Lok Sabha Question No. 1125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Road Accident
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, KURUPPASSERY VARKEY THOMAS, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of people die or are injured every hour in India due to road accidents;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of fatalities due to road accidents during the last three years and the major causes thereof, State/UT wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to constitute Road Safety Committees in every district in the country to look into all the aspects of road Safety and to reduce fatalities;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the functions of the Committees and the time by which they are likely to be submit their reports; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to reduce the road accidents across the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) &    (b)      As  per  publication  'Road  Accidents  in  India  2016'  published  by  Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the average number of persons killed and persons injured every hour due to road accidents during last three years in the country is as under:-

|   Year |   Persons Killed |   Persons Injured |
|--------|------------------|-------------------|
|     16 |               56 |              2014 |
|     17 |               57 |              2015 |
|     17 |               56 |              2016 |

The total no. of persons killed in road accidents, State  -wise,  for the last three  years i.e. calendar year 2014 to 2016 is annexed.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1125

ANSWERED  ON  21 st DECEMBER, 2017

## ROAD  ACCIDENT

1125. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU  T.G.:

PROF.  K.V. THOMAS:

SHRI  BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI  J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

Will  the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Any  road  accident  is  multi-causal.  Ideally,  the  factor  responsible  should  be established  through  objective  assessment  of  the  circumstances  under  which  the  road accident occurred. Based on the extent data reporting system, drivers fault is single most important factor responsible for road accident (84%) killings, (80.3%) injuries (83.9%) on all roads in the country 2016.

(c)  & (d)   Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has already constituted a District Road Safety Committee in each district of the country to promote awareness amongst road users under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from the district. If the  district  has  more  than  one  Member  of  Parliament  (M.P.),  then  the  senior  most  M.P. would  be  the  chairman  of  the  Committee.  The  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  (Rajya Sabha) residing the district, shall be special invitee. The members of the Committee are: District  Collector,  Superintendent  of  Police,  Chief  Executive  Officer,  Zila  Parishad, Mayor / Chairman of Municipal Corporation of Development Authority, all members of Legislative Assembly of district, all sub-divisional magistrates of districts, etc.

(e) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent such road accidents as per details mentioned under:

i. The  Government  has  approved  a  National  Road  Safety  Policy.    This  Policy  outlines various policy measures such as promoting awareness, establishing road safety information data base, encouraging safer road infrastructure including application of intelligent transport, enforcement of safety laws etc.

ii. The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.

iii. The Ministry has requested all States/UTs for setting up of State Road Safety Council and District Road Safety Committees, and to hold their meetings regularly.

iv. The Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers of State Transport Minister to examine the best practices of Transport and suggest issues to improve road safety.

v. Based  on  the  recommendation  of  Group  of  Minister,  the  Ministry  introduced  Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.

vi. The Ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based  on  4  'E's  viz.  Education,  Engineering  (both  of  roads  and  vehicles),  Enforcement  and Emergency Care.

vii. Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.

viii. Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.

ix. High priority has been accorded to identification and rectification of black spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.

x. The threshold for four laning of national highway has been reduced from 15,000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) to 10,000 PCUs. About 52,000 Km of stretches of State Highways has been identified for conversion to national highways.

xi. Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.

xii. Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.

xiii. Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1125 ANSWERED  ON    21/12/2017  ASKED  BY    SHRI  KUNWAR  PUSHPENDRA  SINGH  CHANDEL:,  SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.: , PROF. K.V. THOMAS: , SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:,  SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

Total Number of persons killed in Road Accidents during  2014 - 2016

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |   Number of Persons Killed |   Number of Persons Killed |   Number of Persons Killed |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |                       2014 |                       2015 |                       2016 |
| 1         | 2                        |                          3 |                          4 |                          5 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           |                       7908 |                       8297 |                       8541 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                        119 |                        127 |                        149 |
| 3         | Assam                    |                       2522 |                       2397 |                       2572 |
| 4         | Bihar                    |                       4913 |                       5421 |                       4901 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             |                       4022 |                       4082 |                       3908 |
| 6         | Goa                      |                        290 |                        311 |                        336 |
| 7         | Gujarat                  |                       7955 |                       8119 |                       8136 |
| 8         | Haryana                  |                       4483 |                       4879 |                       5024 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         |                       1199 |                       1096 |                       1271 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir           |                        992 |                        917 |                        958 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                |                       2628 |                       2893 |                       3027 |
| 12        | Karnataka                |                      10452 |                      10856 |                      11133 |
| 13        | Kerala                   |                       4049 |                       4196 |                       4287 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           |                       8569 |                       9314 |                       9646 |
| 15        | Maharashtra              |                      12803 |                      13212 |                      12935 |
| 16        | Manipur                  |                        168 |                        139 |                         81 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                |                        141 |                        183 |                        150 |
| 18        | Mizoram                  |                        103 |                         72 |                         70 |
| 19        | Nagaland                 |                         81 |                         30 |                         46 |
| 20        | Odisha                   |                       3931 |                       4303 |                       4463 |
| 21        | Punjab                   |                       4621 |                       4893 |                       5077 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                |                      10289 |                      10510 |                      10465 |
| 23        | Sikkim                   |                         59 |                         70 |                         85 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               |                      15190 |                      15642 |                      17218 |
| 25        | Telangana                |                       6906 |                       7110 |                       7219 |
| 26        | Tripura                  |                        188 |                        158 |                        173 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              |                        878 |                        913 |                        962 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh            |                      16287 |                      17666 |                      19320 |
| 29        | West Bengal              |                       5875 |                       6234 |                       6544 |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                         23 |                         23 |                         17 |
| 31        | Chandigarh               |                        131 |                        129 |                        151 |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                         59 |                         42 |                         46 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu               |                         15 |                         42 |                         38 |
| 34        | Delhi                    |                       1671 |                       1622 |                       1591 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              |                          0 |                          0 |                          1 |
| 36        | Puducherry               |                        151 |                        235 |                        244 |
|           | Total                    |                     139671 |                     146133 |                     150785 |

*****