Lok Sabha Question No. 3714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3714

ANSWERED  ON  3 rd  JANUARY,  2019

## ROAD  ACCIDENTS

†3714.    SHRI  RAKESH  SINGH: SHRI ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE:

Will the Minister of  ROAD  TRANSPORT  AND  HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of road accidents including persons injured/dead in these accidents in the country during last three years till date, State/Year-wise;
- (b) the reasons for increasing accidents in the country;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any measures to check the road accidents and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government  to  tackle the road accidents and  the compensation paid by the Government; and
- (e) 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  total number of  accidents  and  the  total  number    of  persons  killed  and  injured  in  road  accidents    in  the country during the last  three  calendar  years  i.e. 2015  to 2017  are  given at 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                          |
|    2017 | 4,64,910                         | 1,47,913                         | 4,70,975                          |

States/UTs-wise   details  of  accidents  and  the  total  number    of  persons  injured  and killed  in  road  accidents    during  the  last    three  calendar  years    i.e.    2015  to  2017,    are  at Annexed-I to Annexed-III.

(b) The    main  reasons  for  increasing  accidents    are    Use  of  Mobile  Phone,  Drunken driving/consumption of alcohol/ Drug,  Overloaded Vehicle, Poor  light condition,  Jumping red  light,  Over    Speeding,  Overtaking,  Neglect  of  civic  bodies,  Weather  Condition,  Fault  of Driver,    Driving  on  wrong  side,  Defect  in  Road  Condition,  Defect  in  Condition  of  Motor Vehicle,  Fault of Cyclist,  Fault of Pedestrian,  in the country.

(c) Ministry collects data/information in the prescribed format from the Police Department of all State/UTs. They provide data/information to this Ministry in prescribed format on road accidents on all roads including National Highways from time to time.

(d) &   (e)    Ministry has taken following steps to prevent road accidents.

(i) Government  has  launched  a  mobile  app  for  highway  users  i.e.  'SukhadYatra  1033' which  enables  highways  users  to  report  potholes  and  other  safety  hazards  on  National Highways including accidents.

(ii)           Rectification of identified Black spots.

(iii)         Road Safety Audits are being carried out at all stages of development of the highway i.e. design / construction / operation stages.

(iv)       Facilities  such  as  Foot  Over  bridges  &  under  passes  are  being  provided  wherever required, for safe crossing of pedestrians and other road users.

(v)         Road Safety Week is observed every calendar year for spreading awareness about safer behaviour of road users on National Highways.

(vi)  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.

(vii) The Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers of State Transport Ministers to examine the  best  practices  of  Transport  and  suggest  issues  to  improve  road  safety.  Based  on  the recommendation of Group of Minister, the Ministry introduced Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.

(viii) 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.

(ix) Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.

(x) 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.

(xi) Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.

(xii) Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.

(xiii) Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.

(xiv) High  priority  has  been  accorded  to  identification  and  rectification  of  black  spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.

- (xv) 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.
- (xvi) 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.
- (xvii) Ministry  had  issued  guidelines  vide  O.M.  dated  14.1.2016  for  taking  up  of  Road Safety Audits on National Highways either as part of EPC/BOT projects or as standalone Road Safety Audits.
- (xviii) Guidelines for pedestrian facilities on National Highways  for persons with disabilities have also been issued to all States / UTs.
- (xix) A  Certification  Course  for  Road  Safety  Auditors  has  been  commenced  in  Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) and 42 Auditors are certified.
- (xx) 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.

Chapter X and XI of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 deal with third-party insurance and payment of compensation incase of injury or death.

ANNEXURE      REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY    TO    PARTS  (a)  )  OF    THE    LOK    SABHA    UNSTARRED QUESTION   NO. 3714  FOR ANSWER ON  03-01-2019 ASKED BY  SHRI   RAKESH  SINGH: ,  SHRI ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE:  REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

Total Number of Road Accidents in India: 2015 to 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |  24258 |  24888 |  25727 |
|        | Arunachal Pradesh        |    284 |    249 |    241 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   6959 |   7435 |   7170 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   9555 |   8222 |   8855 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |  14446 |  13580 |  13563 |
| 6      | Goa                      |   4338 |   4304 |   3917 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |  23183 |  21859 |  19081 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |  11174 |  11234 |  11258 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |   3010 |   3168 |   3114 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |   5836 |   5501 |   5624 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   5162 |   4932 |   5198 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  44011 |  44403 |  42542 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |  39014 |  39420 |  38470 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |  54947 |  53972 |  53399 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  63805 |  39878 |  35853 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |    671 |    538 |    578 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    606 |    620 |    675 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |     70 |     83 |     68 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |     54 |     75 |    531 |
| 20     | Odisha                   |  10542 |  10532 |  10855 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   6702 |   6952 |   6273 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |  24072 |  23066 |  22112 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |    219 |    210 |    196 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  69059 |  71431 |  65562 |
| 25     | Telangana                |  21252 |  22811 |  22484 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |    647 |    557 |    503 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |   1523 |   1591 |   1603 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |  32385 |  35612 |  38783 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |  13208 |  13580 |  11631 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |    258 |    238 |    189 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |    416 |    428 |    342 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     69 |     70 |     67 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |     70 |     71 |     79 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |   8085 |   7375 |   6673 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |   1530 |   1766 |   1693 |
| Total  | Total                    | 501423 | 480652 | 464910 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) ) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3714    FOR  ANSWER  ON    03-01-2019  ASKED  BY SHRI      RAKESH    SINGH:  ,    SHRI    ASHOK MAHADEORAO  NETE:  REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

Total  Number  of  Persons killed in Road Accidents in India:  2015  to 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | 2                        |      3 |      4 |      5 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |   8297 |   8541 |   8060 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |    127 |    149 |    110 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   2397 |   2572 |   2783 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   5421 |   4901 |   5554 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |   4082 |   3908 |   4136 |
| 6      | Goa                      |    311 |    336 |    328 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |   8119 |   8136 |   7289 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |   4879 |   5024 |   5120 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |   1096 |   1271 |   1203 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |    917 |    958 |    926 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   2893 |   3027 |   3256 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  10856 |  11133 |  10609 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |   4196 |   4287 |   4131 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |   9314 |   9646 |  10177 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  13212 |  12935 |  12264 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |    139 |     81 |    136 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    183 |    150 |    182 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |     72 |     70 |     60 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |     30 |     46 |     41 |
| 20     | Odisha                   |   4303 |   4463 |   4790 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   4893 |   5077 |   4463 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |  10510 |  10465 |  10444 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |     70 |     85 |     78 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  15642 |  17218 |  16157 |
| 25     | Telangana                |   7110 |   7219 |   6596 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |    158 |    173 |    161 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |    913 |    962 |    942 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |  17666 |  19320 |  20124 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |   6234 |   6544 |   5769 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     23 |     17 |     21 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |    129 |    151 |    107 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     42 |     46 |     43 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |     42 |     38 |     36 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |   1622 |   1591 |   1584 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |    235 |    244 |    233 |
|        | Total                    | 146133 | 150785 | 147913 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) ) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3714    FOR  ANSWER  ON    03-01-2019  ASKED  BY SHRI      RAKESH    SINGH:  ,    SHRI    ASHOK MAHADEORAO  NETE:  REGARDING 'ROAD ACCIDENTS'.

## Total  Number  of  Persons  Injured in Road Accidents in India: 2015 to 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | 2                        |      3 |      4 |      5 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           |  29439 |  30051 |  27475 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |    359 |    391 |    316 |
| 3      | Assam                    |   7068 |   6127 |   6163 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |   6835 |   5651 |   6014 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |  13426 |  12955 |  12550 |
| 6      | Goa                      |   2055 |   2026 |   1922 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  |  21448 |  19949 |  16802 |
| 8      | Haryana                  |  10794 |  10531 |  10339 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         |   5108 |   5764 |   5452 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           |   8142 |   7692 |   7419 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                |   4038 |   3793 |   3918 |
| 12     | Karnataka                |  56971 |  54556 |  52961 |
| 13     | Kerala                   |  43735 |  44108 |  42671 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           |  55815 |  57873 |  57532 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              |  39606 |  35884 |  32128 |
| 16     | Manipur                  |   1201 |    955 |   1027 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                |    319 |    354 |    354 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  |    103 |     68 |     55 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 |     74 |    120 |    375 |
| 20     | Odisha                   |  11825 |  11312 |  11198 |
| 21     | Punjab                   |   4414 |   4351 |   4218 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                |  26153 |  24103 |  22071 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   |    337 |    263 |    479 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               |  79746 |  82163 |  74571 |
| 25     | Telangana                |  22948 |  24217 |  23990 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |   1028 |    853 |    718 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              |   1657 |   1735 |   1631 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |  23205 |  25096 |  27494 |
| 29     | West Bengal              |  11794 |  11859 |  10091 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |    331 |    323 |    263 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               |    331 |    329 |    302 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     97 |    130 |     60 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               |     64 |    102 |     70 |
| 34     | Delhi                    |   8258 |   7154 |   6604 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              |      3 |      0 |      1 |
| 36     | Puducherry               |   1552 |   1786 |   1741 |
|        | Total                    | 500279 | 494624 | 470975 |

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