Lok Sabha Question No. 2414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2414

ANSWERED ON 5 TH  MARCH, 2020

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

## 2414. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  India  has  recorded  the  highest  number  of  road  accident deaths amongst 200 countries as per a recent World Road Statistics report;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with number of road accidents in the country during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any initiative or allocated/managed any  funds through  private  participation  for  strengthening  of  road  safety  mechanism  in  the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) &  (b)  As per World Road Statistics, 2018 report of Indian Road Federation, India ranks 1 st in number of person killed in road accidents across the 199 countries.

As per available information, total number of road accidents and the persons killed in the country during the calendar year 2017 and 2018 are as under:-

|   Year | Total Accidents   | Number of persons killed   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|   2017 | 4,64,910          | 1,47,913                   |
|   2018 | 4,67,044          | 1,51,417                   |

The State/UTs wise of road accidents and persons killed in road accidents for the last two years are at Annexure .

(c)  &  (d)        The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has  implemented  scheme  of setting  of  Institute  of  Driving  Training  and  Research  (IDTR)  and  Regional  Driving Training  Centre  (RDTC).  Under  these  schemes  State  Government,  and/or  any  other agencies  such  as  State  Transport  Undertakings,  Transport  Companies/  Associations, NGOs, Private Party / Automobile Associations/Vehicle Manufacturers' Association/Autonomous Body/Private

Vehicle  Manufacturers  authorized  and  recommended  by  the  State  Governments,  in collaboration with the Government can send proposals. Besides, the Ministry also launched a  scheme for setting up of Driving Training Centre (DTC) to provide quality training to commercial vehicle drivers, improve road and environment safety and strengthen overall mobility  on  roads.  Any  entity  such  as  a  State  Undertaking/  NGO/  Trust/  Cooperative Society/ Vehicle Manufacturer/ Firm etc. i.e. any legal entity registered under a State or Central Government Law are eligible to apply under the scheme.

Further, the ministry also implements a scheme of financial assistance to NGOs for administering road safety advocacy programmes to create awareness about road safety.

Annexure ANNEXURE TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2414 FOR ANSWER ON   5 TH  MARCH, 2020 ASKED BY SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

## TOTAL NUMBER OF ROAD ACCIDENTS AND PERSONS KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS 2017 & 2018

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          |   Road Accidents |   Road Accidents |   Persons killed |   Persons killed |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          |             2017 |             2018 |             2017 |             2018 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |            25727 |            24475 |             8060 |             7556 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |              241 |              277 |              110 |              175 |
| 3         | Assam               |             7170 |             8248 |             2783 |             2966 |
| 4         | Bihar               |             8855 |             9600 |             5554 |             6729 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |            13563 |            13864 |             4136 |             4592 |
| 6         | Goa                 |             3917 |             3709 |              328 |              262 |
| 7         | Gujarat             |            19081 |            18769 |             7289 |             7996 |
| 8         | Haryana             |            11258 |            11238 |             5120 |             5118 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |             3114 |             3110 |             1203 |             1208 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      |             5624 |             5978 |              926 |              984 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           |             5198 |             5394 |             3256 |             3542 |
| 12        | Karnataka           |            42542 |            41707 |            10609 |            10990 |
| 13        | Kerala              |            38470 |            40181 |             4131 |             4303 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      |            53399 |            51397 |            10177 |            10706 |
| 15        | Maharashtra         |            35853 |            35717 |            12264 |            13261 |
| 16        | Manipur             |              578 |              601 |              136 |              134 |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |              675 |              399 |              182 |              182 |
| 18        | Mizoram             |               68 |               53 |               60 |               45 |
| 19        | Nagaland            |              531 |              430 |               41 |               39 |
| 20        | Odisha              |            10855 |            11262 |             4790 |             5315 |
| 21        | Punjab              |             6273 |             6428 |             4463 |             4740 |
| 22        | Rajasthan           |            22112 |            21743 |            10444 |            10320 |
| 23        | Sikkim              |              196 |              180 |               78 |               85 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          |            65562 |            63920 |            16157 |            12216 |
| 25        | Telangana           |            22484 |            22230 |             6596 |             6603 |
| 26        | Tripura             |              503 |              552 |              161 |              213 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         |             1603 |             1468 |              942 |             1047 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       |            38783 |            42568 |            20124 |            22256 |
| 29        | West Bengal         |            11631 |            12705 |             5769 |             5711 |
| 30        | A &NIslands         |              189 |              254 |               21 |               19 |
| 31        | Chandigarh          |              342 |              316 |              107 |               98 |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |               67 |               80 |               43 |               54 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |               79 |               76 |               36 |               35 |
| 34        | Delhi               |             6673 |             6515 |             1584 |             1690 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         |                1 |                3 |                0 |                1 |
| 36        | Puducherry          |             1693 |             1597 |              233 |              226 |
|           | Total               |           464910 |           467044 |           147913 |           151417 |