Lok Sabha Question No. 3890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Road Design and Signage on Expressways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3890

ANSWERED ON 09 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## ROAD DESIGN AND SIGNAGE ON EXPRESSWAYS

## 3890.   SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

-  Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government has received  reports  of  disregard  of  road  design  and  road signage on expressways, particularly in the recently constructed Delhi-Meerut Expressway cum Highway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway giving rise to an increased in the probability of accidents;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of accidents that have taken place thereon so far; and

(d) whether the Government has prepared any effective mechanism to correct the mistakes and prevent accidents, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (b) No, Madam. The Government has not received any reports of disregard of road design and road signage on recently constructed Delhi-Meerut Expressway cum Highway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway giving rise to an increase in the probability of accidents.

(c) The number of accidents that have taken place on Delhi-Meerut Expressway cum Highway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway is not available separately. However, total no. of accidents State wise is placed at Annexure I to Annexure III.

(d) In order to prevent accidents, Route petrol has been deployed at every 20 Km length of EPE and installation of CCTV cameras will also be done on the Expressway.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3890 ANSWERED ON 09 TH  AUGUST, 2018 ASKED BY SHRI BHARAT SINGH, REGARDING 'ROAD DESIGN AND SIGNAGE ON EXPRESSWAYS'.

Total number of Road Accidents on National Highways*during the calendar years 2015 to 2017

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               | 2015    |   2016 | 2017    |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 8477    |   8171 | 8544    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 113     |     95 | 88      |
| 3         | Assam                    | 3353    |   3478 | 3274    |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 3227    |   3138 | 3883    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 4058    |   4042 | 3701    |
| 6         | Goa                      | 1784    |   1438 | 1470    |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 4897    |   4617 | 4333    |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 3509    |   3818 | 3785    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 1211    |   1475 | 1460    |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1953    |   2122 | 2139    |
| 11        | Jharkhand                | 2007    |   1935 | 1828    |
| 12        | Karnataka                | 12705   |  14933 | 14217   |
| 13        | Kerala                   | 9442    |   9209 | 8993    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           | 11988   |  10709 | 11150   |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 10839   |  10364 | 9237    |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 404     |    325 | 372     |
| 17        | Meghalaya                | 322     |    338 | 338     |
| 18        | Mizoram                  | 29      |     46 | 38      |
| 19        | Nagaland                 | 34      |     57 | 341     |
| 20        | Odisha                   | 4480    |   4214 | 4487    |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 2092    |   2114 | 2533    |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 6821    |   6567 | 6851    |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 117     |     90 | 83      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               | 21902   |  22573 | 20696   |
| 25        | Telangana                | 5649    |   6166 | 6211    |
| 26        | Tripura                  | 230     |    203 | 221     |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              | 728     |    842 | 908     |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh            | 13802   |  13078 | 14333   |
| 29        | West Bengal              | 4288    |   4468 | 4158    |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 96      |     90 | 60      |
| 31        | Chandigarh               | 45      |     47 | 33      |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0       |      0 | 0       |
| 33        | Daman &Diu               | 6       |      0 | 9       |
| 34        | Delhi                    | 897     |    723 | 755     |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              | 0       |      0 | 0       |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 763     |    874 | 937     |
| Total     |                          | 142,268 | 142359 | 141,466 |

Total number of Road Accidents on State Highways during the calendar years 2015 to 2017

| S.No   | State/UT                 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |   5351 |   5639 |   5657 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |      0 |     75 |     70 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   1898 |   1999 |   1619 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   3255 |   2434 |   2258 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |   3898 |   3164 |   3379 |
| 6      | Goa                      |    451 |    356 |    527 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |   6739 |   6309 |   5424 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |   3389 |   2887 |   2898 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |    634 |    820 |    777 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |    837 |    537 |    702 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   1480 |   1704 |   1678 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  10254 |  11462 |  11193 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |   6888 |   7135 |   7044 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |  13166 |  14456 |  14351 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  11184 |   9052 |   8508 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |    136 |    117 |    144 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    117 |    102 |    201 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |     34 |     27 |     14 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |     11 |      0 |    119 |
| 20     | Odisha                   |   4074 |   3328 |   3445 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   1965 |   2101 |   1601 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |   3638 |   3695 |   3368 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |     85 |     70 |     50 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  23165 |  23405 |  22527 |
| 25     | Telangana                |   3783 |   4090 |   3895 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |    268 |    217 |    183 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |    408 |    568 |    332 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |   9320 |  11715 |  11529 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |   3802 |   3793 |   2458 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     32 |     19 |     50 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |      0 |      6 |      0 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |    256 |    373 |    157 |
| Total  | Total                    | 120518 | 121655 | 116158 |

Note: There were no State Highways in Chandigarh and Delhi.

## Total number of Road Accidents on Other Roads during the calendar years 2015 to 2017

| S.No   | State/UT                 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |  10430 |  11078 |  11526 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |    171 |     79 |     83 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   1708 |   1958 |   2277 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   3073 |   2650 |   2714 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |   6490 |   6374 |   6483 |
| 6      | Goa                      |   2103 |   2510 |   1920 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |  11547 |  10933 |   9324 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |   4276 |   4529 |   4575 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |   1165 |    873 |    877 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |   3046 |   2842 |   2783 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   1675 |   1293 |   1692 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  21052 |  18008 |  17132 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |  22684 |  23076 |  22433 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |  29793 |  28807 |  27898 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  41782 |  20462 |  18108 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |    131 |     96 |     62 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    167 |    180 |    136 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |      7 |     10 |     16 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |      9 |     18 |     71 |
| 20     | Orissa                   |   1988 |   2990 |   2923 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   2645 |   2737 |   2139 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |  13613 |  12804 |  11893 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |     17 |     50 |     63 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  23992 |  25453 |  22339 |
| 25     | Telangana                |  11820 |  12555 |  12378 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |    149 |    137 |     99 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |    387 |    181 |    363 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |   9263 |  10819 |  12921 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |   5118 |   5319 |   5015 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |    130 |    129 |     79 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |    371 |    381 |    309 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     69 |     70 |     67 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |     64 |     65 |     70 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |   7188 |   6652 |   5918 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |    511 |    519 |    599 |
| Total  | Total                    | 238637 | 216638 | 207286 |