Lok Sabha Question No. 630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Road Accident
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: George Baker, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, ANIL SHIROLE

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  people  that  are  killed  in  road  accidents  including cyclists/pedestrians  every  year  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to curb these accidents;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  to  reduce  the  number  of  road  deaths within the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is issuing new safety standards for the automobiles along with eliminating the black spots on National Highways, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether the Government has any action plan to promote use of bicycles in urban areas of the country and construct bicycle tracks along the roads and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  information  received  from  police  department  of  all  States/UTs    the  total number  of  cyclist/pedstrains  killed  under  the  ctegory  of  road  user    during  the  last    two calendar  years  i.e. 2016 and 2017  is given at below:-

|   Years |   Cyclist killed under the category of road user |   Pedestrain killed under the category of road user |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 |                                             2585 |                                               15746 |
|    2017 |                                             3559 |                                               20457 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 630

ANSWERED  ON  13 th  December, 2018

## ROAD  ACCIDENT

630.  SHRI  GEORGE  BAKER:

SHRI  PARBHUBHAI  NAGARBHAI  VASAVA:

SHRI  SHIV KUMAR UDASI:

SHRI  ANIL SHIROLE:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

The State/UT-wise details in respect of number of cyclist/pedestrians  killed under the category of road user including Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra State  during the last two calendar years  i.e.  2016 and 2017,  is Annexed.

(b)      &  (  c  )        United  Nations  (UN)  had  promulgated  the  UN  Decade  of  Action  targeting  to reduce road accidents by 50% by the year 2020. All member countries of the UN including India are committed to this Mission. The Government has made necessary amendment in Section 135 and  Schedule  VII  of  Companies  Act  as  well  as  the  provisions  of  the  Companies  (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rule 2014 which inter-alia envisage that every qualifying company requires  spending  of  at  least  2%  of  its  average  net  profit  for  the  immediately  preceding  3 financial years on CSR activities. These activities also include road safety.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent road accidents and road accident fatalities as per details mentioned under: -

- 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) The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.
- 3) The Ministry has requested all States/UTs for setting up of State Road Safety Council and District Road Safety Committees, and to hold their meetings regularly.
- 4) The Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers of State Transport Minister to examine the best practices of Transport and suggest issues to improve road safety.
- 5) Based  on  the  recommendation  of  Group  of  Minister,  the  Ministry  introduced  Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.
- 6) The Ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on 4 'E's viz. Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care.
- 7) Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
- 8) Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.
- 9) The  threshold  for  four  laning  of  national  highway  has  been  reduced  from  15,000 Passenger  Car  Units  (PCUs)  to  10,000  PCUs.  About  52,000  Km  of  stretches  of  State Highways has been identified for conversion to national highways.
- 10) Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.
- 11) Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.
- 12) Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.
- 13) High  priority  has  been  accorded  to  identification  and  rectification  of  black  spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.
- 14) Guidelines  for  identification  and  rectification  of  black  spots,  carrying  out  road  safety audits  and  preparation  of  road  safety  improvement  proposals  on  NHs  and  also guidelines on implementation of road safety engineering measures on state roads under Central Road Fund (CRF) have been issued.
- 15) 789 black spots based on fatalities in 2011,2012,2013 and 2014 calendars years have been identified.  So  far  189  spots  have  already  been  rectified.  Rectification  measures  at  256 spots have been sanctioned which are in various stages of implementation. 138 spots are on State Government roads / with other agencies. The balance 206 spots would be taken separately or would be rectified as part of ongoing projects.
- 16) As a measure of supplementing the efforts of States / UTs for minimizing the accident potential  at  the  identified  locations  /  stretches  through  engineering  improvement  on state roads, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways had taken a decision to sanction road safety works on state roads with an earmarked allocation of 10% of funds allocated to the state roads under Central Road Fund.
- 17) 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.

(d) Ministry  has  evolved  a  protocol  for  identification  of  road  accident  black  spots  on National  Highways  vide  Office  Memorandum  Number  RW/NH/15017/109/2015/P&M (RSCE)  dated  28-10-2015.

Ministry has also issued a circular dated 04/07/2018 in which makes it mandatory to carry out road safety Audit for all the new road projects .

Short  term  rectification  measures  have  been  implemented  on  all  Blackspot  locations. Long term rectification measures are being taken. 222 Blackspots out of 506 are already rectified by  National  Highways  Authority of India .

(e) Indain  Road  Congress    (IRC-11-2015)      'Recommended  Practice  for    The  Design  and Layout of Cycle Track' provides a comprehensive overview to make  cycle friendly infrastructure.

Annexure ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 630 ANSWERED ON  13/12/.2018  ASKED  BY    SHRI    GEORGE    BAKER:    SHRI    PARBHUBHAI    NAGARBHAI VASAVA:  SHRI  SHIV KUMAR UDASI:   SHRI  ANIL SHIROLE:  'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

Number of accidents and Persons Killed in Road Accidents in India during the calendar years : 2016 to 2017

| Sl.   | States/UTs               |   Number of |   Road Accidents |   Persons killed |   Persons killed |
|-------|--------------------------|-------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| No.   |                          |        2016 |             2017 |             2016 |             2017 |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh           |       24888 |            25727 |             8541 |             8060 |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh        |         249 |              241 |              149 |              110 |
| 3.    | Assam                    |        7435 |             7170 |             2572 |             2783 |
| 4.    | Bihar                    |        8222 |             8855 |             4901 |             5554 |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh             |       13580 |            13563 |             3908 |             4136 |
| 6.    | Goa                      |        4304 |             3917 |              336 |              328 |
| 7.    | Gujarat                  |       21859 |            19081 |             8136 |             7289 |
| 8.    | Haryana                  |       11234 |            11258 |             5024 |             5120 |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh         |        3168 |             3114 |             1271 |             1203 |
| 10.   | Jammu &Kashmir           |        5501 |             5624 |              958 |              926 |
| 11.   | Jharkhand                |        4932 |             5198 |             3027 |             3256 |
| 12.   | Karnataka                |       44403 |            42542 |            11133 |            10609 |
| 13.   | Kerala                   |       39420 |            38470 |             4287 |             4131 |
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh           |       53972 |            53399 |             9646 |            10177 |
| 15.   | Maharashtra              |       39878 |            35853 |            12935 |            12264 |
| 16.   | Manipur                  |         538 |              578 |               81 |              136 |
| 17.   | Meghalaya                |         620 |              675 |              150 |              182 |
| 18.   | Mizoram                  |          83 |               68 |               70 |               60 |
| 19.   | Nagaland                 |          75 |              531 |               46 |               41 |
| 20.   | Odisha                   |       10532 |            10855 |             4463 |             4790 |
| 21.   | Punjab                   |        6952 |             6273 |             5077 |             4463 |
| 22.   | Rajasthan                |       23066 |            22112 |            10465 |            10444 |
| 23.   | Sikkim                   |         210 |              196 |               85 |               78 |
| 24.   | Tamil Nadu               |       71431 |            65562 |            17218 |            16157 |
| 25.   | Telangana                |       22811 |            22484 |             7219 |             6596 |
| 26.   | Tripura                  |         557 |              503 |              173 |              161 |
| 27.   | Uttarakhand              |        1591 |             1603 |              962 |              942 |
| 28.   | Uttar Pradesh            |       35612 |            38783 |            19320 |            20124 |
| 29.   | West Bengal              |       13580 |            11631 |             6544 |             5769 |
| 30.   | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |         238 |              189 |               17 |               21 |
| 31.   | Chandigarh               |         428 |              342 |              151 |              107 |
| 32.   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |          70 |               67 |               46 |               43 |
| 33.   | Daman &Diu               |          71 |               79 |               38 |               36 |
| 34.   | Delhi                    |        7375 |             6673 |             1591 |             1584 |
| 35.   | Lakshadweep              |           1 |                1 |                1 |                0 |
| 36.   | Puducherry               |        1766 |             1693 |              244 |              233 |
|       | Total                    |      480652 |           464910 |           150785 |           147913 |

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