Lok Sabha Question No. 365 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Review of Motor Vehicles Act
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 365 ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2020

## REVIEW OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

*365.  SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  fatalities  due  to  road  accidents  in  various States/UTs  including  Kerala  and  Lakshadweep  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the total number of deaths in road accidents during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to launch an awareness programme for repeat offenders and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether, in view of the increasing road fatalities, the Government is contemplating to review  the  provisions contained  in the  Motor  Vehicles  Act  in  regard  to  the punishment prescribed for such offenders/guilty persons and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to   (d)      A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

- (a) to  (b) As per the available information, number of total fatalities in road accidents in the country during the last three years are as under:-

|   Years | Total Number of Persons Killed in road accidents (in numbers)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 | 1,50,785                                                        |
|    2017 | 1,47,913                                                        |
|    2018 | 1,51,417                                                        |

State/UTs-wise  detail  of  number  of  persons  killed  in  road  accidents  during  the  last  three calendar years i.e. 2016 to 2018 are given in Annexure.

- (c)      The Ministry implements a scheme for undertaking publicity measures and awareness campaigns on road safety to create awareness among road users through the electronic media, print media, NGOs etc. Besides, National Road Safety Week is observed every calendar year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety.
- (d) The  Motor  Vehicle  (Amendment)  Act,  2019  which  has  recently  been  passed  by Parliament,  focuses  on  road  safety  and  includes,  inter-alia,  revision  in  penalties  for  traffic violations, electronic monitoring of the same, enhanced  penalties for juvenile driving, 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 Amendment has strengthened the Law to improve the road Safety scenario and reduce loss of lives.

## ANNEXER REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  365  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON      19 TH MARCH,  2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P :  REGARDING 'REVIEW OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT'.

Number of  Persons Killed in Road Accidents in India during the calendar years : 2016 to 2018

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh           |   8541 |   8060 |   7556 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |    149 |    110 |    175 |
| 3.        | Assam                    |   2572 |   2783 |   2966 |
| 4.        | Bihar                    |   4901 |   5554 |   6729 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh             |   3908 |   4136 |   4592 |
| 6.        | Goa                      |    336 |    328 |    262 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                  |   8136 |   7289 |   7996 |
| 8.        | Haryana                  |   5024 |   5120 |   5118 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh         |   1271 |   1203 |   1208 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir           |    958 |    926 |    984 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand                |   3027 |   3256 |   3542 |
| 12.       | Karnataka                |  11133 |  10609 |  10990 |
| 13.       | Kerala                   |   4287 |   4131 |   4303 |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh           |   9646 |  10177 |  10706 |
| 15.       | Maharashtra              |  12935 |  12264 |  13261 |
| 16.       | Manipur                  |     81 |    136 |    134 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya                |    150 |    182 |    182 |
| 18.       | Mizoram                  |     70 |     60 |     45 |
| 19.       | Nagaland                 |     46 |     41 |     39 |
| 20.       | Odisha                   |   4463 |   4790 |   5315 |
| 21.       | Punjab                   |   5077 |   4463 |   4740 |
| 22.       | Rajasthan                |  10465 |  10444 |  10320 |
| 23.       | Sikkim                   |     85 |     78 |     85 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu               |  17218 |  16157 |  12216 |
| 25.       | Telangana                |   7219 |   6596 |   6603 |
| 26.       | Tripura                  |    173 |    161 |    213 |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand              |    962 |    942 |   1047 |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh            |  19320 |  20124 |  22256 |
| 29.       | West Bengal              |   6544 |   5769 |   5711 |
| 30.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     17 |     21 |     19 |
| 31.       | Chandigarh               |    151 |    107 |     98 |
| 32.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     46 |     43 |     54 |
| 33.       | Daman &Diu               |     38 |     36 |     35 |
| 34.       | Delhi                    |   1591 |   1584 |   1690 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep              |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 36.       | Puducherry               |    244 |    233 |    226 |
|           | Total                    | 150785 | 147913 | 151417 |

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