Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Increase in Road Accidents due to Stray Animals
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether there has been a rise in the road accidents due to stray animals in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  persons  killed  in  the  road  accidents  due  to  stray  animals during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government to check such incidents?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c)   As per 'Road Accidents in India 2016' published by Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the total number of persons killed in road accidents due to stray animals due to last three years are as under: -

|   Year | No. of Road Accidents due to stray animals   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|
|   2016 | 1,602                                        |
|   2015 | 1,534                                        |
|   2014 | 1,892                                        |

State/UT-wise number of persons killed in road accidents due to stray animals during the last three calendar years i.e. 2014, 2015 and 2016 is at Annexure.

- (d)   Adequate mitigation measures such as construction of cattle underpass are mainstreamed in the project design so that accident due to animals could be avoided.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1038

ANSWERED ON  21 st DECEMBER, 2017

## INCREASE  IN  ROAD  ACCIDENTS  DUE  TO  STRAY  ANIMALS

†1038.  SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1038 FOR ANSWER ON 21.12.2017 ASKED BY SHRI AJAY MISRA  TENI  REGARDING' INCREASE  IN  ROAD  ACCIDENTS  DUE  TO  STRAY ANIMALS '.

| S. No   | States/UTs           | 2014                        | 2014                  | 2015           | 2015           | 2016           | 2016           |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|         |                      | Total No. of Road Accidents | No. of Persons killed | Road Accidents | Persons killed | Road Accidents | Persons killed |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       | 15                          | 5                     | 63             | 14             | 78             | 37             |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 9                           | 4                     | 10             | 4              | 0              | 0              |
| 3       | Assam                | 1                           | 1                     | 5              | 3              | 25             | 4              |
| 4       | Bihar                | 97                          | 30                    | 45             | 22             | 118            | 66             |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh         | 158                         | 61                    | 118            | 23             | 95             | 24             |
| 6       | Goa                  | 34                          | 4                     | 20             | 0              | 18             | 2              |
| 7       | Gujarat              | 60                          | 21                    | 14             | 9              | 220            | 84             |
| 8       | Haryana              | 137                         | 78                    | 183            | 109            | 211            | 95             |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh     | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir       | 260                         | 82                    | 257            | 81             | 0              | 0              |
| 11      | Jharkhand            | 30                          | 10                    | 4              | 4              | 214            | 82             |
| 12      | Karnataka            | 42                          | 12                    | 80             | 26             | 13             | 4              |
| 13      | Kerala               | 0                           | 0                     | 3              | 3              | 25             | 3              |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh       | 221                         | 22                    | 216            | 30             | 162            | 25             |
| 15      | Maharashtra          | 60                          | 21                    | 62             | 14             | 118            | 20             |
| 16      | Manipur              | 6                           | 0                     | 2              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 17      | Meghalaya            | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 18      | Mizoram              | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 19      | Nagaland             | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 20      | Odisha               | 18                          | 4                     | 1              | 0              | 26             | 10             |
| 21      | Punjab               | 90                          | 94                    | 95             | 71             | 131            | 102            |
| 22      | Rajasthan            | 31                          | 22                    | 43             | 17             | 42             | 23             |
| 23      | Sikkim               | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu           | 14                          | 2                     | 21             | 1              | 8              | 7              |
| 25      | Telangana            | 107                         | 39                    | 5              | 2              | 5              | 4              |
| 26      | Tripura              | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 3              | 0              |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh        | 441                         | 223                   | 152            | 96             | 14             | 13             |
| 29      | West Bengal          | 61                          | 39                    | 107            | 48             | 67             | 24             |
| 30      | Andaman& Nicobar Is. | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 31      | Chandigarh           | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli  | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 33      | Daman &Diu           | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 34      | Delhi                | NR                          | 0                     | 28             | 2              | 11             | 0              |
| 35      | Lakshadweep          | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 36      | Puducherry           | 0                           | 0                     | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| Total   |                      | 1892                        | 774                   | 1534           | 579            | 1604           | 629            |

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