Lok Sabha Question No. 1375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Road Accidents due to Speed Breakers
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1375 ANSWERED ON 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO SPEED BREAKERS

## 1375.   SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that the number of road accidents is increasing across the country due to alleged faulty and non-standardized speed breakers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of such accidents reported during each of last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and National Highway-wise;
- (c) the remedial measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) has proposed any code for standard design for the category of roads, relative speeds and their clear indicative boards for the easy see through for the drivers well in advance of the speed breakers, and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) Details of accidents caused  due  to several reasons, obtained from  Police authorities  are  compiled  by  Transport  Research  Wing  of  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  & Highways  for  reference  and  use  by  different  stakeholders  in  the  area  of  Road  Safety.  Road accidents due to speed breakers have been separately indicated in the 'Road Accidents in India2014' report for the first time. State/UT- wise details of accidents due to speed breakers during 2014 & 2015 are at Annex-I. National Highway-wise details of accidents due to speed breakers are not compiled/ published. The details of accidents of 2016 are yet to be compiled.

(c) Ministry is discouraging construction of speed breakers on National Highways. Several circulars are issued in this regard from time to time the latest being No.  RW/NH33037/01/2016/S&R (R) dated 29.08.2016.  However,  unauthorized  speed  breakers  are  sometimes constructed by local people. They are removed as and when they are brought to the notice of road authorities.

(d) and (e) Central  Road  Research  Institute  (Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research) has not proposed any codes/ standards for the design of speed breakers or associated warning boards.

ANNEX-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1375  ANSWERED  ON  09.02.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  RAKSHATAI KHADSE REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO SPEED BREAKERS.

|   S. No. | States/UTs        | Number of fatalities due to speed breakers during 2014   | Number of fatalities due to speed breakers during 2015   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2                 | 3                                                        | 4                                                        |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 293                                                      | 389                                                      |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 8                                                        | 16                                                       |
|        3 | Assam             | 56                                                       | 32                                                       |
|        4 | Bihar             | 729                                                      | 348                                                      |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      | 317                                                      | 458                                                      |
|        6 | Goa               | 28                                                       | 51                                                       |
|        7 | Gujarat           | 205                                                      | 368                                                      |
|        8 | Haryana           | 80                                                       | 61                                                       |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 43                                                       | 45                                                       |
|       11 | Jharkhand         | 275                                                      | 99                                                       |
|       12 | Karnataka         | 1114                                                     | 2310                                                     |
|       13 | Kerala            | 110                                                      | 116                                                      |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1895                                                     | 2109                                                     |
|       15 | Maharashtra       | 380                                                      | 576                                                      |
|       16 | Manipur           | 24                                                       | 24                                                       |
|       17 | Meghalaya         | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       18 | Mizoram           | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       19 | Nagaland          | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       20 | Orissa            | 292                                                      | 377                                                      |
|       21 | Punjab            | 140                                                      | 112                                                      |
|       22 | Rajasthan         | 131                                                      | 201                                                      |
|       23 | Sikkim            | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        | 1119                                                     | 982                                                      |
|       25 | Telangana         | 293                                                      | 145                                                      |
|       26 | Tripura           | 1                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       27 | Uttarakhand       | 27                                                       | 32                                                       |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh     | 3192                                                     | 1654                                                     |
|       29 | West Bengal       | 225                                                      | 483                                                      |
|       30 | A &NIslands       | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       31 | Chandigarh        | 0                                                        | NR                                                       |
|       32 | D &NHaveli        | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       33 | Daman &Diu        | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       34 | Delhi             | NR                                                       | 41                                                       |
|       35 | Lakshadweep       | 0                                                        | 0                                                        |
|       36 | Puducherry        | 31                                                       | 55                                                       |