Lok Sabha Question No. 3835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Measures to Tackle Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, DHARMENDRA YADAV, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3835 ANSWERED  ON  3 rd  JANUARY,  2019

## MEASURES  TO  TACKLE  ROAD  ACCIDENTS

3835.   SHRI  VINAYAK  BHAURAO  RAUT: SHRI  DHARMENDRA  YADAV: DR.  PRITAM  GOPINATH  MUNDE: SHRI  SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE: SHRI  ADHALRAO  PATIL  SHIVAJI  RAO:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  succumbing  to  injuries  figure  from  road  accidents  is  more  than  four times the annual death toll from terrorism;
- (b)  whether  in  view  of  the  growing  number  of  road  accidents  in  the  country,  the Government had considered the need for speed governors in transport vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  speed  governors  in  commercial vehicles as  mandated by Supreme Court  and  Ministry of Road  Transport  and  Highways  shall  be  installed in commercial vehicles under the 'strict surveillance' of the State transport departments;
- (d)  whether  the  Union  Government  is  aware  that  despite  issuing  notification  and making it compulsory to fit speed governors in transport vehicles, it has not being implemented fully;
- (e)  if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  response  of  the  State  Governments thereto; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  launch  a  nation-wide  awareness campaign  on  road  safety  and  to  implement  the  direction  for  fitting  of  speed governors for transport vehicles in the country to minimise the road accidents?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per data received from police department of all State/UTs on road accidents the total  number  of  accidents,  persons  killed  and  injured  in  the  country  during  the  last    three calendar

years  i.e.  2015 to 2017 are given in the table below:-

| Years   | Total Number of Road accidents   | Total Number of Persons killed   | Total Number of Persons Injured   |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2015    | 5,01,423                         | 1,46,133                         | 5,00,279                          |
| 2016    | 4,80,652                         | 1,50,785                         | 4,94,624                          |
|         | (-4.10)                          | (3.18)                           | (-1.13)                           |
| 2017    | 4,64,910                         | 1,47,913                         | 4,70,975                          |
|         | (-3.32)                          | (-1.90)                          | (-4.78)                           |

Note: -  figures in parenthesis indicate the percentage change over the previous year.

In the year 2017 road accidents, persons killed and persons injured have decreased as compared to 2016.

- (b) to   (e)    Ministry has issued notification number G.S.R. 290 ( E) dated 15 th  April,2015 making  it  mandatory  for  all  transport  vehicles  to  be  equipped  with  speed  limiting device/speed  governor  for  certain  category  of  transport    vehicles.    Except  two  wheelers, three  wheelers,  quadricycles,  four  wheeled  and  used  for  carriage  of  passengers  and  their luggage  with seating capacity not exceeding eight passengers in addition to driver  seat (MI Category) and not exceeding 3500 kilogram gross vehicle weight, fire tenders, ambulances, police vehicles and verified and certified by a testing agency specified in rule 126 to have maximum rated speed of not more than 80 kilometre per hour. It  has  been  implemented from 1 st  day of February, 2017. The implementation of Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) 1989 comes under the purview  of  State  Government.
- (f) Advocacy/Publicity  campaign  on  road  safety  is  done  through  the  electronic  and print  media.  Beside  this    Ministry  has  also  taken  following  steps  for  campaign  on  road safety:-
- 1) 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 etc.
- 2) 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.
- 3) Acquire the requisite equipments such as alcometer, speed guns, interceptors, CCTV, cameras etc. for detecting traffic violations.

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