSAMCHANDIGARHUTTAR PRADESH
WEST BENGAL
MANIPUR
MEGHALAYATRIPURADAMAN & DIUUTTARANCHAL
BIHAR
A & N ISLANDSNAGALANDTN, HP,
HY, K, AP
high rates
Uts have
reducedrates
0.0

5.0

10.0
15.0
Fatali es per 100,000 persons

20.025.0

2014

2011

1991

1971

TAMIL NADU
MAHARASHTRAKARNATAKARAJASTHAN
MADHYA PRADESH
ANDHRA PRADESH*
GUJARATTELANGANA*
WEST BENGALHARYANA
BIHAR
PUNJABKERALACHHATTISGARH
ORISSAJHARKHANDASSAM
DELHI (UT)HIMACHAL PRADESH
JAMMU & KASHMIRUTTARANCHAL
GOA
PONDICHERRYTRIPURAMEGHALAYAMANIPUR
CHANDIGARH
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
02,000

4,000

6,000

8,000
10,000 12,000
Number of fatali es

14,00016,00018,000Share of different road user fatalities
Road user
Pedestrian
BicycleMTW
Auto ricksha
Car
Bus
Truck
Other

MoRTH
data
8.8
2.9
29.3
5.1
16.3
8.7
12.3
16.6

Hsaio et al

WHO378203934169434‐
1771316Authors'estimate
33634‐
74115

Estimates of the share of different road user fatalities by MoRTH (TransportResearch Wing, 2015), W.H.O. (W.H.O., 2015), Hsiao, M. et al. (2013) andthe authors of the present reportModal share of road traffic fatalities in four rural
highway locations in India.
Location
Highways (1998)12lane NH8 (2010‐2014)2
24lane NH24 (2010‐2014)
6lane NH1 (2010=2014)2

PedestrianBicycle

32
20
27
34

1125
3

Fatalities by type of road user, per centMotorisedCarBus
two‐wheeler
241534214944
871065Unknown
Truck1413441& other1141Notes: (1) Data from locations on 34 national and state highways in India (Tiwari, G. et al., 2000). (2) Tiwari, G., 2015

Proportion of impacting vehicle type in fatal crashes on
selected highway locations
Location
1Highways (1998)
22lane NH8 (2010‐2014)24lane NH24 (2010‐2014)26lane NH1 (2010=2014)

Truck
65
475472Bus
16
5
8
3Vehicles involved, percent
CarTSR
MTW
15
1317
1
5943121
2Notes: (1) Data from locations on 34 national and state highways in India (Tiwari, G. et al., 2000). (2) Tiwari, G., 2015

Others‐252210Total
100100100100

RTI fatality & population distribution by age in India &USA (Source: NCRB, 2015 and National Center forStatistics and Analysis, 2015).
India

Per cent45

USA

Per cent
35
Popula on distribu on

40

RTI fatality distribu on

35

Popula on distribu on
30

RTI fatality distribu on

2530
2520

20

15

15

10105

5000‐14

15‐2930‐44Years

45‐59>59

0‐15

16‐2930‐44Years

45‐59>59

2011

2001

1991

KOLLAM
ASANSOLTHRISSURGHAZIABADAGRA
KOZHIKODE
MEERUT
KOCHI
VIJAYAWADA
CHENNAIKANPUR
JAIPUR
JODHPUR
COIMBATORE

2-4 times
increase in
2 decades

VISHAKHAPATFARIDABAD
VARANASI
THIRUVANANTLUCKNOW
JAMSHEDPUR
LUDHIANA
PATNA
PUNE
AURANGABADRAIPUR
0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0
40.0
Fatali es per 100,000 popula on

50.0

60.0

70.0

Annual RTI deaths per 100,000 population in million plus cities 1991-2011

20112001

1991

INDOREGWALIORBHOPALRAJKOT
VASAIVIRARCHANDIGARH
DELHI
RANCHIMADURAIKOTA
NAGPURJABALPUR

Delhi,
Jabalpur,Bangalore,
hyderabad
reducefatality rates

VADODARANASIK
KOLKATABENGALURU
ALLAHABADAMRITSARDHANBADHYDERABAD
SRINAGARMUMBAISURAT
AHMEDABAD
0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0
40.0
Fatali es per 100,000 popula on

50.0

60.0

70.0

Annual RTI deaths per 100,000 population in million plus cities 1991-2011

IIT Delhi December
16Proportion of road traffic fatalities by road user type(vehicle occupants, bicyclists and pedestrians) in 6
Indian cities (IITD study)

Proportion of pedestrian fatalities
according to NCRB (2015)

National Policy and Targets

To reduce road fatalities by 50% in 2020•••••••••

National Workshop on “improving the safety of most vulnerable roadusers” was held at New Delhi on 03.04.2012. Besides, a meeting wasalso held with State Transport Ministers on 31st July 2012. .
the states were advised to draw up an annual action plan for roadsafety and strengthen the institutional mechanism at the state level toaddress road safety issues.
Setting up of state road safety councils and district road safetycommittees,setting up of road safety funds by pooling of 50% of the penalties
realized by way of compounding of traffic offences,identifying and rectification of black spots on state highways and ruralroads,
setting up of more driving schools with private participation,
inclusion of road safety curriculum in school syllabus etc.
They were also advised to share their experiences and to adopt
the good practices prevalent in the other states.

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Progress since 2012
• Supreme court appointed committee has
asked for compliance report on specificitems.
• National data continues to underreportvulnerable road users.
• Absence of targeted strategies to achievetarget of 50% reduction.
• Number of fatalities continue to increase.
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