Lok Sabha Question No. 1340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: NCRB Data on Road Crashes
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, BHARATENDRA SINGH, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1340

ANSWERED ON 9 TH      FEBRUARY 2017

## NCRB DATA ON ROAD CRASHES

1340.   DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  National  Crime  Record  Bureau  (NCRB)  has  released  any  report  on  road  crashes recently, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the said report as per which there is a reported rise in road accidents on Expressways due to over speeding and rash driving and at least 43 children die in road accidents across the country each day;

(c) if so, the details thereof including the number of children killed during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether the existing rules under Central Motor Vehicles Act have provisions to address the safety of children, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) whether the Government has introduced/proposes to introduce any amendment to the said act incorporating  stringent  punishment  for  traffic  offences  and  provisions  for  ensuring  safety  of childrer, if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said amendment is likely to be implemented and if not the reasons therefor; and

(f) the other corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government to rectify stretches where fatal accidents often happen and to install immediate cautionary signals on National Highways?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c) As per report of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), the details of road accidents on expressways  during  2014  and  2015  and  number  of  persons  injured,  persons  died  and  number  of children  died  due  to  road  accidents  during  2013  to  2015,  State/UT-wise,  is  at  Annexure  I  and Annexure II respectively.

(d) Rule 25 (7) of Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR), 1989 envisage that the all the vehicles of category M-1 (excluding transport vehicle and special purpose vehicles) manufactured on and after 1 st April  2015  shall  have  a  provision  for  installation  of  at  least  one  category  of  child  restraint system for all weight groups on at least one of the seating positions.  Besides, the Ministry has also been issuing the advisories to States / UTs from time to time for strict compliance of provisions of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and CMVR 1989.

(e) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has introduced Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill, 2016 in the Lok Sabha in August 2016.  The bill inter alia includes the provision of enhancement of various types of penalties for traffic offences.

(f) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has taken up several measures like identification and rectification of road accident black spots on National Highways including installation of immediate cautionary measures at these spots.  Carrying out road safety audits on National Highways stretches and addressing the safety concerns are also implemented to rectify the accident prone locations.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1340 ANSWERED ON 0.2.2017 ASKED BY DR. SUNIL BALIRAM,  GAIKWAD, DR. J.  JAYAVARDHAN,  KUNWAR BHARATENDRA, DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR, SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK, SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY, SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO, SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE.

State/UT-wise road accidents on expressway during 2014-2015

| Sl. No.            | State/UT           | 2014       | 2014              | 2015       | 2015              |
|--------------------|--------------------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No.            | State/UT           | Expressway | National Highways | Expressway | National Highways |
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh     | 27         | 7748              | 0          | 7709              |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh  | 0          | 34                | 0          | 112               |
| 3                  | Assam              | 0          | 3634              | 0          | 3375              |
| 4                  | Bihar              | 0          | 3325              | 137        | 3566              |
| 5                  | Chhattisgarh       | 0          | 3345              | 0          | 4058              |
| 6                  | Goa                | 0          | 1842              | 0          | 1755              |
| 7                  | Gujarat            | 302        | 4445              | 156        | 4639              |
| 8                  | Haryana            | 494        | 3544              | 378        | 3711              |
| 9                  | Himachal Pradesh   | 0          | 1264              | 0          | 1184              |
| 10                 | Jammu &Kashmir     | 0          | 2066              | 0          | 2085              |
| 11                 | Jharkhand          | 115        | 1501              | 138        | 1869              |
| 12                 | Karnataka          | 24         | 12627             | 92         | 13888             |
| 13                 | Kerala             | 12         | 9400              | 0          | 9835              |
| 14                 | Madhya Pradesh     | 19         | 8401              | 799        | 8407              |
| 15                 | Maharashtra        | 443        | 10776             | 412        | 9619              |
| 16                 | Manipur            | 0          | 419               | 0          | 404               |
| 17                 | Meghalaya          | 0          | 134               | 1          | 252               |
| 18                 | Mizoram            | 0          | 49                | 0          | 32                |
| 19                 | Nagaland           | 0          | 2                 | 0          | 22                |
| 20                 | Odisha             | 118        | 3661              | 107        | 3830              |
| 21                 | Punjab             | 0          | 1791              | 0          | 2007              |
| 22                 | Rajasthan          | 617        | 7087              | 643        | 6459              |
| 23                 | Sikkim             | 0          | 14                | 0          | 33                |
| 24                 | Tamil Nadu         | 757        | 19352             | 854        | 21048             |
| 25                 | Telangana          | 469        | 4071              | 0          | 5150              |
| 26                 | Tripura            | 0          | 230               | 0          | 230               |
| 27                 | Uttar Pradesh      | 283        | 8367              | 410        | 9556              |
| 28                 | Uttarakhand        | 48         | 259               | 0          | 705               |
| 29                 | West Bengal        | 480        | 3325              | 419        | 3661              |
|                    | Total (States)     | 4208       | 122713            | 4546       | 129201            |
| 30                 | A &NIslands        | 0          | 69                | 0          | 96                |
| 31                 | Chandigarh         | 0          | 32                | 0          | 45                |
| 32                 | D&N Haveli         | 0          | 0                 | 0          | 0                 |
| 33                 | Daman &Diu         | 0          | 0                 | 0          | 6                 |
| 34                 | Delhi UT           | 0          | 898               | 28         | 815               |
| 35                 | Lakshadweep        | 0          | 0                 | 0          | 0                 |
| 36                 | Puducherry         | 0          | 369               | 0          | 722               |
|                    | Total (UTs)        | 0          | 1368              | 28         | 1684              |
| Total (States/UTs) | Total (States/UTs) | 4208       | 124081            | 4574       | 130885            |

## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1340 ANSWERED ON 0.2.2017 ASKED BY DR. SUNIL BALIRAM,  GAIKWAD, DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN, KUNWAR BHARATENDRA, DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR, SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK, SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY, SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO, SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

## State/UT wise number of Cases registered, Persons Injured, Persons Died and number of children died due to Road Accidents during 2013-2015

|         |                   | 2013   | 2013    | 2013   | 2013                     | 2014   | 2014    | 2014       | 2014                    | 2015   | 2015    | 2015       | 2015                    |
|---------|-------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------------------------|--------|---------|------------|-------------------------|--------|---------|------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT          | Cases  | Injured | Died   | Number of Children died* | Cases  | Injured | Total Died | Number of Children died | Cases  | Injured | Total Died | Number of Children died |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 43048  | 52522   | 14647  | 4953                     | 23154  | 29931   | 7908       | 485                     | 22839  | 29439   | 8297       | 609                     |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 308    | 290     | 155    | 83                       | 185    | 198     | 112        | 8                       | 284    | 383     | 177        | 32                      |
| 3       | ASSAM             | 7211   | 6609    | 2441   | 833                      | 7144   | 6500    | 2522       | 468                     | 6959   | 7068    | 2384       | 454                     |
| 4       | BIHAR             | 10198  | 6942    | 4989   | 2045                     | 9531   | 6789    | 4822       | 1123                    | 9567   | 6325    | 5500       | 1157                    |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      | 13657  | 12503   | 3477   | 1352                     | 12140  | 11380   | 3985       | 439                     | 14446  | 13426   | 4082       | 398                     |
| 6       | GOA               | 4293   | 1895    | 269    | 91                       | 4230   | 2256    | 298        | 20                      | 4338   | 2254    | 314        | 15                      |
| 7       | GUJARAT           | 25035  | 24210   | 7458   | 2724                     | 22152  | 21245   | 7857       | 695                     | 23362  | 21505   | 8245       | 799                     |
| 8       | HARYANA           | 10473  | 9567    | 4547   | 1884                     | 11043  | 9958    | 4875       | 634                     | 11287  | 10619   | 5045       | 668                     |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 2981   | 5232    | 1056   | 406                      | 3325   | 6085    | 1403       | 117                     | 3010   | 5108    | 1096       | 112                     |
| 10      | JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 6455   | 8594    | 992    | 298                      | 5778   | 7958    | 977        | 118                     | 5847   | 8248    | 923        | 59                      |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         | 5161   | 4152    | 2646   | 1107                     | 4905   | 4140    | 2546       | 640                     | 5162   | 4038    | 2893       | 247                     |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         | 39591  | 52793   | 9044   | 3024                     | 43694  | 56818   | 10444      | 910                     | 44011  | 56971   | 10857      | 661                     |
| 13      | KERALA            | 35215  | 40346   | 4258   | 1219                     | 35872  | 40787   | 4000       | 436                     | 39014  | 43468   | 4196       | 345                     |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 34034  | 32889   | 8977   | 3578                     | 39698  | 41204   | 9292       | 1432                    | 40859  | 40878   | 9758       | 1239                    |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       | 43863  | 45032   | 13245  | 4810                     | 44382  | 43668   | 13529      | 1182                    | 42250  | 39301   | 13685      | 1135                    |
| 16      | MANIPUR           | 671    | 1175    | 165    | 54                       | 735    | 1257    | 167        | 12                      | 668    | 1118    | 129        | 8                       |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         | 194    | 150     | 170    | 82                       | 301    | 476     | 171        | 35                      | 421    | 589     | 205        | 44                      |
| 18      | MIZORAM           | 114    | 264     | 97     | 23                       | 95     | 161     | 93         | 6                       | 71     | 78      | 65         | 4                       |

| 19   | NAGALAND          | 39     | 73     | 35     | 6     | 28     | 38     | 21     | 0     | 42      | 56     | 47     | 1     |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-------|---------|--------|--------|-------|
| 20   | ODISHA            | 9680   | 11254  | 4062   | 1732  | 9640   | 11083  | 3920   | 636   | 10542   | 11825  | 4303   | 521   |
| 21   | PUNJAB            | 6323   | 4383   | 4588   | 1515  | 6391   | 4127   | 4621   | 620   | 6702    | 4414   | 4893   | 586   |
| 22   | RAJASTHAN         | 23586  | 27237  | 9724   | 3394  | 24639  | 27481  | 10287  | 1130  | 24072   | 26153  | 10510  | 1317  |
| 23   | SIKKIM            | 244    | 409    | 68     | 33    | 130    | 309    | 62     | 4     | 211     | 321    | 75     | 14    |
| 24   | TAMIL NADU        | 66238  | 75681  | 15563  | 4751  | 67250  | 77725  | 15190  | 1280  | 69059   | 79746  | 15642  | 1022  |
| 25   | TELANGANA#        | -      | -      | -      | -     | 20078  | 21636  | 6906   | 513   | 21252   | 22948  | 7110   | 583   |
| 26   | TRIPURA           | 818    | 1277   | 226    | 84    | 716    | 1225   | 188    | 50    | 647     | 1029   | 158    | 12    |
| 27   | UTTAR PRADESH     | 25975  | 16744  | 15630  | 6441  | 26064  | 16458  | 16284  | 2540  | 28095   | 17384  | 18407  | 2633  |
| 28   | UTTARAKHAND       | 1297   | 1503   | 766    | 294   | 801    | 1047   | 507    | 109   | 1523    | 1657   | 913    | 61    |
| 29   | WEST BENGAL       | 16549  | 17307  | 5827   | 2152  | 17105  | 16001  | 6478   | 1056  | 17706   | 15404  | 6705   | 696   |
|      | TOTAL (STATES)    | 433251 | 461033 | 135122 | 48968 | 441206 | 467941 | 139465 | 16698 | 45424 6 | 471753 | 146614 | 15432 |
|      | UNION TERRITORIES |        |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |         |        |        |       |
| 30   | A&NISLANDS        | 200    | 207    | 40     | 10    | 218    | 283    | 23     | 1     | 258     | 331    | 23     | 1     |
| 31   | CHANDIGARH        | 409    | 335    | 122    | 41    | 366    | 335    | 131    | 3     | 413     | 331    | 129    | 35    |
| 32   | D &NHAVELI        | 91     | 104    | 49     | 14    | 87     | 96     | 59     | 9     | 69      | 97     | 42     | 4     |
| 33   | DAMAN & DIU       | 30     | 75     | 31     | 5     | 39     | 48     | 15     | 1     | 70      | 64     | 42     | 0     |
| 34   | DELHI (UT)        | 7569   | 6563   | 1831   | 669   | 8310   | 8025   | 1630   | 181   | 8085    | 8258   | 1622   | 136   |
| 35   | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0     | 3       | 3      | 0      | 0     |
| 36   | PUDUCHERRY        | 1451   | 1565   | 228    | 51    | 671    | 1002   | 203    | 8     | 1530    | 1552   | 235    | 25    |
|      | TOTAL (UTs)       | 9750   | 8849   | 2301   | 790   | 9692   | 9790   | 2061   | 203   | 10428   | 10636  | 2093   | 201   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 443001 | 469882 | 137423 | 49758 | 450898 | 477731 | 141526 | 16901 | 46467 4 | 482389 | 148707 | 15633 |

Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' # Newly created State from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Note: * includes the deaths of persons in the age group of 0-29 years which includes children also. Note:  Separate data on deaths of children in road accidents started collection since 2014.

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