Lok Sabha Question No. 2245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Accidents on NHs/Expressways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Durga Prasad Rao Balli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2245

ANSWERED ON 4 TH  July, 2019

## ACCIDENTS ON NHs/ EXPRESSWAYS

2245.   SHRI BALLI  DURGA PRASAD  RAO:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the increasing  number of   accidents on various  national highways/expressways in the  country;
- (b) the number of persons killed in road accidents during the last three years, State/UTwise;
- (c) if  so,  whether  any  financial  assistance  scheme  is  available  for  the  persons  killed  in road accidents so as to give support to his/her family members and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if  not,  whether  the  Government  is  bringing  any  legislation  for  rendering  financial assistance to the victims of road accidents; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  &  (b)  The  Ministry  analyses  the  road  traffic  injuries  based  on  the  data  received  from  the Police Department of all State/UTs on all roads including national highways/expressways. The number of persons killed in road accidents in India during the last three calendar years i.e. 2015 to 2017 is shown in the table given below:-

|   Years |   Number of persons killed in road accidents |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|
|    2015 |                                       146133 |
|    2016 |                                       150785 |
|    2017 |                                       147913 |

State-wise break up is given at Annexure .

(c)  to  (e)    Compensation  for  death  in  road  accidents  to  the  victims/legal  heir  of  the  victim  is provided under various provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act,1988.The  various provisions are:-

- (i) As per section 161 of the Motor vehicle Act, 1988, in cases where the identity of the vehicle causing accidents is not established and it is impossible to determine the  owner  of  the  vehicle  causing  accident/insurer  are  known  as  'hit  and  run cases'. In such cases, compensation is paid to the accident victim from Solatium Fund, maintained by the General Insurance Corporation(GIC), through a

surcharge on the Insurance Policies and such compensations are paid on the orders of District Magistrates after due Inquiry.

- (ii) Compensation  to  road  accidents  victims  on  'no  fault  principle'  (i.e  where  the victims or their heirs/successors do not have to prove the negligence of the motor vehicle to claim such compensation) is  given under Section 163A of the MV Act, as per the structured compensation formula listed under Schedule II of the Motor Vehicle Act. The Ministry has notified Second Schedule vide SO 2022 (E) on 22 nd May, 2018. The Schedule tabulates the age and annual income of the victim and then prescribes a multiplier for arriving at the amount of compensation.
- (iii) Section  165  of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Act,  1988,  also  allows  application  for compensation to Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) or Civil Courts, as the case  may  be,  on  the  principle  of  fault/negligence  of  the  vehicle.  In  such  cases, MACT or the Courts are authorized to award the compensation without limit.

## Annexure

## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2245 ANSWERED ON  4 TH  JULY, 2019  ASKED BY SHRI  BALLI  DURGA PRASAD RAO REGARDING ACCIDENTS ON NHs/ EXPRESSWAYS

## Total  Number  of  Persons killed in Road Accidents in India:  2015  to 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | 2                        |      3 |      4 |      5 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |   8297 |   8541 |   8060 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |    127 |    149 |    110 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   2397 |   2572 |   2783 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   5421 |   4901 |   5554 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |   4082 |   3908 |   4136 |
| 6      | Goa                      |    311 |    336 |    328 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |   8119 |   8136 |   7289 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |   4879 |   5024 |   5120 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |   1096 |   1271 |   1203 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |    917 |    958 |    926 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   2893 |   3027 |   3256 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  10856 |  11133 |  10609 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |   4196 |   4287 |   4131 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |   9314 |   9646 |  10177 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  13212 |  12935 |  12264 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |    139 |     81 |    136 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    183 |    150 |    182 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |     72 |     70 |     60 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |     30 |     46 |     41 |
| 20     | Odisha                   |   4303 |   4463 |   4790 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   4893 |   5077 |   4463 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |  10510 |  10465 |  10444 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |     70 |     85 |     78 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  15642 |  17218 |  16157 |
| 25     | Telangana                |   7110 |   7219 |   6596 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |    158 |    173 |    161 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |    913 |    962 |    942 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |  17666 |  19320 |  20124 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |   6234 |   6544 |   5769 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     23 |     17 |     21 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |    129 |    151 |    107 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     42 |     46 |     43 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |     42 |     38 |     36 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |   1622 |   1591 |   1584 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |    235 |    244 |    233 |
| Total  | Total                    | 146133 | 150785 | 147913 |

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