Lok Sabha Question No. 3667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Road Accidents on Expressways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3667 ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2022

## ROAD ACCIDENTS ON EXPRESSWAYS

## 3667. SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  expressways  built/managed/controlled  by  the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI);
- (b) the number of road accidents during the last three years and the current year on these expressways.
- (c) whether the Government is aware  that  the  accidents  on  the expressways  are  quite  fatal  and  if  so,  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto;
- (d) whether such expressways have the facilities of number plate readers and speed cameras to check over speeding and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  smart  traffic  management  on  such  expressways  is integrated in the concession agreements development projects and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Three  Expressways  namely  Ahmedabad-Vadodara,  Eastern peripheral  and  Delhi-Meerut  have  been  completed.  At  present, construction work of following expressways is in progress:

| S.   | Corridor Name             | Length (km)   |
|------|---------------------------|---------------|
| 1    | Delhi - Mumbai EXP        | 1,382         |
| 1.A  | Delhi - Vadodara          | 845           |
| 1.B  | Vadodara - Mumbai         | 446           |
| 1.C  | Delhi - Faridabad - Sohna | 90            |
| 2    | Ahmedabad - Dholera       | 109           |
| 3    | Bengaluru - Chennai       | 262           |
| 4    | Delhi - Amritsar - Katra  | 669           |
| 5    | Kanpur - Lucknow EXP      | 63            |
|      | Total                     | 2,485         |

Another project namely Dwarka Expressway (NH-248BB) of 29 km has also been taken up.

(b) to (e) As  per  the  available  information  received  from  police departments of State/UTs, the data regarding total number of road accidents  and  persons  killed  on  National  Highways,  including Expressways, in India during the last three calendar years from 2018 to 2020 is given below:

|   Year | Road Accidents   | Persons killed   |
|--------|------------------|------------------|
|   2018 | 1,40,843         | 54,046           |
|   2019 | 1,37,191         | 53,872           |
|   2020 | 1,16,496         | 47,984           |

Advanced traffic management systems are an integral part of the  concession  agreement.   have  been  revised  recently  to  include advanced technology-based solutions like incidence detection smart cameras,  emergency  telephone  boxes,  CCTV  cameras  to  improve safety of commuters as well as improve the surveillance network for security purposes. In addition, the Ministry is developing way side amenities along the highways to include medical services and also helipads for emergency evacuation in case of medical emergencies are also planned.

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