Lok Sabha Question No. 1560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1560

ANSWERED ON 9 TH     MARCH 2017

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

1560.   SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has constituted an expert committee to carry out scientific enquiry into the  road  accidents  and  to  reduce  the  number  of  accidents  and  if  so,  the  date  on  which  the  said committee was set up;

(b) whether the said committee has submitted its report and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has prepared any new draft with the help of the committee and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether  the  Government has issued instructions to the State Governments in this regard and also sought their cooperation, if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the  extent  to  which  the  functioning  of  various  agencies  is  likely  to  change  in  regard  to  road accidents?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Yes,  Madam.  The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has constituted a Committee on 22 nd November, 2016 to review the existing road accident data   collection /reporting format so as to  make  recording  and  reporting  of  road  accident  data  more  accurate,  objective  and  ensuring coverage  of  all  relevant  information  regarding  actual  circumstances/underlying  causes  of  road accidents for undertaking preventive measures to reduce road accidents. The Committee includes experts  from  IIT-Delhi,  IIT-  Kharagpur,  WHO,  senior  officers  from  Police  and  Transport Departments of states, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and officers of the Ministry.

(b) & (c) Yes, Madam.  The committee submitted its recommendations on 9 February, 2017.  The committee has recommended uniform Road Accident Recording Format to be adopted by the police in all States/U.Ts and a set of the corresponding annual road accident data Reporting Format ( 17 tables) in which States/U.Ts would furnish data to the Ministry.

(d)  All  the  states  &  U.Ts    have  been  requested  to  adopt  the  road  accident  recording  format immediately so that they would be able to furnish the annual road accident data in the new reporting format to Transport Research Wing, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways w.e.f calendar 2017. States/U.Ts have also been requested that the formats for recording/reporting of road accidents data may be shared with the members of the State Road Safety Council and other stakeholders involved in the State Road Safety Action Plan.

(e)  It  is  expected  that  the  newly  designed  road  accident  recording  and  reporting  formats  would facilitate  police  in  capturing  all  the  relevant  information  on  road  accident  and  transmit  the information to the Ministry and other stakeholders for taking corrective measures to reduce road accidents in the country.

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