Lok Sabha Question No. 4935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Road Accidents due to Two-Wheelers
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4935 ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2021

## ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO TWO-WHEELERS

†4935. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has data ragarding the mortality rate in road accidents due to two-wheeler in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any specific scheme/provisions  to  prevent  road  accidents  involving  twowheeler and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to make  provision for economically  weaker  section  to  wear  helmet  of  any  specific standards  to  save  more  lives  during  road  accidents  and  if  so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) As  per  the  data  received  from  police  department  of  all States/UTs the total  number of   road  accidents  in the  country  and the total number of mortality (fatality) rate in road accidents due to two wheelers in the country is given in the table below:-

|   Years | Total Road Accidents in India   |   Accidents involving two wheelers in India |   Share of two wheelers in total road accidents in India | Total persons killed in India   |   Persons killed involving two wheelers |   Share of two wheelers in total persons killed in India |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 | 480,652                         |                                      162280 |                                                     33.8 | 150,785                         |                                   44366 |                                                     29.4 |
|    2017 | 464,910                         |                                      157723 |                                                     33.9 | 147,913                         |                                   44092 |                                                     29.8 |
|    2018 | 467,044                         |                                      164313 |                                                     35.2 | 151,417                         |                                   47560 |                                                     31.4 |
|    2019 | 4,49,002                        |                                      167184 |                                                     37.2 | 151,113                         |                                   56136 |                                                     37.1 |

Note: Two-Wheelers include motor cycles, scooters, mopeds & scooty.

States/UTs wise details regarding the total number of road accidents & persons killed of  two wheeler riders during the calendar years 2016 to 2019 are given at Annexure-I.

- (b) &    (c)     This Ministry vide, S.O. 4252 (E) Dated 26th November 2020,  has  issued  the  Helmet  For  Riders  of  Two  Wheelers  Motor Vehicles (Quality Control) Order, 2020.   It has been mandated that the helmet  for  riders  of  Two  Wheelers  Motor  Vehicles  shall  bear  the Standard Mark under a license from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme-I of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4935 TO BE ANSWERED ON   25th MARCH 2021 ASKED BY SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:  'ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO TWO-WHEELERS'.

Total Number of Road Accidents in India two wheelers: 2016 to 2019

| S. No   | State/Uts                | 2016     | 2016   | 2017     | 2017   | 2018     | 2018   | 2019     | 2019   |
|---------|--------------------------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|
| S. No   | State/Uts                | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed |
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh           | 7277     | 2190   | 9409     | 2343   | 8593     | 2230   | 9456     | 3352   |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 88       | 53     | 62       | 32     | 66       | 41     | 30       | 26     |
| 3.      | Assam                    | 2192     | 614    | 2125     | 772    | 1958     | 808    | 2409     | 1031   |
| 4.      | Bihar                    | 1829     | 1011   | 2035     | 1318   | 3720     | 2717   | 4060     | 3135   |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh             | 4759     | 1256   | 4696     | 1386   | 5396     | 1608   | 6887     | 2894   |
| 6.      | Goa                      | 2069     | 136    | 1567     | 164    | 1700     | 120    | 1757     | 186    |
| 7.      | Gujarat                  | 6289     | 2200   | 6086     | 2190   | 5848     | 2364   | 6412     | 2755   |
| 8.      | Haryana                  | 1841     | 595    | 2528     | 1006   | 2228     | 770    | 3322     | 1614   |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh         | 663      | 197    | 815      | 336    | 783      | 293    | 542      | 288    |
| 10.     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1048     | 145    | 1093     | 142    | 1463     | 193    | 1510     | 171    |
| 11.     | Jharkhand                | 1580     | 1087   | 1718     | 1065   | 2163     | 1376   | 1235     | 1114   |
| 12.     | Karnataka                | 16217    | 4119   | 15752    | 4029   | 16208    | 4352   | 15549    | 4466   |
| 13.     | Kerala                   | 13218    | 1293   | 14821    | 1371   | 16518    | 1643   | 16970    | 2362   |
| 14.     | Madhya Pradesh           | 22503    | 3013   | 21458    | 3035   | 19966    | 3277   | 19840    | 4474   |
| 15.     | Maharashtra              | 14015    | 4650   | 11869    | 4114   | 13732    | 5143   | 13330    | 5894   |
| 16.     | Manipur                  | 143      | 16     | 141      | 15     | 156      | 30     | 181      | 42     |
| 17.     | Meghalaya                | 106      | 23     | 117      | 30     | 44       | 31     | 63       | 12     |
| 18.     | Mizoram                  | 17       | 13     | 10       | 11     | 7        | 8      | 14       | 11     |
| 19.     | Nagaland                 | 13       | 6      | 128      | 11     | 97       | 6      | 80       | 5      |
| 20.     | Odisha                   | 3687     | 1547   | 3886     | 1744   | 4413     | 2173   | 4688     | 2398   |
| 21.     | Punjab                   | 1630     | 1118   | 2375     | 1666   | 2135     | 1581   | 2833     | 1775   |
| 22.     | Rajasthan                | 5736     | 2099   | 5456     | 2146   | 5406     | 2429   | 6146     | 2552   |
| 23.     | Sikkim                   | 8        | 3      | 24       | 10     | 20       | 6      | 0        | 0      |
| 24.     | Tamil Nadu               | 27815    | 5666   | 25393    | 5322   | 26470    | 3965   | 23813    | 3537   |
| 25.     | Telangana                | 8019     | 2500   | 7160     | 2244   | 6845     | 2126   | 7646     | 3017   |
| 26.     | Tripura                  | 118      | 43     | 144      | 36     | 177      | 78     | 165      | 89     |
| 27.     | Uttarakhand              | 453      | 237    | 409      | 219    | 472      | 230    | 564      | 342    |
| 28.     | Uttar Pradesh            | 11575    | 6084   | 11329    | 5805   | 12258    | 6194   | 12896    | 6931   |
| 29.     | West Bengal              | 4178     | 1908   | 2346     | 1067   | 2651     | 1208   | 1844     | 1030   |
| 30.     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 108      | 4      | 84       | 7      | 112      | 5      | 105      | 13     |
| 31.     | Chandigarh               | 71       | 29     | 41       | 14     | 54       | 22     | 124      | 46     |
| 32.     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 23       | 15     | 15       | 10     | 26       | 20     | 31       | 25     |
| 33.     | Daman &Diu               | 23       | 14     | 33       | 17     | 26       | 14     | 26       | 11     |
| 34.     | Delhi                    | 2222     | 387    | 1700     | 311    | 1875     | 410    | 1919     | 490    |
| 35.     | Lakshadweep              | 0        | 0      | 0        | 0      | 1        | 1      | 0        | 0      |
| 36.     | Puducherry               | 747      | 95     | 898      | 104    | 726      | 88     | 737      | 48     |
| Total   | Total                    | 162280   | 44366  | 157723   | 44092  | 164313   | 47560  | 167184   | 56136  |

Note:

Two-Wheelers include motor cycles, scooters, mopeds & scooty.

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