Lok Sabha Question No. 2038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Accidents due to Drunken Driving
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2038 ANSWERED ON 4 TH  JULY, 2019

## ACCIDENTS DUE TO DRUNKEN DRIVING

## 2038.   SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether increase in the number of road accidents due to drunken driving has been reported from various States in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the    number of  such accidents reported during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to check drunken driving?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) & (b) As per the information received from police department of States/UTs, the number of road accidents under the drunken driving category of traffic violation during last three calendar years i.e. 2015 to 2017 is as under:-

|   Year | Road Accidents due to Intake of Alcohol   | Total number of Road Accidents   |   % share of total road accident |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|   2015 | 16,298                                    | 5,01,423                         |                              3.3 |
|   2016 | 14,894                                    | 4,80,652                         |                              3.1 |
|   2017 | 14,071                                    | 4,64,910                         |                              3   |

State-wise details of the same is given at annexure.

- (c) Following steps have been initiated by the Government to curb the number of road accidents caused by drunken driving: -
- (i)      Section 185 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides for punishment of imprisonment or fine or both for the offence of drunken driving cases.
- (ii)  All the State Government/UTs have been requested to ensure that no license is issued to liquor vendors  along  National  Highways.  Further  they  have  also  been  requested  to  review  cases  where licence has already been given for liquor vendors along National Highways and to take corrective action.

(iii)  Ministry undertakes campaigns through print and electronic media to spread awareness among road uses about dangers of drunken driving.

(iv)    Enforcement of various provisions of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is the responsibility of State Governments. This Ministry has issued instructions to all State Governments to invoke Section 185 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 which provides for punishment of imprisonment or fine or both for the offence of drunken driving.

(v)    The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  provided  financial  assistant  to  States  for procurement of breath analysers.

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2038  ANSWERED  ON  4 TH   JULY,  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  JAGDAMBIKA  PAL:  REGARDING ACCIDENTS DUE TO DRUNKEN DRIVING  CATEGORY OF TRAFFIC VIOLATION DURING LAST THREE CALENDAR YEAR 2015 TO 2017

| S.No   | States/UTs        |   Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2015 |   Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2016 |   Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2017 |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                  490 |                                                  128 |                                                 2064 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                   22 |                                                   15 |                                                   19 |
| 3      | Assam             |                                                  611 |                                                  352 |                                                  373 |
| 4      | Bihar             |                                                 1457 |                                                  593 |                                                    0 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                                                  227 |                                                  145 |                                                   86 |
| 6      | Goa               |                                                    6 |                                                    3 |                                                   10 |
| 7      | Gujarat           |                                                  361 |                                                   64 |                                                   65 |
| 8      | Haryana           |                                                 1092 |                                                  529 |                                                  180 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                   50 |                                                   72 |                                                  214 |
| 10     | Jammu& Kashmir    |                                                  375 |                                                   47 |                                                    1 |
| 11     | Jharkhand         |                                                 1518 |                                                  543 |                                                  801 |
| 12     | Karnataka         |                                                  298 |                                                  396 |                                                  169 |
| 13     | Kerala            |                                                   49 |                                                  133 |                                                  133 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                 2665 |                                                 3083 |                                                 1049 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |                                                 1345 |                                                  226 |                                                  863 |
| 16     | Manipur           |                                                    0 |                                                   71 |                                                   44 |
| 17     | Meghalaya         |                                                  137 |                                                   35 |                                                  132 |
| 18     | Mizoram           |                                                   15 |                                                   27 |                                                   16 |
| 19     | Nagaland          |                                                    2 |                                                   13 |                                                  157 |
| 20     | Orissa            |                                                  972 |                                                 1255 |                                                 1533 |
| 21     | Punjab            |                                                  118 |                                                  317 |                                                  129 |
| 22     | Rajasthan         |                                                  667 |                                                  673 |                                                  421 |
| 23     | Sikkim            |                                                   30 |                                                   12 |                                                   32 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        |                                                  818 |                                                  531 |                                                 1833 |
| 25     | Telangana         |                                                   42 |                                                  202 |                                                  163 |
| 26     | Tripura           |                                                   13 |                                                    5 |                                                   11 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       |                                                    6 |                                                   40 |                                                   56 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                 2403 |                                                 4633 |                                                 3336 |
| 29     | West Bengal       |                                                  413 |                                                  462 |                                                   16 |
| 30     | A &NIslands       |                                                   30 |                                                   27 |                                                   13 |
| 31     | Chandigarh        |                                                    8 |                                                    9 |                                                   10 |
| 32     | D &NHaveli        |                                                    6 |                                                    0 |                                                    1 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu        |                                                    7 |                                                    7 |                                                   12 |
| 34     | Delhi             |                                                   40 |                                                  164 |                                                  124 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       |                                                    0 |                                                    0 |                                                    0 |
| 36     | Puducherry        |                                                    5 |                                                   82 |                                                    5 |
|        | Total             |                                                16298 |                                                14894 |                                                14071 |

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