Lok Sabha Question No. 2801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Dibyendu Adhikari, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2801

ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

2801.   SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI: SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian roads claim lives of 56 pedestrians per day as per an official report of the Government and if so, the details thereof;

- (b) the details of road accidents during the last three years, State-wise;

- (c) whether the fatalities of road accidents have risen to 1.5 lakh in the country in 2018 and if so, the details thereof;

- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  fatalities  by  using  speed  control systems among other measures;

- (e) whether 30 per cent of Delhi-Mumbai National Highway is unsafe for cars according to a study by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and World Bank and if so, the details thereof and the remedial measures being taken by the Government in this regard; and

- (f) the other related measures being taken by the Government to improve road safety and reduce road accidents in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  & (b)   As per information received from police departments of all States/UTs, the total number  of  Pedestrians  killed  under  the  category  of  road  user  during  the  last  three  calendar years  i.e. 2016 to 2018 are shown in the table given below: -

|   Years |   Pedestrian killed under the category of road user in the country |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 |                                                              15746 |
|    2017 |                                                              20457 |
|    2018 |                                                              22656 |

The State-UTs wise details in respect of  number of Pedestrians killed under the  category  of road user during the last three calendar years  i.e. 2016 to 2018 are given at Annexure-I .

(c)      As  per  information  received  from  Police  Departments  of  all  States/UTs,  total  1,51,417 persons lost their lives  in road accidents in the calendar Year 2018. State/UTs wise details of the same is given at Annexure-II .

(d) Ministry has notified fitment of Speed Limiting devices on all transport vehicles.  The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament focuses on road safety and includes, interalia, stiff hike in penalties for traffic violations and electronic monitoring of the same, enhanced penalties for juvenile driving, cashless treatment during the golden hour, computerization/automation  of  vehicle  fitness  and  driving,  tests,  recall  of  defective  vehicles, streamlining  the  third  party  insurance  and  payment  of  increased  compensation  for  hit  and  run cases etc. The penalty for over speeding has also been substantially increased by Motor vehicles (Amendment) Act. 2019.  The Amendment also provides for setting up of a National Road Safety Board. The Amendment has strengthened the Law to improve the road Safety scenario and reduce loss of lives.

The  Ministry  issues  regulations  to  improve  vehicle  safety  standards,  undertakes  site  specific interventions to address black spots, and also mobilises various activities to promote road safety such as road safety advocacy and awareness programmes.

In addition to the above, the initiatives of the Ministry to promote road safety are listed as below:-

- (i) Issue of Guidelines for protection of Good Samaritans.
- (ii) Setting up of model driving training Institutes in States.
- (iii) Sanction  of  24  Inspection  and  certification  Centres  for  testing  the  fitness  of  the commercial vehicles through an automated system
- (iv) Launch of mobile app for highway users i.e. 'Sukhad Yatra 1033' which enables highways users to report potholes and other safety hazards on National Highways including accidents.
- (v) Observance of Road Safety Week every calendar year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety.
- (vi) Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
- (vii) The threshold for four laning of national highway has been reduced from 15,000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) to 10,000 PCUs.
- (viii) Ministry  has  delegated  powers  to  Regional  Officers  of  MORTH  for  technical approval  to  the  detailed  estimates  for  rectification  of  identified  Road  Accident black spots for expediting the rectification process to ensure safety of road users.
- (ix) Guidelines  for pedestrian facilities  on  National  Highways  for  persons  with disabilities have also been issued to all States / UTs.
- (x) A Certification Course for Road Safety Auditors has been commenced in Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) and 42 Auditors are certified.
- (xi) Removal of Liquor Shops as per directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court vide circular of   F. No. RW/NH-33044/309/2016/S&R dated 06-04-2017 and 01-06-2017.

(e) &  (f)    International  Road  Assessment  Programme (i-RAP)  organization  studied  1397.4 km of Delhi-Mumbai corridor (divided road). The IRAP study provides star rating of the road sections considering more than 50 parameters of the road cross-section and geometry. It was found out that 30% of the length was having less than 3-Star rating (where 5-Star means safest and  1-Star  means  unsafe).The  National  Highway  passing  through  urban/semi-urban  areas  or developed villages required pedestrian and NMT facilities, which are absent as per study. Also, traffic is moving through the intersections at speed higher than 60 kmph. According to i-RAP, for  the  design  speed  of  100  kmph  for  the  two  corridors,  and  based  on  operating  speed  of 85 th percentile speed, the roads were considered to be unsafe for motor vehicles for 30% length.

The provisions of PUPs, CUPs, Footpath, Foot over Bridge & other pedestrian facilities & other  grade  separated  structures  etc.  are  integral  part  of  the  design  of  development  projects keeping in view the site requirement and as per provisions given in IRC: SP-73:2018- 'Manual of Specifications & Standards for Two Lanning of Highways with Paved Shoulders', IRC: SP-842014-  'Manual  for  Specifications  &  Standards  for  Four  Lanning  of  Highways  Through  Public Private Partnership' IRC:SP-87-2013- 'Manual of Specification & Standards for Six Lanning of Highways through Public Private Partnership'. Further IRC has also published the IRC: 103-2012 for 'Guidelines for pedestrian facilities'.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2801  ANSWERED  ON  05-12-2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK, DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR, SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI AND SHRI BHOLA SINGH REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

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Total Number of Pedestrian Killed under the category of road user during the calendar years 2016 to 2018.

| S. No   | States/UTs               |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|---------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           |   1251 |   1379 |   1569 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        |      0 |      3 |      8 |
| 3       | Assam                    |     24 |    538 |    515 |
| 4       | Bihar                    |    200 |    769 |    756 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             |     49 |    467 |    438 |
| 6       | Goa                      |     59 |     47 |     49 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  |    697 |    985 |   1170 |
| 8       | Haryana                  |   1596 |   1071 |   1471 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         |    214 |    171 |    182 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir           |     58 |     62 |    103 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                |     10 |    262 |    345 |
| 12      | Karnataka                |    599 |   1054 |   1519 |
| 13      | Kerala                   |   1246 |   1332 |   1250 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           |   1627 |   1280 |   1504 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              |   2103 |   1831 |   2515 |
| 16      | Manipur                  |      4 |     15 |     21 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                |     32 |     46 |     25 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  |      4 |     18 |      9 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 |      1 |      5 |      7 |
| 20      | Odisha                   |    251 |    533 |    706 |
| 21      | Punjab                   |    433 |    265 |    415 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                |    898 |    863 |   1448 |
| 23      | Sikkim                   |      3 |     10 |      3 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu               |   2966 |   3507 |    768 |
| 25      | Telangana                |    619 |    972 |   1093 |
| 26      | Tripura                  |     42 |     57 |     68 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand              |     18 |    127 |    146 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            |    284 |   1192 |   1366 |
| 29      | West Bengal              |     72 |   1039 |   2618 |
| 30      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      5 |      9 |      6 |
| 31      | Chandigarh               |     38 |     32 |     35 |
| 32      | D &NHaveli               |      9 |      2 |     22 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu               |      7 |      9 |     11 |
| 34      | Delhi                    |    250 |    423 |    420 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 36      | Puducherry               |     76 |     82 |     75 |
| Total   | Total                    |  15746 |  20457 |  22656 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2801 ANSWERED ON 05-12-2019 ASKED BY SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK, DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR, SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI AND  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH  REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents in India during year, 2018

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          |   Persons killed |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      |             7556 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   |              175 |
| 3.        | Assam               |             2966 |
| 4.        | Bihar               |             6729 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        |             4592 |
| 6.        | Goa                 |              262 |
| 7.        | Gujarat             |             7996 |
| 8.        | Haryana             |             5118 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh    |             1208 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir      |              984 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand           |             3542 |
| 12.       | Karnataka           |            10990 |
| 13.       | Kerala              |             4303 |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh      |            10706 |
| 15.       | Maharashtra         |            13261 |
| 16.       | Manipur             |              134 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya           |              182 |
| 18.       | Mizoram             |               45 |
| 19.       | Nagaland            |               39 |
| 20.       | Odisha              |             5315 |
| 21.       | Punjab              |             4740 |
| 22.       | Rajasthan           |            10320 |
| 23.       | Sikkim              |               85 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu          |            12216 |
| 25.       | Telangana           |             6603 |
| 26.       | Tripura             |              213 |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand         |             1047 |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh       |            22256 |
| 29.       | West Bengal         |             5711 |
| 30.       | A &NIslands         |               19 |
| 31.       | Chandigarh          |               98 |
| 32.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |               54 |
| 33.       | Daman &Diu          |               35 |
| 34.       | Delhi               |             1690 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep         |                1 |
| 36.       | Puducherry          |              226 |
|           | Total               |           151417 |

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