Lok Sabha Question No. 872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Road Accident
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: L.R. Shivaramegowda, ANJU BALA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## LOK SABHA 872

ANSWERED  ON  7 th   FEBRUARY, 2019

## ROAD  ACCIDENT

872.   SHRI L.R. SHIVARAME  GOWDA: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI  TEJ  PRATAP  SINGH  YADAV:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether according to an official report, Indian roads claim lives of 56 pedestrians per day;
- (b) if so, the details of road accidents during the last four years, State-wise;
- (c) the remedial measures being taken by the Government to reduce road accidents and to improve road safety in the country;
- (d)  whether  according  to  a  study  by  the  World  Bank  and  National  Highway Authority  of  India  (NHAI),  30  per  cent  of  Delhi-Mumbai  National  Highway  is unsafe for cars; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) As per information received from police department of States/UTs the total number of Pedestrians killed under the category of road user during the last four calendar years i.e 2014 to 2017 are shown in the table given below:
- (b) The  State-UT  wise  details  in  respect  of  number  of  Pedestrians  killed  under  the category of road user   and  Road accidents during the last three calendar years i.e 2014  to 2017 are given at Annexure-I  and  Annexure -II.

| Years         | Total number of persons killed in the country   |   Pedestrian killed under the category of road user in the country | Pedestrian killed per day in the country   |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2014 1,39,671 | 12330                                           |                                                                 34 |                                            |
| 1,46,133      | 13894                                           |                                                                 38 | 2015                                       |
| 1,50,785      | 15746                                           |                                                                 43 | 2016                                       |
| 2017          | 1,47,913                                        |                                                              20457 | 56                                         |

(c ) The Government has made necessary amendment in Section 135 and Schedule VII of Companies Act as well as the provisions of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rule 2014 which inter-alia envisage that every qualifying company requires spending of at least 2% of its average net profit for the immediately preceding 3 financial years on CSR activities. These activities also include road safety.

The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has  taken  a  number  of  steps  to prevent road accidents and road accident fatalities as per details mentioned under: -

(i) Government has launched a mobile app for highway users i.e. 'SukhadYatra 1033' which  enables  highways  users  to  report  potholes  and  other  safety  hazards  on  National Highways including accidents.

(ii)       Rectification of identified Black spots.

(iii)      Road Safety Audits are being carried out at all stages of development of the highway i.e. design / construction / operation stages.

(iv)      Facilities  such  as  Foot  Over  bridges  &  under  passes  are  being  provided  wherever required, for safe crossing of pedestrians and other road users.

(v)      Road Safety Week is observed every calendar year for spreading awareness about safer behaviour of road users on National Highways.

(vi)        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.

(vii) The  Ministry  has  constituted  Group  of  Ministers  of  State  Transport  Ministers  to examine the best practices of Transport and suggest issues to improve road safety. Based on the recommendation of Group  of Minister, the Ministry introduced Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.

(viii) 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.

(ix) Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.

(x) 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.

(xi) Setting  up  of  model  driving  training  institutes  in  States  and  refresher  training  to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.

(xii) Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.

(xiii) Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.

(xiv) High  priority  has  been  accorded  to  identification  and  rectification  of  black  spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.

(xv) 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.

(xvi) 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.

(xvii) 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.

(xviii) Guidelines for pedestrian facilities on National Highways for persons with disabilities have also been issued to all States / UTs.

(xix) A  Certification  Course  for  Road  Safety  Auditors  has  been  commenced  in  Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) and 42 Auditors are certified.

(xx) 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.

(xxi) Free Eye Check-up Camp and distribution of eye glasses is conducted for truck/bus drivers operating on NH.

(xxii) Capacity building through training of NHAI field staff /Concessionaires/Contractors/Consultants  engaged  in  NHAI  project  works  throughout India.

(xxiii) Facilities  such  as  Foot  Over  bridges  &  underpasses  are  being  provided  wherever required, for safe crossing of pedestrians and other road users.

(xxiv) Removal of Liquor Shops as per directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court vide circular of F. No. RW/NH-33044/309/2016/S&R dated 06-04-2017 and 01-06-2017.

(d) & (e) As per the study conducted by International Road Assessment Programme (IRAP) organization.

IRAP studied 1397.4 km of Delhi-Mumbai corridor (divided road) and 1318.3 km of Mumbai-Chennai corridor (divided road). The IRAP study provides star rating of the road sections considering more than 50 parameters of the road cross-section and geometry. It was found out that 30% of the length was having  less than 3-Star rating  (where  5-Star  means safest and 1-Star means unsafe). Similarly, for Mumbai-Chennai corridor 50% of the length was found to be of less than 3-Star rating.

The  National  Highway  passing  through  urban/semi-urban  areas  or  developed villages required pedestrian and NMT facilities, which are absent as per study. Also, traffic is moving through the intersections at speed higher than 60 kmph. According to i-RAP, for the  design  speed  of  100  kmph  for  the  two  corridors,  and  based  on  operating  speed  of 85 th  percentile speed, the roads were considered to be unsafe for motor vehicles for 30% and 50% length respectively.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872  ANSWERED ON  07-02-2019 ASKED BY  SHRI L.R. SHIVARAME  GOWDA:  SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:   SHRI  TEJ  PRATAP  SINGH  YADAV: REGARDING  'ROAD  ACCIDENTS'.

Total  Persons Killed under the category of Pedestrian during the calendar years 2014 to 2017

| S.No   | States/UTs               | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           | 72     | 691    | 1251   | 1379   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3      |
| 3      | Assam                    | 53     | 36     | 24     | 538    |
| 4      | Bihar                    | 144    | 184    | 200    | 769    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             | 80     | 42     | 49     | 467    |
| 6      | Goa                      | 68     | 64     | 59     | 47     |
| 7      | Gujarat                  | 714    | 719    | 697    | 985    |
| 8      | Haryana                  | 204    | 228    | 1596   | 1071   |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         | 0      | 0      | 214    | 171    |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 25     | 28     | 58     | 62     |
| 11     | Jharkhand                | 74     | 34     | 10     | 262    |
| 12     | Karnataka                | 1458   | 1207   | 599    | 1054   |
| 13     | Kerala                   | 1275   | 1300   | 1246   | 1332   |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           | 1767   | 1962   | 1627   | 1280   |
| 15     | Maharashtra              | 592    | 1162   | 2103   | 1831   |
| 16     | Manipur                  | 0      | 0      | 4      | 15     |
| 17     | Meghalaya                | 6      | 5      | 32     | 46     |
| 18     | Mizoram                  | 17     | 10     | 4      | 18     |
| 19     | Nagaland                 | 6      | 5      | 1      | 5      |
| 20     | Odisha                   | 265    | 318    | 251    | 533    |
| 21     | Punjab                   | 339    | 423    | 433    | 265    |
| 22     | Rajasthan                | 1021   | 867    | 898    | 863    |
| 23     | Sikkim                   | 0      | 3      | 3      | 10     |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               | 2567   | 2618   | 2966   | 3507   |
| 25     | Telangana                | 0      | 598    | 619    | 972    |
| 26     | Tripura                  | 22     | 29     | 42     | 57     |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              | 117    | 106    | 18     | 127    |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            | 598    | 325    | 284    | 1192   |
| 29     | West Bengal              | 0      | 109    | 72     | 1039   |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 10     | 12     | 5      | 9      |
| 31     | Chandigarh               | 0      | 47     | 38     | 32     |
| 32     | D &NHaveli               | 20     | 17     | 9      | 2      |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               | 2      | 11     | 7      | 9      |
| 34     | Delhi                    | 749    | 684    | 250    | 423    |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 36     | Puducherry               | 65     | 50     | 76     | 82     |
| Total  | Total                    | 12,330 | 13,894 | 15,746 | 20,457 |

## Annexure - II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872 ANSWERED ON  07-02-2019 ASKED BY  SHRI L.R. SHIVARAME  GOWDA:  SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI  TEJ  PRATAP  SINGH  YADAV: REGARDING  'ROAD  ACCIDENTS'.

## Total Number of Road Accidents in India: 2014 to 2017

| S. No   | State/UTs                |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|---------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           |  24440 |  24258 |  24888 |  25727 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        |    205 |    284 |    249 |    241 |
| 3       | Assam                    |   7144 |   6959 |   7435 |   7170 |
| 4       | Bihar                    |   9556 |   9555 |   8222 |   8855 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             |  13821 |  14446 |  13580 |  13563 |
| 6       | Goa                      |   4229 |   4338 |   4304 |   3917 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  |  23712 |  23183 |  21859 |  19081 |
| 8       | Haryana                  |  10676 |  11174 |  11234 |  11258 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         |   3058 |   3010 |   3168 |   3114 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir           |   5861 |   5836 |   5501 |   5624 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                |   5201 |   5162 |   4932 |   5198 |
| 12      | Karnataka                |  43713 |  44011 |  44403 |  42542 |
| 13      | Kerala                   |  36282 |  39014 |  39420 |  38470 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           |  53472 |  54947 |  53972 |  53399 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              |  61627 |  63805 |  39878 |  35853 |
| 16      | Manipur                  |    743 |    671 |    538 |    578 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                |    542 |    606 |    620 |    675 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  |    132 |     70 |     83 |     68 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 |    305 |     54 |     75 |    531 |
| 20      | Odisha                   |   9648 |  10542 |  10532 |  10855 |
| 21      | Punjab                   |   6391 |   6702 |   6952 |   6273 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                |  24628 |  24072 |  23066 |  22112 |
| 23      | Sikkim                   |    203 |    219 |    210 |    196 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu               |  67250 |  69059 |  71431 |  65562 |
| 25      | Telangana                |  20078 |  21252 |  22811 |  22484 |
| 26      | Tripura                  |    716 |    647 |    557 |    503 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand              |   1410 |   1523 |   1591 |   1603 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            |  31034 |  32385 |  35612 |  38783 |
| 29      | West Bengal              |  12875 |  13208 |  13580 |  11631 |
| 30      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |    218 |    258 |    238 |    189 |
| 31      | Chandigarh               |    369 |    416 |    428 |    342 |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     87 |     69 |     70 |     67 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu               |     39 |     70 |     71 |     79 |
| 34      | Delhi                    |   8623 |   8085 |   7375 |   6673 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              |      1 |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 36      | Puducherry               |   1111 |   1530 |   1766 |   1693 |
| Total   | Total                    | 489400 | 501423 | 480652 | 464910 |

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