Lok Sabha Question No. 348 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: OM BIRLA, JAGDAMBIKA PAL, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, NEELAM SONKER, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, M. I. SHANAVAS, PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 348

ANSWERED ON 17 TH     NOVEMBER 2016

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

## 348.    SHRI OM BIRLA:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRI M. I. SHANAVAS: SHRI PONGULETI  SHRINIVASA REDDY:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether road accidents are continuously increasing in the country, if so, the number of road accidents and the people died in such road accidents during the last three years, NH and Statewise;
- (b) whether the proximity of wine shops to NH/State Highways may be cited as major reasons for road accidents, if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard;
- (c) whether any survey done to identify the reasons, if so, details thereof;
- (d) whether any expert committee has been set up to identify the reasons of accidents and to avoid such accidents, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Ministry had recently organized a meeting of road transport Ministries of various States to review the safety measures on National Highways, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to set up any Central Fund to provide compensation to the people killed and injured in road accidents, if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the action taken by the Government to prevent the road accidents and spread awareness in this regard.

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)   State-wise details of total number of road accidents and persons killed in road accidents on all roads including National Highways in India during 2013, 2014 and 2015 is annexed.

(b)  Road  accidents  are  caused  due  to  the  complex  interaction  of  a  number  of  factors.  These include  driver's  fault,  mechanical  defects  in  the  vehicles,  fault  of  pedestrians,  bad  road,  bad weather,  increase  in  vehicular  population,  increase  in  population,  heterogeneous  traffic  etc.  It may not be possible to pin point any one reason for road accidents.

(c) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways collects data on road accidents from all States/UTs in  a  format  developed  as  per  the  Asia  Pacific  Road  Accident  Database  (APRAD)  project  of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP).  These data are analyzed and an annual publication titled 'Road Accidents in India' is released every year by the Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.  The latest issue of the publication was released in May 2016.  The report contains data on road accidents and related parameters, including factors causing road accidents, for all States/UTs.

(d) No, Madam. However a Group of Ministers (GoM) under the chairmanship of Shri Yoonus Khan, Hon'ble Minister for Public Works Department and Transport, Government of Rajasthan has been constituted in  pursuance of the  decision taken in the 16 th Meeting of National Road Safety Council held on 22.02.2016.  The GoM is to examine best practices in road safety and road  transport  sector  and  to  suggest  actionable  points  for  implementation.    The  Group  of Ministers  set  up  by  the  Ministry  of  RTH  has  been  actively  involved  in  addressing  the  issues relating to road safety and  efficient transportation on Indian roads.

(e)   A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Secretary (RT&H) on 2 nd Sept., 2016 with the  Principal  Secretary  (Transport)  and  ADG  (Police),  in-charge  of  road  safety  matters  in  the States. During the meeting, it was advised that the States should first and foremost address the institutional issues. The urgent need to formulate an action plan for improving road safety and to implement it in a concerted manner to achieve a targeted reduction in road crash injuries and fatality was stressed. It was emphasised that it is necessary to fix a definite, time bound target for fatality reduction and to identify and allocate adequate manpower, financial and other resources for implementing the strategy to achieve the targets set. It was also advised that the States could consider deploying policing/patrolling on accident prone stretches of highways to enforce safe use. In addition, States were advised to deploy static cameras for detecting and penalizing overspeeding vehicles.

(f)    Under  the  Motor  Vehicle  (Amendment)  bill,  2016  setting  up  of  Motor  Vehicle  Accident Fund has been proposed to provide compulsory insurance cover to all  road users in the territory of India.

(g) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent   road accidents as per details mentioned under:

- i. Motor vehicle Amendment Bill, 2016 has been introduced by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in the Parliament which addresses the pressing issues  of road safety, improving public transportation and interface with transport Departments.
- ii. The Government has approved a National Road Safety Policy.  This Policy outlines various policy  measures  such  as  promoting  awareness,  encouraging  safer  road  infrastructure including application of intelligent transport, enforcement of safety laws trauma care etc.
- iii. The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.
- iv. 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.
- v. 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. Based on this, a draft action plan has been shared with the states.
- vi. Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
- vii. Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.
- viii. High priority has been accorded to identification and rectification of black spots (accident prone spots) on national highways. Around 700 such black spots have been identified for improvement.
- ix. 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.
- x. Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.
- xi. Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.
- xii. Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, Power-steering, anti-lock braking system etc.
- xiii. Providing  cranes  and  ambulances  to  various  State  Governments  under  the  National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme for development on National Highways. National Highways Authority of India also provides ambulances at a distance of 50 Km. on each of its completed stretches of National Highways under its Operation & Maintenance contracts.
- xiv. Launch  of  pilot  projects  for  providing  cashless  treatment  of  road  accident  victims  on Gurgaon - Jaipur, Vadodara - Mumbai stretch of National Highways No. 8 and Ranchi Rargaon - Mahulia stretch of National Highway No. 33.

With a view to spread road safety awareness among the general public, the Government has been undertaking various publicity measures  in the  form of telecasting/broadcasting of T.V. spots/Radio  jingles,  display  of  cinema  slides,  hoardings,  organizing  Road  Safety  Week, seminars, exhibitions,  all India essay competition on road safety, printing of handbills/stickers, posters, etc., containing road safety messages for various segments of road users viz. Pedestrians, cyclists, school children, heavy vehicle drivers, etc. , painting on road railings on themes of road safety,  road  safety  games,  calendars  depicting  road  safety  messages,  etc.    The  Publicity campaign is carried out through DAVP, Doordarshan, All India Radio and newspapers.  It is the ministry's effort to make road safety a social movement.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.348  ANSWERED  ON  17.11.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  OM  BIRLA,  SHRI  JAGDAMBIKA PAL,SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI,SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER,SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL,SHRI M. I. SHANAVAS AND SHRI PONGULETI SHRINIVASA REDDY RAGARDING  ROAD ACCIDENTS .

## Total number of road accident and persons killed in road accident during the calendar years .

| S.No.   | States/UTs               | Total number of road accident   |   Total number of road accident |   Total number of road accident | Total number of persons killed in road accident.   |   Total number of persons killed in road accident. |   Total number of persons killed in road accident. |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | States/UTs               | 2013                            |                            2014 |                            2015 | 2013                                               |                                               2014 |                                               2015 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           | 43482                           |                           24440 |                           24258 | 14171                                              |                                               7908 |                                               8297 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 308                             |                             205 |                             284 | 143                                                |                                                119 |                                                127 |
| 3       | Assam                    | 7211                            |                            7144 |                            6959 | 2441                                               |                                               2522 |                                               2397 |
| 4       | Bihar                    | 10200                           |                            9556 |                            9555 | 5061                                               |                                               4913 |                                               5421 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             | 13657                           |                           13821 |                           14446 | 3477                                               |                                               4022 |                                               4082 |
| 6       | Goa                      | 4294                            |                            4229 |                            4338 | 266                                                |                                                290 |                                                311 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  | 25391                           |                           23712 |                           23183 | 7613                                               |                                               7955 |                                               8119 |
| 8       | Haryana                  | 10482                           |                           10676 |                           11174 | 4517                                               |                                               4483 |                                               4879 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         | 2981                            |                            3058 |                            3010 | 1054                                               |                                               1199 |                                               1096 |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir           | 6457                            |                            5861 |                            5836 | 990                                                |                                                992 |                                                917 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                | 5569                            |                            5201 |                            5162 | 2706                                               |                                               2628 |                                               2893 |
| 12      | Karnataka                | 44020                           |                           43713 |                           44011 | 10046                                              |                                              10452 |                                              10856 |
| 13      | Kerala                   | 35215                           |                           36282 |                           39014 | 4258                                               |                                               4049 |                                               4196 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           | 51810                           |                           53472 |                           54947 | 8588                                               |                                               8569 |                                               9314 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              | 63019                           |                           61627 |                           63805 | 13029                                              |                                              12803 |                                              13212 |
| 16      | Manipur                  | 671                             |                             743 |                             671 | 165                                                |                                                168 |                                                139 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                | 525                             |                             542 |                             606 | 130                                                |                                                141 |                                                183 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  | 114                             |                             132 |                              70 | 97                                                 |                                                103 |                                                 72 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 | 71                              |                             305 |                              54 | 30                                                 |                                                 81 |                                                 30 |
| 20      | Odisha                   | 9680                            |                            9648 |                           10542 | 4062                                               |                                               3931 |                                               4303 |
| 21      | Punjab                   | 6323                            |                            6391 |                            6702 | 4588                                               |                                               4621 |                                               4893 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                | 23592                           |                           24628 |                           24072 | 9724                                               |                                              10289 |                                              10510 |
| 23      | Sikkim                   | 244                             |                             203 |                             219 | 68                                                 |                                                 59 |                                                 70 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu               | 66238                           |                           67250 |                           69059 | 15563                                              |                                              15190 |                                              15642 |
| 25      | Telangana                | NA                              |                           20078 |                           21252 | NA                                                 |                                               6906 |                                               7110 |
| 26      | Tripura                  | 818                             |                             716 |                             647 | 226                                                |                                                188 |                                                158 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand              | 1297                            |                            1410 |                            1523 | 766                                                |                                                878 |                                                913 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            | 30615                           |                           31034 |                           32385 | 16004                                              |                                              16287 |                                              17666 |
| 29      | West Bengal              | 12414                           |                           12875 |                           13208 | 5504                                               |                                               5875 |                                               6234 |
| 30      | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 200                             |                             218 |                             258 | 40                                                 |                                                 23 |                                                 23 |
| 31      | Chandigarh               | 410                             |                             369 |                             416 | 117                                                |                                                131 |                                                129 |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 91                              |                              87 |                              69 | 49                                                 |                                                 59 |                                                 42 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu               | 59                              |                              39 |                              70 | 31                                                 |                                                 15 |                                                 42 |
| 34      | Delhi                    | 7566                            |                            8623 |                            8085 | 1820                                               |                                               1671 |                                               1622 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              | 1                               |                               1 |                               3 | 0                                                  |                                                  0 |                                                  0 |
| 36      | Puducherry               | 1451                            |                            1111 |                            1530 | 228                                                |                                                151 |                                                235 |

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