Lok Sabha Question No. 83 (STARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 83

ANSWERED ON 08 th  FEBRUARY, 2018

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

## *83. SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

DR. K. GOPAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of road accidents have increased as compared to the preceding year as per the report 'Road Accidents in India, 2016' and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether more than 60 per cent of people killed on roads in India in 2016 were in the most productive age group of 18 to 45 years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of people killed in road accidents during the last three years, State/UT-wise along with the steps taken by the Government to curb such road accidents and the outcome thereof;
- (d) the  funds  allocated  and  spent  for  this  purpose  during  the  above  period  along  with  the details of any committee constituted to reduce the number of accidents; and
- (e) whether  India  is  a  signatory  to  the  Brasilia  Declaration  on  Road  Safety  to  reduce  road fatalities by 50% in another two years, if so, the salient features of the Declaration and the steps taken so far to implement them?

## 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. 83 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018 ASKED BY SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY AND DR. K. GOPAL REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS

- (a)  No,  Madam.    As  per  'Road  Accidents  in  India  2016'  which  is  prepared  based  on  data furnished by the Police Departments of States and UTs, there is a marginal decline (4.1%) in road  accidents  in  2016  as  compared  to  2015.  The  total  number  of  road  accidents,  persons killed and persons injured in road accidents for the last three years are as under: -
- (b) The detailed age profile of road accidents victims for the calendar year 2016 reveals that the age group of 18-45 years accounted for a share of 68.6% (1,03,409 persons) in the total road accident fatalities.
- (c) The  total  number  of  persons  killed,  State/UT  wise,  in  road  accidents  during  last three  years  is  at  Annexure  -  I.The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has  taken  a number of steps to prevent such road accidents as per details mentioned under: -
- 1) 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.
- 2) The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.
- 3) 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.
- 4) 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.
- 5) Based on the recommendation of Group of Minister, the Ministry introduced Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.
- 6) 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.
- 7) Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
- 8) Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.
- 9) 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.
- 10) Setting  up  of  model  driving  training  institutes  in  States  and  refresher  training  to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.
- 11) Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.
- 12) Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.
- 13) High  priority  has  been  accorded  to  identification  and  rectification  of  black  spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.
- 14) Guidelines for identification and rectification of black spots, carrying out road safety audits  and  preparation  of  road  safety  improvement  proposals  on  NHs  and  also guidelines  on  implementation  of  road  safety  engineering  measures  on  state  roads under Central Road Fund (CRF) have been issued.
- 15) 789 black spots based on fatalities in 2011,2012,2013 and 2014 calendars years have been identified. So far 189 spots have already been rectified. Rectification measures at  256  spots  have  been  sanctioned  which  are  in  various  stages  of  implementation. 138 spots are  on  State  Government  roads  /  with  other  agencies.  The  balance  206 spots would be taken separately or would be rectified as part of ongoing projects.
- 16) As  a  measure  of  supplementing  the  efforts  of  States  /  UTs  for  minimizing  the accident  potential  at  the  identified  locations  /  stretches  through  engineering improvement  on  state  roads,  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  had  taken  a decision to sanction road safety works on state roads with an earmarked allocation of 10% of funds allocated to the state roads under Central Road Fund.
- 17) Ministry has delegated powers to Regional Officers of MORTH for technical approval to the detailed estimates for rectification of identified Road Accident black spots for expediting the rectification process to ensure safety of road users.
- 18) Ministry had issued guidelines vide O.M. dated 14.1.2016 for taking up of Road Safety Audits  on  National  Highways  either  as  part  of  EPC/BOT  projects  or  as  stand-alone Road Safety Audits.
- 19) Guidelines for pedestrian facilities on National Highways for persons with disabilities have also been issued to all States / UTs.
- 20) In  order  to  ensure  safe  and  smooth  flow  of  traffic,  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  & Highways has envisaged a plan for replacement of all the Level Crossing on National Highways by ROBs / RUBs and replacement / widening / strengthening of weak and narrow bridges under a scheme Setu Bhartam. Under this programme, construction of 208 Level Crossings at an estimated cost of Rs. 20,800 Crore are included.
- 21) Two National Level Workshops and several Regional Training workshops in 11 states have been organized on Road Safety Engineering.
- 22) A  Certification  Course  for  Road  Safety  Auditors  has  been  commenced  in  Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) and 42 Auditors are certified.
- 23) Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has  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.
- (d) The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways administers different schemes to improve road safety scenario in the country. These schemes are setting up of Institute of Driving & Training Research (IDTR), setting up Inspection and Certification (I &C) Centre, Publicity and Awareness campaign, National Highways Accident Relief Service Scheme, Road Safety and Pollution  Testing  Equipment  and  Programme  Implementation.  There  is  no  state  -  wise allocation  under  the  scheme.  The  details  of  fund  utilized  under  these  schemeare  at Annexure II. Besides, following works have also been sanctioned: -
- 1) Detailed Road Safety Audits in a length of around 1381 km have been sanctioned on National Highways in 2016-17 & 2017-18 at a cost of Rs. 9.98 crore.
- 2) In 2016-17 and 2017 -18, Road Safety Engineering works amounting to Rs 406 crore have been sanctioned on National Highways.
- 3) In 2016-17 and 2017 -18, installation of crash barriers at accident prone locations on National Highways in Hilly Terrain has been sanctioned in a length of around 281 Km at a cost of 173 crore.
- 4) Under  Setu  Bhartam  programme,  78  ROBs  with  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.  6428.57 Crore have been sanctioned.

|   Years | Total Number of Road Accidents (in numbers)   | Total Number of Persons Killed (in numbers)   | Total Number of Persons Injured numbers)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|    2014 | 4,89,400                                      | 1,39,671                                      | 4,93,474                                   |
|    2015 | 5,01,423                                      | 1,46,133                                      | 5,00,279                                   |
|    2016 | 4,80,652                                      | 1,50,785                                      | 4,94,624                                   |

(e) The second global high-level conference on Road Safety was organized on 18 -19 th November, 2015 in Brasilia. India also participated in the conference. In the conference, it was agreed to   halve the number of global deaths and injured from road traffic accidents by 2020. It was also agreed that road crashes are the leading cause of deaths around the world for children and youth aged 15 - 29 years. It was also agreed that there is the need for countries to introduce, or improve and strengthen, arrangements for monitoring serious injuries from road traffic accidents.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 83 ANSWERED ON  08.02.2018 ASKED BY SHRI A.P.JITHENDER  REDDY AND DR. K. GOPAL:

## 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 |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|           |                   |                       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 | Total                     | 139671 | 146133 | 150785 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 83 ANSWERED ON  08/02/2018 ASKED BY SHRI JITHENDER REDDY AND DR. K. GOPAL

- A. Details  of  fund  transferred  to  the  States  /  UTs  for  procurement  of  breath analysers  under  Road  Safety  and  Pollution  Testing  Equipment  and  Programme Implementation

FY 2014 -15:

NIL

FY 2015 -16:

|   S. No. | Name of States   | Amount released   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Jammu & Kashmir  | 35,93,869/-       |
|        2 | Sikkim           | 35,53,281/-       |
|        3 | Punjab           | 28,14,480/-       |
|        4 | West Bengal      | 35,48,960/-       |

FY 2016 -17:

|   S. No. | Name of States           | Amount released   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Manipur                  | 14,07,240         |
|        2 | Meghalaya                | 14,07,240         |
|        3 | Mizoram                  | 14,07,240         |
|        4 | Uttrakhand               | 14,07,240         |
|        5 | Andman & Nicobar Islands | 3,37,737          |
|        6 | Tripura                  | 15,19,819         |

FY 2014 -15:  NIL

## FY 2015-16

|   S. No. | Name of the State / UT   |   No. of allotted | Amount released   | Amount released   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Jammu & Kashmir          |               136 | 14,96,00,000/-    | 13,46,40,000/-    |
|        2 | Sikkim                   |                31 | 03,41,00,000/-    | 03,41,00,000/-    |
|        3 | Mizoram                  |                05 | 55,00,000/-       | 53,61,260/-       |
|        4 | Total                    |               172 | 18,92,00,000/-    | 17,41,01,260/-    |

FY 2016 -17: NIL

- C. Details  of  funds  released  for  setting  up  of  Institute  of  Driving  and  Training Research (IDTR).
- D. Details  of  funds  released  to  the  States  /  agencies  authorized  by  the  States  for setting up of Inspection and Certification (I & C) Centre.
- E. Details  of  funds  utilized  under  Scheme  of  Publicity  and  Awareness  Measure regarding Road Safety

| S. No.   | Name of State    | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State    | 2014 - 15                        | 2015-16                          | 2016-17                          |
| 1.       | Bihar            | 5.00                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh | 5.00                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 3        | Kerala           | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.97                             | 0.07                             | 0                                |
| 5        | Maharashtra      | 0                                | 0.78                             | 0                                |
| 6        | Rajasthan        | 0                                | 0                                | 1.50                             |
| 7        | Tripura          | 0                                | 5.00                             | 0                                |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh    | 1.5                              | 0                                | 5.00                             |
| 9.       | Jharkhand        | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 10       | Manipur          | 0                                | 0                                | 1.20                             |
| 11       | Andhra Pradesh   | 0                                | 0                                | 1.50                             |
| 12.      | Telangana        | 0                                | 0                                | 1.50                             |

| S. No   | Name of State / UTs   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No   | Name of State / UTs   | 2014-15                          | 2015-16                          | 2016-17                          |
| 1       | Delhi                 | 0.80                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 2       | Gujarat               | 2.50                             | 2.20                             | 0                                |
| 3       | Haryana               | 0                                | 0.80                             | 0                                |
| 4       | Karnataka             | 4.60                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 5       | Maharashtra           | 2.00                             | 0.29                             | 0.93                             |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh        | 1.71                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 7       | Rajasthan             | 1.94                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 8       | Telangana             | 0                                | 2.50                             | 2.65                             |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh         | 1.50                             | 2.50                             | 4.40                             |
| 10      | West Bengal           | 0                                | 1.06                             | 0                                |
| 11      | Nagaland              | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 12      | Chhattisgarh          | 0                                | 0                                | 0.50                             |
| 13.     | Sikkim                | 0                                | 1.10                             | 0                                |
| 14      | West Bengal           | 0                                | 1.06                             | 0                                |
| 15      | Odisha                | 1.08                             | 0                                | 1.88                             |

2014-15:

Rs. 37 Crore

2015 -16:

Rs. 41 Crore

2016 -17:

Rs. 32 Crore

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