Lok Sabha Question No. 2200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Accidents involving Two-Wheeler Riders
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Behanan Benny

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has been a spike 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;
- (b) if so, the details thereof  and the total number of deaths of two wheeler riders in road accidents, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  establish  highway  interceptor  squads  on  National Highways to prevent and detain such two wheeler riders; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b) As per the data received from police department of all States/UTs within the category of motorized vehicle, two wheelers classified according to vehicle type accounted for the highest share in total road accidents as well as in fatalities during the last three calendar years i.e 2014 to 2017. Details regarding the total number of road accidents, & persons killed in terms of road user category two wheelers during the calendar years 2014 to 2017 including Kerala is shown in the table below:

|   Years | Total Road Accidents in India   |   Accidents involving two wheelers |   Share in total road accidents | Total persons killed in India   |   Persons killed involving two wheelers |   Share in total persons killed |
|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|    2015 | 501,423                         |                             144391 |                            28.8 | 146,133                         |                                   36803 |                            25.2 |
|    2016 | 480,652                         |                             162280 |                            33.8 | 150,785                         |                                   44366 |                            29.4 |
|    2017 | 464,910                         |                             157723 |                            33.9 | 147,913                         |                                   44092 |                            29.8 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2200 ANSWERED ON 4 TH  July, 2019

## ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TWO-WHEELER RIDERS

2200. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## For the state of Kerala

|   Years |   Total Road Accidents in Kerala |   Accidents involving two wheelers in Kerala |   Share in total road accidents in Kerala |   Total persons killed in road accidents in Kerala |   Persons killed involving two wheelers in Kerala |   Share in total persons killed in Kerala |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|    2015 |                            39014 |                                        13093 |                                      33.6 |                                               4196 |                                               998 |                                      23.8 |
|    2016 |                            39420 |                                        13218 |                                      33.5 |                                               4287 |                                              1293 |                                      30.2 |
|    2017 |                            38470 |                                        14821 |                                      38.5 |                                               4131 |                                              1371 |                                      33.2 |

State-wise number of road accidents in India classified according to type of vehicles involving two wheelers during the calendar year 2015 to 2017 is given at Annexure .

(c ) & (d)  No Sir, Government  has  not deployed any  interceptor squads on National Highways to prevent  and detain such two wheeler riders.

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2200 ANSWERW  ON  4 TH   JULY,  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  BENNY  BEHANAN  REGARDING  ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TWO-WHEELER RIDERS. TOTAL NO. OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF VEHICLES INVOLVING TWO WHEELERS

| S.No   | State/UTs                | 2015     | 2015   | 2016     | 2016   | 2017     | 2017   |
|--------|--------------------------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|
| S.No   | State/UTs                | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed | Accident | Killed |
| 1      | 2                        | 5        | 6      | 7        | 8      | 9        | 10     |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           | 6715     | 2005   | 7277     | 2190   | 9409     | 2343   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 50       | 21     | 88       | 53     | 62       | 32     |
| 3      | Assam                    | 1712     | 540    | 2192     | 614    | 2125     | 772    |
| 4      | Bihar                    | 1869     | 1052   | 1829     | 1011   | 2035     | 1318   |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             | 5099     | 1243   | 4759     | 1256   | 4696     | 1386   |
| 6      | Goa                      | 1857     | 154    | 2069     | 136    | 1567     | 164    |
| 7      | Gujarat                  | 6196     | 2113   | 6289     | 2200   | 6086     | 2190   |
| 8      | Haryana                  | 1178     | 353    | 1841     | 595    | 2528     | 1006   |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         | 742      | 150    | 663      | 197    | 815      | 336    |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1098     | 241    | 1048     | 145    | 1093     | 142    |
| 11     | Jharkhand                | 1496     | 742    | 1580     | 1087   | 1718     | 1065   |
| 12     | Karnataka                | 13155    | 2993   | 16217    | 4119   | 15752    | 4029   |
| 13     | Kerala                   | 13093    | 998    | 13218    | 1293   | 14821    | 1371   |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           | 19968    | 2529   | 22503    | 3013   | 21458    | 3035   |
| 15     | Maharashtra              | 15005    | 4514   | 14015    | 4650   | 11869    | 4114   |
| 16     | Manipur                  | 225      | 37     | 143      | 16     | 141      | 15     |
| 17     | Meghalaya                | 76       | 33     | 106      | 23     | 117      | 30     |
| 18     | Mizoram                  | 17       | 16     | 17       | 13     | 10       | 11     |
| 19     | Nagaland                 | 8        | 6      | 13       | 6      | 128      | 11     |
| 20     | Odisha                   | 3139     | 1304   | 3687     | 1547   | 3886     | 1744   |
| 21     | Punjab                   | 1745     | 1216   | 1630     | 1118   | 2375     | 1666   |
| 22     | Rajasthan                | 5865     | 1964   | 5736     | 2099   | 5456     | 2146   |
| 23     | Sikkim                   | 10       | 8      | 8        | 3      | 24       | 10     |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               | 25142    | 4887   | 27815    | 5666   | 25393    | 5322   |
| 25     | Telangana                | 6744     | 2061   | 8019     | 2500   | 7160     | 2244   |
| 26     | Tripura                  | 116      | 31     | 118      | 43     | 144      | 36     |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              | 264      | 131    | 453      | 237    | 409      | 219    |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            | 7330     | 3993   | 11575    | 6084   | 11329    | 5805   |
| 29     | West Bengal              | 2550     | 1190   | 4178     | 1908   | 2346     | 1067   |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 119      | 9      | 108      | 4      | 84       | 7      |
| 31     | Chandigarh               | 63       | 21     | 71       | 29     | 41       | 14     |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 21       | 13     | 23       | 15     | 15       | 10     |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               | 23       | 18     | 23       | 14     | 33       | 17     |
| 34     | Delhi                    | 1225     | 149    | 2222     | 387    | 1700     | 311    |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              | 1        | 0      | 0        | 0      | 0        | 0      |
| 36     | Puducherry               | 475      | 68     | 747      | 95     | 898      | 104    |
| Total  | Total                    | 144391   | 36803  | 162280   | 44366  | 157723   | 44092  |

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