Lok Sabha Question No. 71 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Speed Breakers
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO. 71 ANSWERED ON  20 th July,2017

## SPEED BREAKERS

- *71. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

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

## be pleased to state:

- ( a) the number of people killed during the last three years due to speed breakers;
- (b) whether data from transport Ministry has revealed that Speed breakers are the cause of 30 crashes killing at least nine people a day, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c ) whether the Government has written to the States to ensure that norms/standards prescribed for building speed breakers are followed;
- (d) )  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  norms/standards prescribed for the purpose and the response of the States thereto; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  remove  the  faulty/dangerous  speed breakers to avoid accidents?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  71  ANSWERED  ON  20-07-2017  ASKED  BY SHRI  SATAV  RAJEEV  AND  SHRI  P.R.  SUNDARAM  REGARDING  SPEED BREAKERS.

(a)  &  (b)  Ministry  of  Road Transport & Highways has started to compile the data of road accidents due to speed breakers since 2014. As per the data reported by Police Departments of States/UTs, the number of accidents, persons killed and injured due to speed breakers for calendar years 2014 and 2015 are as under: -

| Number of road accidents due to speed breakers   | Number of persons killed due to speed breakers   | Years Number of persons injured due to speed breakers   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 11,008                                           | 3,633                                            | 2014 9,428                                              |
| 11,084                                           | 3,409                                            | 2015 9,764                                              |

(c)  to (e) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has written to all the States / UTs not to construct speed breakers on National Highways.

Design and construction of roads including National Highways (NHs) are carried out as  per  Indian  Roads  Congress  (IRC)  codes  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways' guidelines. The standards for construction of speed breakers are contained in IRC Code No. IRC:99-1988 'tentative guidelines on the provision of speed breakers for control of vehicular speeds on minor roads.'

Wherever  reduction  of  speed  on  NHs  becomes  unavoidable  due  to  specific  site constraints,  States  /  UTs  have  been  asked  to  provide  rumble  strips  as  per  the  Ministry's guidelines as traffic calming measures. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has also requested  all  the  states  to  remove  unauthorized  speed  breakers  from  National  Highways.

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