Lok Sabha Question No. 421 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Measures to Minimise Death Risk in Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.421

## ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## MEASURES TO MINIMISE DEATH RISK IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

## 421.  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the policy adopted by the Government to bring down the death risk in passenger vehicle accidents;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  for  mandatory  six  airbags  in passenger vehicles;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  Geographical  Information System (GIS) based road accident database systems to reduce road accident fatality across the country; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  Measures  taken  by  MORTH  to  bring  down  death  risk  in passenger vehicles are as under:-
- (i)  Prototype  of  every  motor  vehicle  has  to  be  type  approved  by  the Testing  agencies  specified  under  Rule  126  of  the  CMVR  1989,  to ascertain compliance to various rules specified under CMVR 1989.
- (ii) Speed limiting device/ speed governor:- Ministry of Road Transport and  Highways has  notified  G.S.R  290(E)  dated  15th  April,  2015  and G.S.R 424(E) dated 01 st  May, 2017, making it mandatory for all transport vehicles  to  be  equipped  with  speed  limiting  device/  speed  governor except two  wheelers,  three  wheelers,  quadricycles, fire tenders, ambulances,  police  vehicles  and  verified  and  certified  by  a  testing agency specified in rule 126 to have maximum rated speed of not more than 80 kilometre per hour.
- (iii) Road Worthiness Certificate:- The Ministry has notified GSR 628 (E) dated 12 th  October, 2020 to bring an amendment in Form 22 of CMVR,
1989. FORM 22 prescribes the format in which vehicle manufacturers issue the Road Worthiness Certification for registering the motor vehicles.
- (iv) Crash  test  norms:- This  Ministry,  vide  notifications  S.O.  1139  (E) dated  28th  April  2015  and  S.O.  2412(E)  dated  3rd  September  2015, mandated AIS 098/2008 for protection of occupants in the event of an Offset Frontal Collision for the new models from 1st October, 2017 and for all models from 1st October, 2019; AIS 096/2008 for requirements for behavior of steering mechanism of the vehicle in a Head-on collision for the new models from 1st October, 2017 and for all models from 1st October, 2019;  AIS 099/2008 for Approval of vehicles with regard to Protection of Occupants in the event of Lateral Collision for the new models  from  1st  October,  2017  and  for  all  models  with  effect  from 1st   October,  2019;  and  AIS100/2010  for  approval  of  vehicles  with regard to protection of pedestrian and other vulnerable road users in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle for the new models from 1st October, 2018 and for all models with effect from 1st  October, 2020.
- (v) Anti-lock braking system:- The rule 96 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 provides the norms for anti-lock braking system for vehicles of certain categories of L, M and N.
- (vi)  Certificate  of  fitness:- Ministry  has  notified  G.S.R  1081(E)  dated 02.11.2018 amending rule 62 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 vide  which  renewal  of  certificate  of  fitness  in  respect  of  transport vehicles is two years for vehicles up to eight years old and one year for vehicles older than eight years.
- (vii) fire Alarm and protection system:- This Ministry vide G.S.R. 367(E) dated 13th April, 2018 and G.S.R. 246 (E) dated 29th March, 2019 has mandated  that  the  fully  built  buses  (with  a  seating  capacity  of  22 passengers or above  excluding driver) manufactured on and after 1st April 2019, by Original Equipment Manufacturers shall be in accordance with AIS:153, as amended from time to time, till the corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016  (11  of  2016).  Such  buses  approved  shall  also  comply  with  the requirements of Fire Detection, Alarm and Suppression system as per AIS:135 and AIS:153.

Further,  this  Ministry  vide  G.S.R.  48(E)  dated  the  27 th  January, 2022 has notified that the type III buses of category M3 and school buses  shall  also  comply  with  fire  Alarm  and  protection  system  in occupant compartment as per AIS-135.

- (b)  &  (c)  This  Ministry  vide  GSR  1483(E)  dated  7th  December,  2017 mandated the requirement of airbag for the driver as per AIS 145. The

Ministry  has  notified  GSR  148(E)  dated  2nd  March,  2021  regarding mandatory provision of an airbag for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver as per AIS 145, as amended from time to time for the vehicles manufactured on and after the 1st Day of April, 2021, in the case of new models, and 31st day of August, 2021, in the case of existing models. However, due to COVID 19 pandemic, this Ministry  vide  GSR  595(E)  dated  26th  August  2021  has  extended  the timeline in respect of date of implementation of fitment of air bags on existing models upto 31st  December 2021.

Further,  The  Ministry  of  Road  and  Transport  and  Highways,  vide GSR  16(E)  dated  14th  January,  2022,  has  notified  that  vehicles  of category M1, manufactured after 01 st  October 2022, shall be fitted with two side/side torso air bags, one each for the persons occupying front row outboard seating positions and two side curtain/tube air bags, one each  for  the  persons  occupying  outboard  seating  positions.  This  has been notified to enhance safety for the vehicle occupants. Comments and objections have been solicited from all stakeholders within a period of thirty days.

(d) & (e)     The Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) Program is an initiative  of  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  (MoRTH)  to establish  an  accurate  and  structured  framework  for  accident  data collection across the India through IIT, Madras and NICSI. The solution is  envisaged to be an integrated mix of a Mobile/Tablet App and Web Portal  and  provide  latest  features  and  functionalities  including  GIS Integration,  Back-end  analytics,  Linkage  with  multiple  stakeholders, Multi-lingual  Support,  constant  update  of  the  information  database  to facilitate latest information.

The purpose of the software is to establish a central repository for reporting,  management  and  analysis  of  road  accidents  data.  The application would not only enable on-spot data collection but also when fully  operational  would  enable  authorities  to  identify  accident  black spots on its analytic platform and take preventive measures across the country.

Presently,  Live  accident  entries  are  in-progress  in  twenty-one states/UTs namely Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha, Mizoram,  Puducherry,  Meghalaya,  Goa,  Kerala,  Andaman  &  Nicobar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttarakhand.

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