Lok Sabha Question No. 1169 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja, A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1169 ANSWERED ON 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## ROAD ACCIDENTS

1169.

SHRI A. RAJA:

SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people who died/injured in road accidents including those which were caused by potholes and other improper roads during the last five years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  change/  rectify  the  road features  such  as  sharp  curves,  potholes  and  steep  grades  to prevent such accidents and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any signage is proposed to be installed to alert the road users navigating through such roads and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated a multipronged strategy to address the issue of road safety; and
- (e) if so, the details and the implementation status thereof along with the results yielded till now?

## 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 fatalities and injuries in the country during the years 2016 to 2021 is given in the table below : -

| Year        |   Total Number of Fatalities | Total Number of People Injured   |
|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2016 150785 |                       494624 |                                  |
| 147913      |                       470975 | 2017                             |
| 2018        |                       151417 | 469418                           |
| 2019        |                       151113 | 451361                           |
| 2020        |                       131714 | 348279                           |
| 2021        |                       153972 | 384448                           |

- (b) to (e)      Ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care. Accordingly, various initiatives have been taken by the Ministry as detailed below:-
- (1)        Education:
- i.        To  create effective public awareness about road safety, Ministry undertakes various publicity measures and awareness campaigns through  social  media,  electronic  media  and  print  media.  Further, Ministry  implements  a  scheme  to  provide  financial  assistance  to various agencies for administering Road Safety Advocacy.
- ii.          Observance of National Road Safety Month/Week every year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety.
- iii.    A Certification Course for Road Safety Auditor has been mandated for technical officers of all road owning agencies under the Ministry up to the level of Superintending Engineer or equivalent.
- iv.         To  impart  driving  training,  Ministry  has  been  implementing  a scheme for setting up of Institute of Driving Training & Research (IDTRs),  Regional  Driving  Training  Centres  (RDTCs)  and  Driving Training Centres (DTCs) at state/district level across the Country.
- (2)     Engineering (both of Roads and vehicles)
- 2.1.    Road engineering:
- i.           Road  safety  has  been  made  an  integral  part  of  road  design  at planning stage. Road Safety Audit (RSA) of all highway projects has been made mandatory at all stages.
- ii.     Road Safety Audit (RSA) of all National Highways (NHs) has been made mandatory through third party auditors/ experts at all stages i.e. design, construction, operation and maintenance etc.
- iii.        High  priority  to  identification and  rectification  of  black  spots /accident spots on National Highways.
- iv.      Road Safety Officer (RSO) has been designated at each Regional Office of road owning agencies under the Ministry to look after RSA, blackspot rectification and other road safety related works.
- v.       Five stretches of NH having higher number of accidents/blackspots are being developed as Model Safe Roads under each regional office of all road owning agencies under the Ministry.
- vi.      Five project stretches under construction are being developed as Model Safe Construction Zones under each regional office of all road owning agencies under the Ministry.
- vii.     The electronic Detailed Accident Report (e-DAR) Project has been initiated to establish a central repository for reporting, management and analysis of road accidents data across the Country.
- viii. Ministry and IRC has issued various codes and guidelines, time to time, to implement various road safety measures so as to minimize accidents on National Highways.

## 2.2     Vehicle engineering:

- i.           The  Ministry  has  notified  regarding  mandatory  provision  of  an airbag for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.
- ii.         This  Ministry,  vide  notification  dated  15th February,  2022  has prescribed norms related to safety measures for children below four years of age, riding or being carried on a motor cycle. Further, it specifies use of a safety harness, crash helmet and restricts speed to 40kmph.
- iii.        Ministry  has  notified  the  mandatory  fitment  of  following  listed safety technologies from 01st July 2019.

For M1 category vehicles:

- a. Seat Belt Reminder (SBR) for driver and co-driver.
- b. Manual Override for central locking system

c. Over speed warning system.

For all M and N category vehicles:

- a. Reverse Parking Alert System
- iv.     The  Ministry  has  mandated  Anti-Lock  Braking  System  (ABS)  for certain classes of L [Motor vehicle with less than four wheels and includes a Quadricycle], M [Motor vehicles with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers] and N [Motor vehicles with at least four wheels used for carrying goods which may also carry persons in  addition  to  goods,  subject  to  conditions  stipulated  in  BIS standards] categories.
- v.       This Ministry has mandated approval of vehicles for protection of occupants in the event of an Offset Frontal Collision, for requirements for behavior of steering mechanism of the vehicle in a Head-on collision, Protection of Occupants in the event of Lateral

Collision and for approval of vehicles with regard to protection of pedestrians  and  other  vulnerable  road  users  in  the  event  of  a collision with a motor vehicle.

- vi.      The Ministry has mandated speed limiting function/speed limiting device  in  all  transport  vehicles,  except  for  two  wheelers,  three wheelers, quadricycles, fire tenders, ambulances and police vehicles.
- vii.   This Ministry has mandated compliance of the fully built buses (with a  seating  capacity  of  22  passengers  or  above,  excluding  driver), manufactured on and after 1st April 2019, with the requirements of Fire Detection, Alarm and Suppression system. Further, compliance of type III buses of category M3 and school buses with fire alarm and protection system in occupant compartment has also been mandated, on and after 26th January 2023.
- viii. The  Ministry has  prescribed the format in which  vehicle manufacturers issue the Road Worthiness Certification for registering motor vehicles.
- ix.   Scheme for setting up one model Inspection & Certification Centre in each State/UT with Central assistance for testing the fitness of vehicles through an automated system.
- x. Ministry vide Notifications dated 23 rd  September, 2021 and 31 st  October, 2022 published the rules for recognition, regulation and control of Automated Testing Stations.
- xi.    Notification  vide  GSR  272(E)  dated  05 th  April.  2022,  provides  for mandatory fitness of vehicles only through an Automated Testing Stations. It mandates the fitness check of Heavy Goods Vehicles/Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicles only through automated testing stations with effect from 01st April 2023 onwards, and for Medium  Goods  Vehicles/Medium  Passenger  Motor  Vehicles  and Light  Motor  vehicles  (Transport)  with  effect  from  01st  June  2024 onwards.
- xii.   Ministry  has  formulated  the  Vehicle  Scrapping  Policy  based  on incentives/dis-incentives and for creating an ecosystem to phase out older, unfit polluting vehicles
- (3)        Enforcement:
- i.      The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 as stands implemented provides for strict penalties for ensuring compliance and enhancing
10. deterrence  for  violation  of  traffic  rules  and  strict  enforcement through use of technology.
- ii.       Ministry  has  issued notification G.S.R. 575(E) dated 11th August, 2021 for Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety. The rules  specify  the  detailed  provisions  for  placement  of  electronic enforcement devices (speed camera, closed-circuit television camera,  speed  gun,  body  wearable  camera,  dashboard  camera, Automatic  Number  Plate  Recognition  (ANPR),  weigh  in  machine (WIM)  and  any  such  other  technology  specified  by  the  State Government).

## (4)        Emergency care:

- i.      Ministry has published rules vide GSR 594(E) dated 29.09.2020 for the protection of Good Samaritan, who in good faith, voluntarily and without expectation of any  reward or  compensation  renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an accident to the victim or transports such victim to the hospital.
- ii.       Ministry vide notification dated 25 th  February, 2022 has enhanced compensation of victims of Hit and Run motor accidents (from Rs. 12,500 to Rs. 50,000 for grievous hurt and from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 2,00,000 for death).
- iii.    The National Highways Authority of India has made provisions for ambulances with paramedical staff/Emergency Medical Technician/Nurse at toll plazas on the completed corridor of National Highways.

Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1169 ANSWERED ON 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023 ASKED BY SHRI A. RAJA AND SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS.

- A. State/UT -wise information on total number of fatalities in the country during the years 2016 to 2021.
- B. State/UT -wise information on total number of people injured in road accidents in the country during the years 2016 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   | 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   |
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| .             |                           | 2016                                                                | 2017                                                                | 2018                                                                | 2019                                                                | 2020                                                                | 2021                                                                |
| 1             | 2                         | 3                                                                   | 4                                                                   | 5                                                                   | 6                                                                   | 7                                                                   | 8                                                                   |
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh            | 8541                                                                | 8060                                                                | 7556                                                                | 7984                                                                | 7039                                                                | 8186                                                                |
| 2             | Arunachal Pradesh         | 149                                                                 | 110                                                                 | 175                                                                 | 127                                                                 | 73                                                                  | 157                                                                 |
| 3             | Assam                     | 2572                                                                | 2783                                                                | 2966                                                                | 3208                                                                | 2629                                                                | 3036                                                                |
| 4             | Bihar                     | 4901                                                                | 5554                                                                | 6729                                                                | 7205                                                                | 6699                                                                | 7660                                                                |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh              | 3908                                                                | 4136                                                                | 4592                                                                | 5003                                                                | 4606                                                                | 5371                                                                |
| 6             | Goa                       | 336                                                                 | 328                                                                 | 262                                                                 | 297                                                                 | 223                                                                 | 226                                                                 |
| 7             | Gujarat                   | 8136                                                                | 7289                                                                | 7996                                                                | 7390                                                                | 6170                                                                | 7452                                                                |
| 8             | Haryana                   | 5024                                                                | 5120                                                                | 5118                                                                | 5057                                                                | 4507                                                                | 4706                                                                |
| 9             | Himachal Pradesh          | 1271                                                                | 1203                                                                | 1208                                                                | 1146                                                                | 893                                                                 | 1052                                                                |
| 10            | Jharkhand                 | 3027                                                                | 3256                                                                | 3542                                                                | 3801                                                                | 3044                                                                | 3513                                                                |
| 11            | Karnataka                 | 11133                                                               | 10609                                                               | 10990                                                               | 10958                                                               | 9760                                                                | 10038                                                               |
| 12            | Kerala                    | 4287                                                                | 4131                                                                | 4303                                                                | 4440                                                                | 2979                                                                | 3429                                                                |
| 13            | Madhya Pradesh            | 9646                                                                | 10177                                                               | 10706                                                               | 11249                                                               | 11141                                                               | 12057                                                               |
| 14            | Maharashtra               | 12935                                                               | 12264                                                               | 13261                                                               | 12788                                                               | 11569                                                               | 13528                                                               |
| 15            | Manipur                   | 81                                                                  | 136                                                                 | 134                                                                 | 156                                                                 | 127                                                                 | 110                                                                 |
| 16            | Meghalaya                 | 150                                                                 | 182                                                                 | 182                                                                 | 179                                                                 | 144                                                                 | 187                                                                 |
| 17            | Mizoram                   | 70                                                                  | 60                                                                  | 45                                                                  | 48                                                                  | 42                                                                  | 56                                                                  |
| 18            | Nagaland                  | 46                                                                  | 41                                                                  | 39                                                                  | 26                                                                  | 53                                                                  | 55                                                                  |
| 19            | Odisha                    | 4463                                                                | 4790                                                                | 5315                                                                | 5333                                                                | 4738                                                                | 5081                                                                |
| 20            | Punjab                    | 5077                                                                | 4463                                                                | 4740                                                                | 4525                                                                | 3898                                                                | 4589                                                                |
| 21            | Rajasthan                 | 10465                                                               | 10444                                                               | 10320                                                               | 10563                                                               | 9250                                                                | 10043                                                               |
| 22            | Sikkim                    | 85                                                                  | 78                                                                  | 85                                                                  | 73                                                                  | 47                                                                  | 56                                                                  |
| 23            | Tamil Nadu                | 17218                                                               | 16157                                                               | 12216                                                               | 10525                                                               | 8059                                                                | 15384                                                               |
| 24            | Telangana                 | 7219                                                                | 6596                                                                | 6603                                                                | 6964                                                                | 6882                                                                | 7557                                                                |
| 25            | Tripura                   | 173                                                                 | 161                                                                 | 213                                                                 | 239                                                                 | 192                                                                 | 194                                                                 |
| 26            | Uttarakhand               | 962                                                                 | 942                                                                 | 1047                                                                | 867                                                                 | 674                                                                 | 820                                                                 |
| 27            | Uttar Pradesh             | 19320                                                               | 20124                                                               | 22256                                                               | 22655                                                               | 19149                                                               | 21227                                                               |
| 28            | West Bengal               | 6544                                                                | 5769                                                                | 5711                                                                | 5500                                                                | 4927                                                                | 5800                                                                |
| 29            | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 17                                                                  | 21                                                                  | 19                                                                  | 20                                                                  | 14                                                                  | 20                                                                  |
| 30            | Chandigarh                | 151                                                                 | 107                                                                 | 98                                                                  | 104                                                                 | 53                                                                  | 96                                                                  |
| 31            | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 46                                                                  | 43                                                                  | 54                                                                  | 49                                                                  | 64                                                                  | 76                                                                  |
| 32            | Daman & Diu               | 38                                                                  | 36                                                                  | 35                                                                  | 28                                                                  |                                                                     |                                                                     |
| 33            | Delhi                     | 1591                                                                | 1584                                                                | 1690                                                                | 1463                                                                | 1196                                                                | 1239                                                                |
| 34            | Jammu & Kashmir           | 958                                                                 | 926                                                                 | 984                                                                 | 996                                                                 | 728                                                                 | 774                                                                 |
| 35            | Ladakh                    |                                                                     | NA                                                                  | NA                                                                  | NA                                                                  | NA 0                                                                | 56                                                                  |
| 36            | Lakshadweep               | 1                                                                   | 0                                                                   | 1                                                                   | 0                                                                   |                                                                     | 1                                                                   |
| 37            | Puducherry                | 244                                                                 | 233                                                                 | 226                                                                 | 147                                                                 | 145                                                                 | 140                                                                 |
| 150785 147913 | Total                     |                                                                     |                                                                     | 151417                                                              | 151113                                                              | 131714                                                              | 153972                                                              |

Note: The data for the years 2017 to 2020 of Tamil Nadu is undergoing revision.

| 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   | 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   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| .        | States/UTs                | 2016                                                                    | 2017                                                                    | 2018                                                                    | 2019                                                                    | 2020                                                                    | 2021                                                                    |
| 1        | 2                         | 3                                                                       | 4                                                                       | 5                                                                       | 6                                                                       | 7                                                                       | 8                                                                       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 30051                                                                   | 27475                                                                   | 23456                                                                   | 24619                                                                   | 19675                                                                   | 21040                                                                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 391                                                                     | 316                                                                     | 323                                                                     | 309                                                                     | 185                                                                     | 347                                                                     |
| 3        | Assam                     | 6127                                                                    | 6163                                                                    | 7375                                                                    | 7473                                                                    | 5269                                                                    | 5763                                                                    |
| 4        | Bihar                     | 5651                                                                    | 6014                                                                    | 6679                                                                    | 7206                                                                    | 7016                                                                    | 7946                                                                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              | 12955                                                                   | 12550                                                                   | 12715                                                                   | 13090                                                                   | 10505                                                                   | 10683                                                                   |
| 6        | Goa                       | 2026                                                                    | 1922                                                                    | 1549                                                                    | 1448                                                                    | 880                                                                     | 843                                                                     |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | 19949                                                                   | 16802                                                                   | 17467                                                                   | 16258                                                                   | 12002                                                                   | 13690                                                                   |
| 8        | Haryana                   | 10531                                                                   | 10339                                                                   | 10020                                                                   | 9362                                                                    | 7659                                                                    | 8121                                                                    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          | 5764                                                                    | 5452                                                                    | 5551                                                                    | 4904                                                                    | 3223                                                                    | 3454                                                                    |
| 10       | Jharkhand                 | 3793                                                                    | 3918                                                                    | 3975                                                                    | 3818                                                                    | 3295                                                                    | 3227                                                                    |
| 11       | Karnataka                 | 54556                                                                   | 52961                                                                   | 51562                                                                   | 50447                                                                   | 39492                                                                   | 40754                                                                   |
| 12       | Kerala                    | 44108                                                                   | 42671                                                                   | 45458                                                                   | 46055                                                                   | 30510                                                                   | 36775                                                                   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh            | 57873                                                                   | 57532                                                                   | 54662                                                                   | 52816                                                                   | 46456                                                                   | 48956                                                                   |
| 14       | Maharashtra               | 35884                                                                   | 32128                                                                   | 31365                                                                   | 28628                                                                   | 19914                                                                   | 23071                                                                   |
| 15       | Manipur                   | 955                                                                     | 1027                                                                    | 1042                                                                    | 1055                                                                    | 663                                                                     | 504                                                                     |
| 16       | Meghalaya                 | 354                                                                     | 354                                                                     | 205                                                                     | 222                                                                     | 220                                                                     | 263                                                                     |
| 17       | Mizoram                   | 68                                                                      | 55                                                                      | 80                                                                      | 56                                                                      | 68                                                                      | 65                                                                      |
| 18       | Nagaland                  | 120                                                                     | 375                                                                     | 335                                                                     | 246                                                                     | 286                                                                     | 380                                                                     |
| 19       | Odisha                    | 11312                                                                   | 11198                                                                   | 11794                                                                   | 11177                                                                   | 8822                                                                    | 9782                                                                    |
| 20       | Punjab                    | 4351                                                                    | 4218                                                                    | 3384                                                                    | 3812                                                                    | 2904                                                                    | 3072                                                                    |
| 21       | Rajasthan                 | 24103                                                                   | 22071                                                                   | 21547                                                                   | 22979                                                                   | 16769                                                                   | 19344                                                                   |
| 22       | Sikkim                    | 263                                                                     | 479                                                                     | 370                                                                     | 318                                                                     | 218                                                                     | 244                                                                     |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                | 82163                                                                   | 74571                                                                   | 74537                                                                   | 67137                                                                   | 50551                                                                   | 55996                                                                   |
| 24       | Telangana                 | 24217                                                                   | 23990                                                                   | 23613                                                                   | 21999                                                                   | 18661                                                                   | 20107                                                                   |
| 25       | Tripura                   | 853                                                                     | 718                                                                     | 741                                                                     | 816                                                                     | 470                                                                     | 547                                                                     |
| 26       | Uttarakhand               | 1735                                                                    | 1631                                                                    | 1571                                                                    | 1457                                                                    | 854                                                                     | 1091                                                                    |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh             | 25096                                                                   | 27494                                                                   | 29664                                                                   | 28932                                                                   | 22410                                                                   | 24897                                                                   |
| 28       | West Bengal               | 11859                                                                   | 10091                                                                   | 11997                                                                   | 9757                                                                    | 8314                                                                    | 10454                                                                   |
| 29       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 323                                                                     | 263                                                                     | 260                                                                     | 207                                                                     | 145                                                                     | 97                                                                      |
| 30       | Chandigarh                | 329                                                                     | 302                                                                     | 300                                                                     | 275                                                                     | 148                                                                     | 172                                                                     |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 130                                                                     | 60                                                                      | 66                                                                      | 105                                                                     | 119                                                                     | 171                                                                     |
| 32       | Daman & Diu               | 102                                                                     | 70                                                                      | 94                                                                      | 74                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 33       | Delhi                     | 7154                                                                    | 6604                                                                    | 6086                                                                    | 5152                                                                    | 3662                                                                    | 4273                                                                    |
| 34       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 7692                                                                    | 7419                                                                    | 7845                                                                    | 7532                                                                    | 5894                                                                    | 6972                                                                    |
| 35       | Ladakh                    | NA                                                                      | NA                                                                      | NA                                                                      | NA                                                                      | NA                                                                      | 242                                                                     |
| 36       | Lakshadweep               | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 3                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 6                                                                       |
| 37       | Puducherry                | 1786                                                                    | 1741                                                                    | 1727                                                                    | 1619                                                                    | 1019                                                                    | 1099                                                                    |
|          | Total                     | 494624                                                                  | 470975                                                                  | 469418                                                                  | 451361                                                                  | 348279                                                                  | 384448                                                                  |

Note: The data for the years 2017 to 2020 of Tamil Nadu is undergoing revision. *****