Lok Sabha Question No. 2696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Trauma Care to Accident Victims
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2696

ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2023

TRAUMA CARE TO ACCIDENT VICTIMS

2696. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of persons injured and died in road accidents during the last two years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b)     whether the Government proposes to make it mandatory that trauma care be provided for free to all the accident victims in the first 48 hours after the accident; and
- (c)     if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     As per the data received from police department of all States/UTs, the total number of road accidents fatalities and injuries in the country during the year 2019 to 2021 is given in the table below : -

|   Year |   Total Number of Fatalities |   Total Number of People Injured |
|--------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|   2019 |                       151113 |                           451361 |
|   2020 |                       131714 |                           348279 |
|   2021 |                       153972 |                           384448 |

State/UT wise, information on total number of road accidents fatalities and injuries  in  the  country  during  the  year  2019  to  2021  is  annexed  as  per Annexure.

(b) & (c)      National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has envisaged a cashless treatment facility on all four arms of Golden Quadrilateral stretch i.e. Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai, Chennai-Kolkata and Kolkata-Delhi to provide  Hospitalization  Insurance  cover  to  the  immediate  road  Accident Victims (including Drivers, Passengers, Pedestrians/Cyclist). The proposed scheme is to take care of the immediate needs of the hospitalization of the victims for the first 48 hours from the time of hospitalization or providing necessary treatment up to a cost of Rs. 30,000/, whichever occurs earlier.

Annexure ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2696 ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY  ADV.  DEAN  KURIAKOSE REGARDING TRAUMA  CARE  TO  ACCIDENT VICTIMS.

State/UT -wise information on total number of fatalities in road accidents in the country during the years 2019 to 2021.

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of fatalities in road accidents during | State/UT-Wise Total Number of fatalities in road accidents during   | State/UT-Wise Total Number of fatalities in road accidents during   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                |                                                                2019 | 2020                                                                | 2021                                                                |
| 1         | 2                         |                                                                   3 | 4                                                                   | 5                                                                   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                                7984 | 7039                                                                | 8186                                                                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                 127 | 73                                                                  | 157                                                                 |
| 3         | Assam                     |                                                                3208 | 2629                                                                | 3036                                                                |
| 4         | Bihar                     |                                                                7205 | 6699                                                                | 7660                                                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |                                                                5003 | 4606                                                                | 5371                                                                |
| 6         | Goa                       |                                                                 297 | 223                                                                 | 226                                                                 |
| 7         | Gujarat                   |                                                                7390 | 6170                                                                | 7452                                                                |
| 8         | Haryana                   |                                                                5057 | 4507                                                                | 4706                                                                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                1146 | 893                                                                 | 1052                                                                |
| 10        | Jharkhand                 |                                                                3801 | 3044                                                                | 3513                                                                |
| 11        | Karnataka                 |                                                               10958 | 9760                                                                | 10038                                                               |
| 12        | Kerala                    |                                                                4440 | 2979                                                                | 3429                                                                |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                               11249 | 11141                                                               | 12057                                                               |
| 14        | Maharashtra               |                                                               12788 | 11569                                                               | 13528                                                               |
| 15        | Manipur                   |                                                                 156 | 127                                                                 | 110                                                                 |
| 16        | Meghalaya                 |                                                                 179 | 144                                                                 | 187                                                                 |
| 17        | Mizoram                   |                                                                  48 | 42                                                                  | 56                                                                  |
| 18        | Nagaland                  |                                                                  26 | 53                                                                  | 55                                                                  |
| 19        | Odisha                    |                                                                5333 | 4738                                                                | 5081                                                                |
| 20        | Punjab                    |                                                                4525 | 3898                                                                | 4589                                                                |
| 21        | Rajasthan                 |                                                               10563 | 9250                                                                | 10043                                                               |
| 22        | Sikkim                    |                                                                  73 | 47                                                                  | 56                                                                  |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                |                                                               10525 | 8059                                                                | 15384                                                               |
| 24        | Telangana                 |                                                                6964 | 6882                                                                | 7557                                                                |
| 25        | Tripura                   |                                                                 239 | 192                                                                 | 194                                                                 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand               |                                                                 867 | 674                                                                 | 820                                                                 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                               22655 | 19149                                                               | 21227                                                               |
| 28        | West Bengal               |                                                                5500 | 4927                                                                | 5800                                                                |
| 29        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                                  20 | 14                                                                  | 20                                                                  |
| 30        | Chandigarh                |                                                                 104 | 53                                                                  | 96                                                                  |
| 31        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                                                  49 | 64                                                                  | 76                                                                  |
| 32        | Daman & Diu               |                                                                  28 |                                                                     |                                                                     |
| 33        | Delhi                     |                                                                1463 | 1196                                                                | 1239                                                                |

| 34    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 996    | 728    |    774 |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 35    | Ladakh            | NA     | NA     |     56 |
| 36    | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      |      1 |
| 37    | Puducherry        | 147    | 145    |    140 |
| Total | Total             | 151113 | 131714 | 153972 |

## Note:  The  data  for  the  years  2019  to  2020  of  Tamil  Nadu  is  undergoing

revision. wise information on total number of people injured in road accidents in

State/UT -the country during the years 2019 to 2021.

| Sl. No.    | States/UTs        |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of people injured in road accidents during |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of people injured in road accidents during |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of people injured in road accidents during |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.    | States/UTs        |                                                                    2019 |                                                                    2020 |                                                                    2021 |
| 1          | 2                 |                                                                       3 |                                                                       4 |                                                                       5 |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                   24619 |                                                                   19675 |                                                                   21040 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                     309 |                                                                     185 |                                                                     347 |
| 3          | Assam             |                                                                    7473 |                                                                    5269 |                                                                    5763 |
| 4          | Bihar             |                                                                    7206 |                                                                    7016 |                                                                    7946 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                   13090 |                                                                   10505 |                                                                   10683 |
| 6          | Goa               |                                                                    1448 |                                                                     880 |                                                                     843 |
| 7          | Gujarat           |                                                                   16258 |                                                                   12002 |                                                                   13690 |
| 8          | Haryana           |                                                                    9362 |                                                                    7659 |                                                                    8121 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                    4904 |                                                                    3223 |                                                                    3454 |
| 10         | Jharkhand         |                                                                    3818 |                                                                    3295 |                                                                    3227 |
| 11         | Karnataka         |                                                                   50447 |                                                                   39492 |                                                                   40754 |
| 12         | Kerala            |                                                                   46055 |                                                                   30510 |                                                                   36775 |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                   52816 |                                                                   46456 |                                                                   48956 |
| 14         | Maharashtra       |                                                                   28628 |                                                                   19914 |                                                                   23071 |
| 15         | Manipur           |                                                                    1055 |                                                                     663 |                                                                     504 |
| 16         | Meghalaya         |                                                                     222 |                                                                     220 |                                                                     263 |
| 17         | Mizoram           |                                                                      56 |                                                                      68 |                                                                      65 |
| 18         | Nagaland          |                                                                     246 |                                                                     286 |                                                                     380 |
| 19         | Odisha            |                                                                   11177 |                                                                    8822 |                                                                    9782 |
| 20         | Punjab            |                                                                    3812 |                                                                    2904 |                                                                    3072 |
| 21         | Rajasthan         |                                                                   22979 |                                                                   16769 |                                                                   19344 |
| 22         | Sikkim            |                                                                     318 |                                                                     218 |                                                                     244 |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                   67137 |                                                                   50551 |                                                                   55996 |
| 24         | Telangana         |                                                                   21999 |                                                                   18661 |                                                                   20107 |
| 25         | Tripura           |                                                                     816 |                                                                     470 |                                                                     547 |
| 26         | Uttarakhand       |                                                                    1457 |                                                                     854 |                                                                    1091 |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                   28932 |                                                                   22410 |                                                                   24897 |
| 28         | West Bengal       |                                                                    9757 |                                                                    8314 |                                                                   10454 |
| 29 Andaman | & Nicobar Islands |                                                                     207 |                                                                     145 |                                                                      97 |

| 30    | Chandigarh           | 275    | 148    | 172    |
|-------|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 31    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 105    | 119    | 171    |
| 32    | Daman & Diu          | 74     |        |        |
| 33    | Delhi                | 5152   | 3662   | 4273   |
| 34    | Jammu & Kashmir      | 7532   | 5894   | 6972   |
| 35    | Ladakh               | NA     | NA     | 242    |
| 36    | Lakshadweep          | 1      | 1      | 6      |
| 37    | Puducherry           | 1619   | 1019   | 1099   |
| Total | Total                | 451361 | 348279 | 384448 |

## Note:  The  data  for  the  years  2019  to  2020  of  Tamil  Nadu  is  undergoing revision.

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