Lok Sabha Question No. 2307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Recall Policy for Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2307 ANSWERED ON 5 TH  MARCH, 2020

## RECALL POLICY FOR VEHICLES

## 2307. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study on road accidents involving light motor vehicles having inadequate safety standards;
- (b) if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has prescribed any safety norms for old as well as new vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to introduce a mandatory recall policy for the vehicles not fulfilling the prescribed safety norms; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to  (b)  To review the existing road accident data collection / reporting format so as to make recording and reporting of road accident data more accurate, objective and ensuring coverage of all relevant information, a Committee was constituted consisting experts from Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT),  Delhi,  IIT  Kharagpur,  World  Health  Organization (WHO),  senior  officers  from  Police  and  Transport  Departments  of  States,  Ministry  of Health & Family Welfare and officers of the Ministry. The Committee has submitted its report.  On  the  basis  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Committee,  a  revised  uniform  road accident recording and reporting format has been adopted.

(c)     The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued notification S.O. 1139 (E) dated 28.04.2015 and S.O. 2412 (E) dated 03.09.2015 wherein for amendment of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (CMVRs) the following crash standards have been notified: -

- (i). Automotive  Industry  Standard  098-2008  as  amended  from  time  to  time  for Protection  of  occupants  in  the  event  of  an  Offset  Frontal  Collision  shall  be
- mandatory  for  the  new  models  from  1 st October,  2017  and  for  all  models  1 st October, 2019
- (ii). Automotive Industry Standard 099 -2008 as amended from time to time for Side door impact for all passenger cars, Protection of Occupants in the event of Lateral Collision shall be mandatory for the new models from 1 st October, 2018 and for all models with effect from 1 st October, 2019.

Further, this Ministry has also notified G.S.R 1483(E) dated 07.12.2017 vide which Motor vehicles of category M1, manufactured on and after the 1 st day of July, 2019 are to comply with the  additional  safety  features  like  seat  belt  reminder,  manual  over-ride, speed alert system, vehicle reverse gear sensor etc. and its requirements as stipulated in Automotive Industry Standard (AIS) 145 -2017.

(d)    to    (e)        A  new  section  110A  has  been  inserted  through  the  Motor  Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, recently passed by Parliament, which has  provision for recall of motor  vehicles  in  case  of  defect  that  may  cause  harm  to  environment  or  the  driver  or occupants of such motor vehicle or other road users.

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