Lok Sabha Question No. 2706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Monitoring of Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  monitor  the  occurrences  of  road accidents on Highways;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  number and details of deaths that took place in road accidents during the last five years and the current year, Statewise;
- (d) the average response time for the ambulances and first-aid for the victims of road accidents on the Highways; and
- (e) the details of steps being taken for speedy health services for the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to   (b)  Yes Madam, the Ministry monitors the road accidents and reasons thereof on all roads  including  national  highways  through  the  Police  Department  of  all  States/UTs.  They provide data/information to this Ministry in the prescribed format on road accidents on all roads including National Highways from time to time.

The 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.

Concessionaires / Contractors and Project Directors of highway projects under National HighwaysAuthority of India are responsible for maintaining and monitoring road accidents on National Highways as part of the contract agreements.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2706

ANSWERED  ON  27 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## MONITORING  OF  ROAD  ACCIDENTS

2706.  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (c) As  per  information  received  from  police  department  of  all  States/UTs    total number  of  persons  killed  in  road  accidents    in  the  country  during  the  last    three calendar  years  i.e. 2013  to 2017  are  given at below:-

|   Years | Total Number of Persons Killed (in numbers)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    2013 | 1,37,572                                      |
|    2014 | 1,39,671                                      |
|    2015 | 1,46,133                                      |
|    2016 | 1,50,785                                      |
|    2017 | 1,47,913                                      |

State/UTs wise details of number of persons killed and injured on all Roads and National Highwaysduring 2013 to 2017 are given at Annexure I.

- (d)      As  per  NHAI's  performance  standards  for  Operation  &  Maintenance  of  National Highways, the response time for Ambulances is 30 minutes.
- (e)      The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has  implemented  the  schemes  of National  Highways  Accident  Relief  Service  Scheme  (NHARSS)  and  Road  Safety  and Pollution  Testing  Equipment  and  Programme  Implementation  under  which  financial assistance are provided for procurement of ambulances and breath analysers respectively.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)    OFLOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2706ANSWERED ON27/12/2018  ASKED BY DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL .

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

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