Lok Sabha Question No. 2708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Casualties due to Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether there has been an increase in the number of persons dying in the road accidents in various States of the country including Gujarat over the last three years and the current year;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof;
- (c)     whether the Government proposes to reveiw the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act regarding the quantum of punishment for the persons  found  guilty  of  such  offence  in  view  of  increase  in  the number of deaths caused by the road accidents; and
- (d)     if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)     As per data available, the total number of persons killed in the country during the last three calendar years 2018 to 2020 are given in the following table :-

|   Year | Total Number of Persons Killed   |   % Increase/ Decrease |
|--------|----------------------------------|------------------------|
| 151417 |                                  |                   2018 |
| 151113 | -0.2                             |                   2019 |
| 131714 | -12.84                           |                   2020 |

As may be seen from the above table, there is a decreasing trend in the persons killed during the last 3 years. Also, as per data available, State/UT -wise information on total number of persons killed in the

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2708 ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2022

## CASUALTIES DUE TO ROAD ACCIDENTS

2708.  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- country during the last three calendar years 2018 to 2020 is enclosed at Annexure - I.
- (c) & (d)     Ministry as per the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 has  introduced a  new  Section 198A to  fix  the  liability  on  the  road construction/maintenance  companies  to  indemnify  the  victims  of road accidents caused by lapses in construction of roads. Section 198A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 states that : -

Failure to comply with standards for road design construction and maintenance - (1) Any designated authority, contractor, consultant or concessionaire responsible for the design or construction or maintenance of the safety standards of the road shall follow such design, construction and maintenance standards, as may be prescribed by the Central Government from time to time.

- (2) Where failure on the part of the designated authority, contractor, consultant  or  concessionaire  responsible  under  sub-section  (1)  to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance,  results  in death  or disability, such  authority or contractor or concessionaire shall be punishable with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and the same shall be paid to the Fund constituted under section 164B.
- (3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the court shall in particular have regard to the following matters, namely : -
3. (a)     the  characteristics  of  the  road,  and  the  nature  and  type  of traffic which was reasonably expected to use it as per the design of road;
4. (b)   the standard of maintenance norms applicable for a road of that character and use by such traffic;
5. (c)   the state of repair in which road users would have expected to find the road;
6. (d) whether the designated authority responsible for the maintenance  of  the  road  knew,  or  could  reasonably  have  been expected  to  know, that  the  condition  of  the  part  of  the  road  to which the action relates was likely to cause danger to the road users;
7. (e) whether the designated authority responsible for the maintenance of the road could not reasonably have been expected to repair that part of the road before the cause of   action arose;
8. (f)    whether adequate warning notices through road signs, of its condition had been displayed; and
9. (g)    such  other  matters  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Central Government.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2708 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 17 TH  MARCH,  2022 ASKED  BY  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI  DHANJIBHAI  VASAVA  REGARDING CASUALTIES  DUE  TO  ROAD ACCIDENTS

Total Number of persons Killed in Road Accidents in India: 2018 to 2020 State/UT -wise.

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs           |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of Persons killed in Road Accidents during |   State/UT-Wise Total Number of Persons killed in Road Accidents during | State/UT-Wise Total Number of Persons killed in Road Accidents during   |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                      |                                                                    2018 |                                                                    2019 | 2020                                                                    |
| 1         | 2                    |                                                                       3 |                                                                       4 | 5                                                                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                                                                    7556 |                                                                    7984 | 7039                                                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                                                     175 |                                                                     127 | 73                                                                      |
| 3         | Assam                |                                                                    2966 |                                                                    3208 | 2629                                                                    |
| 4         | Bihar                |                                                                    6729 |                                                                    7205 | 6699                                                                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                                                                    4592 |                                                                    5003 | 4606                                                                    |
| 6         | Goa                  |                                                                     262 |                                                                     297 | 223                                                                     |
| 7         | Gujarat              |                                                                    7996 |                                                                    7390 | 6170                                                                    |
| 8         | Haryana              |                                                                    5118 |                                                                    5057 | 4507                                                                    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     |                                                                    1208 |                                                                    1146 | 893                                                                     |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                                                     984 |                                                                     996 | 728                                                                     |
| 11        | Jharkhand            |                                                                    3542 |                                                                    3801 | 3044                                                                    |
| 12        | Karnataka            |                                                                   10990 |                                                                   10958 | 9760                                                                    |
| 13        | Kerala               |                                                                    4303 |                                                                    4440 | 2979                                                                    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |                                                                   10706 |                                                                   11249 | 11141                                                                   |
| 15        | Maharashtra          |                                                                   13261 |                                                                   12788 | 11569                                                                   |
| 16        | Manipur              |                                                                     134 |                                                                     156 | 127                                                                     |
| 17        | Meghalaya            |                                                                     182 |                                                                     179 | 144                                                                     |
| 18        | Mizoram              |                                                                      45 |                                                                      48 | 42                                                                      |
| 19        | Nagaland             |                                                                      39 |                                                                      26 | 53                                                                      |
| 20        | Odisha               |                                                                    5315 |                                                                    5333 | 4738                                                                    |
| 21        | Punjab               |                                                                    4740 |                                                                    4525 | 3898                                                                    |
| 22        | Rajasthan            |                                                                   10320 |                                                                   10563 | 9250                                                                    |
| 23        | Sikkim               |                                                                      85 |                                                                      73 | 47                                                                      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           |                                                                   12216 |                                                                   10525 | 8059                                                                    |
| 25        | Telangana            |                                                                    6603 |                                                                    6964 | 6882                                                                    |
| 26        | Tripura              |                                                                     213 |                                                                     239 | 192                                                                     |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          |                                                                    1047 |                                                                     867 | 674                                                                     |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        |                                                                   22256 |                                                                   22655 | 19149                                                                   |
| 29        | West Bengal          |                                                                    5711 |                                                                    5500 | 4927                                                                    |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                                                      19 |                                                                      20 | 14                                                                      |
| 31        | Chandigarh           |                                                                      98 |                                                                     104 | 53                                                                      |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                                                      54 |                                                                      49 | 64                                                                      |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          |                                                                      35 |                                                                      28 |                                                                         |
| 34        | Delhi                |                                                                    1690 |                                                                    1463 | 1196                                                                    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          |                                                                       1 |                                                                       0 | 0                                                                       |
| 36        | Puducherry           |                                                                     226 |                                                                     147 | 145                                                                     |
|           | Total                |                                                                  151417 |                                                                  151113 | 131714                                                                  |

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