Lok Sabha Question No. 731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Accidents Involving Two-Wheelers
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Behanan Benny

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 731

ANSWERED ON 6TH FEBRUARY, 2020

## ACCIDENTS  INVOLVING  TWO -WHEELERS

## 731. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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 the number of accidents and deaths of young two-wheeler riders in various States including Kerala during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of deaths of two-wheeler riders in road accidents during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to  (b)    As per the data available, total number of  road accidents and death under the category of Two Wheeler in the country during the last three years are as under:-

|   Years |   Number of accidents of Two Wheelers riders |   Number of persons killed of Two wheelers riders in road accidents |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 |                                       162280 |                                                               44366 |
|    2017 |                                       157723 |                                                               44092 |
|    2018 |                                       164313 |                                                               47560 |

State/UT-wise  details including Kerala of the same  is given  at  Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 731 ANSWERED ON 06-02-2020 ASKEKD BY SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:  REGARDING 'ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TWO -WHEELERS'.

Total Number of Road Accidents in India classified according type of impacting vehicles involving two wheelers riders during last three years: 2016 to 2018.

|       |                          | 2016     | 2016   | 2017     | 2017   | 2018     | 2018   |
|-------|--------------------------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|
| S.No  | State/Uts                | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh           | 7277     | 2190   | 9409     | 2343   | 8593     | 2230   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 88       | 53     | 62       | 32     | 66       | 41     |
| 3     | Assam                    | 2192     | 614    | 2125     | 772    | 1958     | 808    |
| 4     | Bihar                    | 1829     | 1011   | 2035     | 1318   | 3720     | 2717   |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh             | 4759     | 1256   | 4696     | 1386   | 5396     | 1608   |
| 6     | Goa                      | 2069     | 136    | 1567     | 164    | 1700     | 120    |
| 7     | Gujarat                  | 6289     | 2200   | 6086     | 2190   | 5848     | 2364   |
| 8     | Haryana                  | 1841     | 595    | 2528     | 1006   | 2228     | 770    |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh         | 663      | 197    | 815      | 336    | 783      | 293    |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1048     | 145    | 1093     | 142    | 1463     | 193    |
| 11    | Jharkhand                | 1580     | 1087   | 1718     | 1065   | 2163     | 1376   |
| 12    | Karnataka                | 16217    | 4119   | 15752    | 4029   | 16208    | 4352   |
| 13    | Kerala                   | 13218    | 1293   | 14821    | 1371   | 16518    | 1643   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh           | 22503    | 3013   | 21458    | 3035   | 19966    | 3277   |
| 15    | Maharashtra              | 14015    | 4650   | 11869    | 4114   | 13732    | 5143   |
| 16    | Manipur                  | 143      | 16     | 141      | 15     | 156      | 30     |
| 17    | Meghalaya                | 106      | 23     | 117      | 30     | 44       | 31     |
| 18    | Mizoram                  | 17       | 13     | 10       | 11     | 7        | 8      |
| 19    | Nagaland                 | 13       | 6      | 128      | 11     | 97       | 6      |
| 20    | Odisha                   | 3687     | 1547   | 3886     | 1744   | 4413     | 2173   |
| 21    | Punjab                   | 1630     | 1118   | 2375     | 1666   | 2135     | 1581   |
| 22    | Rajasthan                | 5736     | 2099   | 5456     | 2146   | 5406     | 2429   |
| 23    | Sikkim                   | 8        | 3      | 24       | 10     | 20       | 6      |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu               | 27815    | 5666   | 25393    | 5322   | 26470    | 3965   |
| 25    | Telangana                | 8019     | 2500   | 7160     | 2244   | 6845     | 2126   |
| 26    | Tripura                  | 118      | 43     | 144      | 36     | 177      | 78     |
| 27    | Uttarakhand              | 453      | 237    | 409      | 219    | 472      | 230    |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh            | 11575    | 6084   | 11329    | 5805   | 12258    | 6194   |
| 29    | West Bengal              | 4178     | 1908   | 2346     | 1067   | 2651     | 1208   |
| 30    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 108      | 4      | 84       | 7      | 112      | 5      |
| 31    | Chandigarh               | 71       | 29     | 41       | 14     | 54       | 22     |
| 32    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 23       | 15     | 15       | 10     | 26       | 20     |
| 33    | Daman &Diu               | 23       | 14     | 33       | 17     | 26       | 14     |
| 34    | Delhi                    | 2222     | 387    | 1700     | 311    | 1875     | 410    |
| 35    | Lakshadweep              | 0        | 0      | 0        | 0      | 1        | 1      |
| 36    | Puducherry               | 747      | 95     | 898      | 104    | 726      | 88     |
| Total | Total                    | 162280   | 44366  | 157723   | 44092  | 164313   | 47560  |

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