Lok Sabha Question No. 823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: WHO Safety Standards
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 823

ANSWERED ON 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## WHO SAFETY STANDARDS

## 823. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

be pleased to state:

(a) whether WHO identified 7 safety standard specifications for vehicle design;

(b) if so, how many such global parameters are met with by Indian vehicles;

(c)  the  number  of  accidents  caused  over  the  last  four  years  due  to  faults  in  vehicles  and  vehicle designs, State-wise;

(d) whether the Government proposes to make crash testing compulsory; and

(e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the  vehicles  adhere  to  the  minimum  standards  of safety?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)  and  (b)  Yes  Madam.  WHO  has  identified  following  safety  standard  specifications  for  vehicle design:

- (i) Safety Belts (ECE R16)
- (ii) Safety Belt Anchorages (ECE R14)
- (iii) Frontal Collision requirements (ECE R98)
- (iv) Side Collision requirements (ECE R95)
- (v) Child Restraint System
- (vi) New  safety Technologies to improve safety and reduce risk to Vulnerable road users.(ABS,AIRBAG,PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,SEAT BELT REMINDER )
- (vii) New Car Assessment Programs

Out of above, standards listed at (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)have alreadybeen implemented.

(c) The State-UT wise details in respect of number of Road accidents due to defect in condition of Motor Vehicle during the last three calendar years i.e. 2014-2016 are placed at Annexure .

(d) This Ministry has issued S.O. 1139 (E) dated 28.04.2018 and S.O. 2412 (E) dated 03.09.2015 amending  the  Central  Motor  Vehicles  Rules,  1989  (CMVR)  regarding  Frontal  and  Side  Crash Regulations for M1  category of vehicles. These regulations are effective for new  models manufactured from 1 st October, 2017 and for all models including existing models manufactured from 1 st October, 2019.

- (e) The Steps taken are as under:-
- (i) Third party certification as per Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (CMVR) being notified from time to time.
- (ii) Review  and  upgradation  of  the  safety  standards  referred  in  Central  Motor  Vehicle  Rules, 1989 (CMVR) in line with the global standards.
- (iii) Adopting smart technologies for intelligent transport and driver assistance system.

| Sl. No   | States/UTs           | 2014   |   2015 |   2016 |
|----------|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | 2                    | 3      |      4 |      5 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 67     |    318 |    179 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 17     |     39 |     34 |
| 3        | Assam                | 0      |      0 |    100 |
| 4        | Bihar                | 541    |    477 |    429 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 672    |    556 |    661 |
| 6        | Goa                  | 17     |     12 |      6 |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 161    |    194 |    413 |
| 8        | Haryana              | 165    |    216 |    191 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 74     |     39 |    166 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir       | 341    |    330 |      0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 285    |    421 |     94 |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 626    |    945 |    152 |
| 13       | Kerala               | 0      |      0 |     29 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1664   |   2366 |    807 |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 497    |    591 |   1131 |
| 16       | Manipur              | 132    |     73 |     88 |
| 17       | Meghalaya            | 75     |      6 |     20 |
| 18       | Mizoram              | 0      |      1 |     10 |
| 19       | Nagaland             | 21     |      0 |      0 |
| 20       | Odisha               | 28     |      0 |      0 |
| 21       | Punjab               | 169    |    102 |    129 |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 74     |     94 |     72 |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 0      |     14 |     32 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 519    |    945 |    753 |
| 25       | Telangana            | 348    |      6 |     46 |
| 26       | Tripura              | 20     |     17 |     21 |
| 27       | Uttrakhand           | 35     |     74 |     48 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 2059   |   2938 |    910 |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 589    |    799 |    130 |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Is. | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh           | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli  | 0      |      0 |      9 |
| 33       | Daman &Diu           | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 34       | Delhi                | NR     |     28 |     28 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 36       | Puducherry           | 0      |      0 |      0 |
|          | Total                | 9196   |  11601 |   6688 |

The number of accidents caused due to faults in vehicles and vehicle design.