Lok Sabha Question No. 2598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sumalatha Ambareesh

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of road accidents occurred on the National Highways (NHs) under Mandya Lok Sabha constituency during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether adequate compensation is being paid to victims of hit and run cases on NHs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of lives lost as a result of road accidents in the State of Karnataka during the said period; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plan for setting up of emergency hospitals along NHs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (c)     With  a  view  to  providing  relevant  and  reliable  data  on accidents, Transport Research Wing (TRW) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways collects and compiles accident data from the police departments of all States/Union Territories (UTs). However, TRW does not compile road accidents data, constituency wise.

As  per  the  data received  from  police  department,  the  total number of lives lost as a result of road accidents in Karnataka State during the last four calendar years are given in the table below : -

|   Year |   Number of lives lost due to Road Accidents |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|
|   2018 |                                        10990 |
|   2019 |                                        10958 |
|   2020 |                                         9760 |
|   2021 |                                        10038 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2598 ANSWERED ON 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2022

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

2598. SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

Ministry vide GSR 163(E) dated 25.02.2022 has notified rules for Compensation to Victims of Hit and Run Motor Accidents Scheme, 2022. It provides for increased compensation to victims of hit-and-run accidents, Rs. 50,000 (in case of grievous injury) and Rs. 2,00,000 (in case  of death) including a detailed procedure  for availing this compensation. Moreover, the number of such cases registered during the  period  from  2015  to  2020  and  the  amount  of  compensation disbursed for the accident victims in such cases as confirmed by the General Insurance Council are in the table below :-

| Year    |   No. of Claims |   Amount of claims (in lakhs) |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |             889 |                        201.17 |
| 2016-17 |            1271 |                        284.47 |
| 2017-18 |            1252 |                        238.62 |
| 2018-19 |            1233 |                        234.54 |
| 2019-20 |             981 |                        199.52 |

- (d)    Health is a State subject. Further, with an overall objective to bring down preventable  deaths  due  to  road  accidents,  the  Government  of India has taken initiatives towards setting up of Trauma Care Facilities (TCFs)  along  the  national  highways.  During  the  11 th  Five-year  Plan, under  the  scheme  namely  'Assistance  for  Capacity  Building  for Developing Trauma Care Facilities in Government Hospitals on National Highways',  financial  assistance  was  provided  to  States/  UTs  for upgrading/ strengthening TCFs in identified Government Hospitals/Medical  Colleges.  The  scheme  continued  during  12 th  Five Year Plan as 'Capacity Building for Developing Trauma Care Facilities in Government. The Programme continued beyond 12th Five Year Plan as 'National Programme for Prevention and Management of Trauma and -Burn  Injuries'  wherein  TCFs  identified  during  11 th  and  12 th  Five  Year Plan  are  being  supported.  So  far,  196  TCFs  are  sanctioned  under programme.

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