Lok Sabha Question No. 3597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Road Rage
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3597

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2017/ SHRAVANA 17, 1939 (SAKA) ROAD RAGE

†3597. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  receiving  a  large  number  of  complaints  of road rage incidents in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases reported, persons injured/killed and the action taken against the guilty during the last three years, State-wise including Haryana;

- (c) whether the Government is planning to make any guidelines to provide some compensation for such victims; and

(d) if so, the compensation paid to the family of the victim during the said period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (b): There  is  no  definition  of  road  rage  either  in  the  Motor  Vehicle Act,  1988  or  in  the  Indian  Penal  Code  (IPC).  However,    State/UT  wise number  of  cases  registered,  number  of  persons  injured  and  number  of persons died due to road accidents followed by violence (causing destruction  &  physical  injuries  or  even  death)  during  2015-2016  is  at Annexure.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.3597 FOR 8.8.2017

(c) to (d): The  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  provides  for  compensation  by Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) or Civil Court, as the case may be, on the  principle  of  fault/negligence  of  the  driver  of  the  vehicle  causing  the accident. In such cases, MACT or the Courts award compensation on the merits of each case. Setting up of MACT courts comes within the purview of the respective State Governments.

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State/UT wise number of Cases Registered, Number of Persons Injured and Number of Persons Died due to road accidents followed by violence (causing destruction & physical injuries or even death)  during 2015-2016

|                   |                   | 2015              | 2015                   | 2015                | 2016*             | 2016*                  | 2016*               |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No.           | State/UT          | Cases Registered  | No. of Persons Injured | No. of Persons Died | Cases Registered  | No. of Persons Injured | No. of Persons Died |
| 1                 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 18                | 15                     | 3                   | 52                | 70                     | 11                  |
| 2                 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 40                | 54                     | 58                  | 34                | 49                     | 39                  |
| 3                 | ASSAM             | 5                 | 5                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 4                 | BIHAR             | 47                | 41                     | 7                   | 5                 | 9                      | 1                   |
| 5                 | CHHATTISGARH      | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 6                 | GOA               | 4                 | 2                      | 2                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 7                 | GUJARAT           | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 8                 | HARYANA           | 10                | 9                      | 1                   | 12                | 12                     | 0                   |
| 9                 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 46                | 384                    | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 10                | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 264               | 433                    | 43                  | 319               | 610                    | 70                  |
| 11                | JHARKHAND         | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 125               | 132                    | 63                  |
| 12                | KARNATAKA         | 1                 | 0                      | 1                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 13                | KERALA            | 4                 | 4                      | 0                   | 20                | 18                     | 10                  |
| 14                | MADHYA PRADESH    | 106               | 556                    | 87                  | 137               | 130                    | 8                   |
| 15                | MAHARASHTRA       | 1                 | 0                      | 1                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 16                | MANIPUR           | 23                | 28                     | 21                  | 23                | 28                     | 21                  |
| 17                | MEGHALAYA         | 11                | 6                      | 2                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 18                | MIZORAM           | 10                | 10                     | 4                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 19                | NAGALAND          | 2                 | 14                     | 1                   | 36                | 14                     | 36                  |
| 20                | ODISHA            | 2239              | 2357                   | 852                 | 132               | 135                    | 58                  |
| 21                | PUNJAB            | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 22                | RAJASTHAN         | 139               | 86                     | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 23                | SIKKIM            | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 24                | TAMIL NADU        | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 25                | TELANGANA         | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 25                | TRIPURA           | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 26                | UTTAR PRADESH     | 265               | 272                    | 4                   | 17                | 20                     | 6                   |
| 27                | UTTARAKHAND       | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 151               | 129                    | 120                 |
| 28                | WEST BENGAL       | 455               | 379                    | 252                 | 285               | 229                    | 208                 |
|                   | TOTAL (STATES)    | 3690              | 4655                   | 1339                | 1348              | 1585                   | 651                 |
| UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES      | UNION TERRITORIES   | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES      | UNION TERRITORIES   |
| 29                | A & N ISLANDS     | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 30                | CHANDIGARH        | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 31                | D & N HAVELI      | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 32                | DAMAN & DIU       | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 33                | DELHI (UT)        | 43                | 47                     | 0                   | 40                | 22                     | 2                   |
| 34                | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   | 0                 | 0                      | 0                   |
| 35                | PUDUCHERRY        | 49                | 0                      | 49                  | 432               | 362                    | 60                  |
|                   | TOTAL (UTs)       | 92                | 47                     | 49                  | 472               | 384                    | 62                  |
| TOTAL (ALL        | INDIA)            | 3782              | 4702                   | 1388                | 1820              | 1969                   | 713                 |

Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India'

Note:  * provisional

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