Lok Sabha Question No. 1683 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of road accidents have increased due to faulty maintenance and structure of National Highways during the last few years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  number  of  people  who  lost  their  lives  and  those  who  were  disabled  in  road accidents from the years 2012 to 2017 along with the details thereof, year-wise and Statewise;
- (d) whether there is enough workforce with the Government to monitor the maintenance and quality of National Highways; and
- (e) if so, whether the Government has prepared any long term policy in this regard and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) &  ( b )  No,  Madam.  As per 'Road Accidents in India 2017' which is prepared based on data furnished by the Police Departments of States and UTs, there is a marginal decline (3.37%) in road accidents in 2017 as compared to 2016. The total number of road accidents on all roads and National Highways in the country during the last three calendar years are as under: -

|   Years | Total Number of Road Accidents (in numbers)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    2015 | 5,01,423                                      |
|    2016 | 4,80,652                                      |
|    2017 | 4,64,910                                      |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1683 ANSWERED  ON  20 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## ROAD  ACCIDENTS

†1683.  SHRIMATI   NEELAM   SONKER:

Will the Minister of ROAD  TRANSPORT  AND  HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- ( c)   The number of persons killed and Injured on all roads and National Highways in the country during  the calendar  years  2012 to 2017 are as under :-

|   Year | Total Number of Persons killed   | Total Number of Persons Injured   |
|--------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|   2012 | 1,38,258                         | 5,09,667                          |
|   2013 | 1,37,572                         | 4,94,893                          |
|   2014 | 1,39,671                         | 4,93,474                          |
|   2015 | 1,46,133                         | 5,00,279                          |
|   2016 | 1,50,785                         | 4,94,624                          |
|   2017 | 1,47,913                         | 4,70,975                          |

Year-wise and State-wise  State/UTs wise details of number of persons killed and injured on all Roads and National Highways during 2012 to 2017 are given at Annexure I and II respectively.

- (d)  &  (e)   Ministry develops and maintains the National Highways through various agencies such as  the  NH  Wings of State PWDs/  NHAI/NHIDCL etc. These agencies monitor the maintenance and  quality  of  National  Highways.  On  National  Highways  network  under  jurisdiction  of  these agencies maintenance and incident management is being carried out through OMT concessionaire, O & M,  IE/AE and who mobilise the requisite workforce  over the entrusted stretches.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)    OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1683 ANSWERED  ON  20/12/2018  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI   NEELAM   SONKER .

## TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS 2012 TO 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                | 2012   | 2013   |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           | 14964  | 14171  |   7908 |   8297 |   8541 |   8060 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 138    | 143    |    119 |    127 |    149 |    110 |
| 3      | Assam                    | 2291   | 2441   |   2522 |   2397 |   2572 |   2783 |
| 4      | Bihar                    | 5056   | 5061   |   4913 |   5421 |   4901 |   5554 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             | 3167   | 3477   |   4022 |   4082 |   3908 |   4136 |
| 6      | Goa                      | 292    | 266    |    290 |    311 |    336 |    328 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  | 7817   | 7613   |   7955 |   8119 |   8136 |   7289 |
| 8      | Haryana                  | 4446   | 4517   |   4483 |   4879 |   5024 |   5120 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         | 1109   | 1054   |   1199 |   1096 |   1271 |   1203 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1165   | 990    |    992 |    917 |    958 |    926 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                | 2818   | 2706   |   2628 |   2893 |   3027 |   3256 |
| 12     | Karnataka                | 9448   | 10046  |  10452 |  10856 |  11133 |  10609 |
| 13     | Kerala                   | 4286   | 4258   |   4049 |   4196 |   4287 |   4131 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           | 8175   | 8588   |   8569 |   9314 |   9646 |  10177 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              | 13333  | 13029  |  12803 |  13212 |  12935 |  12264 |
| 16     | Manipur                  | 158    | 165    |    168 |    139 |     81 |    136 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                | 219    | 130    |    141 |    183 |    150 |    182 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  | 77     | 97     |    103 |     72 |     70 |     60 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 | 56     | 30     |     81 |     30 |     46 |     41 |
| 20     | Odisha                   | 3701   | 4062   |   3931 |   4303 |   4463 |   4790 |
| 21     | Punjab                   | 4820   | 4588   |   4621 |   4893 |   5077 |   4463 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                | 9528   | 9724   |  10289 |  10510 |  10465 |  10444 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   | 55     | 68     |     59 |     70 |     85 |     78 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               | 16175  | 15563  |  15190 |  15642 |  17218 |  16157 |
| 25     | Telangana                | NA     | NA     |   6906 |   7110 |   7219 |   6596 |
| 26     | Tripura                  | 272    | 226    |    188 |    158 |    173 |    161 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              | 844    | 766    |    878 |    913 |    962 |    942 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            | 16149  | 16004  |  16287 |  17666 |  19320 |  20124 |
| 29     | West Bengal              | 5397   | 5504   |   5875 |   6234 |   6544 |   5769 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 25     | 40     |     23 |     23 |     17 |     21 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               | 136    | 117    |    131 |    129 |    151 |    107 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 53     | 49     |     59 |     42 |     46 |     43 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               | 29     | 31     |     15 |     42 |     38 |     36 |
| 34     | Delhi                    | 1866   | 1820   |   1671 |   1622 |   1591 |   1584 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 36     | Puducherry               | 193    | 228    |    151 |    235 |    244 |    233 |
| Total  | Total                    | 138258 | 137572 | 139671 | 146133 | 150785 | 147913 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)    OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1683 ANSWERED ON  20/12/2018  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI   NEELAM   SONKER .

## TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA: 2012 TO 2017

| S.No   | State/UTs                | 2012   | 2013   |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh           | 51552  | 49970  |  29931 |  29439 |  30051 |  27475 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 399    | 405    |    308 |    359 |    391 |    316 |
| 3      | Assam                    | 6709   | 6609   |   6499 |   7068 |   6127 |   6163 |
| 4      | Bihar                    | 7142   | 7086   |   6640 |   6835 |   5651 |   6014 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             | 13517  | 12503  |  13157 |  13426 |  12955 |  12550 |
| 6      | Goa                      | 2086   | 1928   |   1879 |   2055 |   2026 |   1922 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  | 27650  | 24836  |  22493 |  21448 |  19949 |  16802 |
| 8      | Haryana                  | 9452   | 9143   |   8944 |  10794 |  10531 |  10339 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh         | 5248   | 5081   |   5576 |   5108 |   5764 |   5452 |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 9755   | 8681   |   8043 |   8142 |   7692 |   7419 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                | 4974   | 4356   |   4356 |   4038 |   3793 |   3918 |
| 12     | Karnataka                | 58659  | 56781  |  56831 |  56971 |  54556 |  52961 |
| 13     | Kerala                   | 41915  | 40346  |  41096 |  43735 |  44108 |  42671 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh           | 55994  | 55731  |  55335 |  55815 |  57873 |  57532 |
| 15     | Maharashtra              | 43847  | 41972  |  40455 |  39606 |  35884 |  32128 |
| 16     | Manipur                  | 1391   | 1175   |   1295 |   1201 |    955 |   1027 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                | 322    | 412    |    311 |    319 |    354 |    354 |
| 18     | Mizoram                  | 172    | 264    |    234 |    103 |     68 |     55 |
| 19     | Nagaland                 | 49     | 65     |    230 |     74 |    120 |    375 |
| 20     | Odisha                   | 10715  | 11254  |  11087 |  11825 |  11312 |  11198 |
| 21     | Punjab                   | 3997   | 4383   |   4127 |   4414 |   4351 |   4218 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                | 28135  | 27424  |  27453 |  26153 |  24103 |  22071 |
| 23     | Sikkim                   | 336    | 409    |    352 |    337 |    263 |    479 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu               | 78348  | 75681  |  77725 |  79746 |  82163 |  74571 |
| 25     | Telangana                | NA     | NA     |  21636 |  22948 |  24217 |  23990 |
| 26     | Tripura                  | 1237   | 1277   |   1225 |   1028 |    853 |    718 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand              | 1577   | 1503   |   1531 |   1657 |   1735 |   1631 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            | 22155  | 23024  |  22337 |  23205 |  25096 |  27494 |
| 29     | West Bengal              | 13773  | 13182  |  12018 |  11794 |  11859 |  10091 |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 288    | 233    |    283 |    331 |    323 |    263 |
| 31     | Chandigarh               | 347    | 335    |    335 |    331 |    329 |    302 |
| 32     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 122    | 104    |     96 |     97 |    130 |     60 |
| 33     | Daman &Diu               | 39     | 75     |     49 |     64 |    102 |     70 |
| 34     | Delhi                    | 6633   | 7098   |   8283 |   8258 |   7154 |   6604 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep              | 3      | 2      |      1 |      3 |      0 |      1 |
| 36     | Puducherry               | 1129   | 1565   |   1323 |   1552 |   1786 |   1741 |
| Total  | Total                    | 509667 | 494893 | 493474 | 500279 | 494624 | 470975 |

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