Lok Sabha Question No. 1627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Causes for Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study on the major causes for car accidents in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  the  major  causes identified in the study;
- (c) whether drowsiness or fatigue while driving has been identified as one of the major reasons for car accidents, if so, the number of fatalities recorded over the past five years due to driver drowsiness/fatigue, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  working  on  any  driver  drowsiness alert system  or other  technological  mechanisms  to  prevent accidents caused by fatigue;
- (e) if so, the current status of the development of such systems, the operational plan and the timeline for rollout; and
- (f) whether the Government has any plans to make driver drowsiness alert  systems  mandatory  in  vehicles,  especially  for  commercial transport and if so, the details of such plans?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c)    Government  publishes  'Road  Accidents  in  India'  annually based on data received from States/ UTs. As per the data received from the  States/UTs,  road  accidents  occur due to  multiple  causes  such as over  speeding,  use  of  mobile  phone,  drunken  driving/consumption  of alcohol and drug, driving on wrong side/ lane indiscipline, jumping red light,  non-use  of  safety  devices  such  as  helmets  and  seat  belts, vehicular condition, weather condition, road condition etc. As per the Report for the year 2022, out of total number of road accidents around 78% road accidents were caused due to drivers' fault.

State-wise  details  as  reported  in  the  annual  publication  titled  'Road Accidents in India' for the year 2022 of total number of road accidents

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1627 ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## CAUSES FOR ACCIDENTS

## 1627. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

caused  due  to  Cars,  Taxis,  Vans  &  Light  Motor  Vehicles  classified according  to  type  of  impacting  vehicles/objects  in  the  country  from calendar year 2018 to 2022 are annexed as per Annexure.

(d) to (f) Yes, The technical panel of Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC) has taken up the work to formulate H-11016/10/2024RS I/4053878/2024 standard on Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning Systems for motor vehicles of categories M (Category M means a  motor  vehicle with  at  least  four  wheels  used  for),  N2  (Category  N2 means a motor vehicle used for carriage of goods and having a Gross Vehicle Weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes) and N3 (Category N3 means a motor vehicle used for carriage of goods and having a Gross Vehicle Weight exceeding 12 tonnes).

Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1627  ANSWERED  ON  05 TH   DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI REGARDING CAUSES FOR ACCIDENTS.

State-wise  details  road  accidents  and  fatalities  caused  due  to  Cars, Taxis,  Vans  &  Light  Motor  Vehicles  classified  according  to  type  of impacting vehicles/objects for calendar year 2018 to 2022

| Sl. No.                 | 2022            | 2022        | 2021            | 2021        | 2020            | 2020        | 2019            | 2019            | 2018           | 2018           |
|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
| States/UTs              | Road Acciden ts | Fatalit ies | Road Acciden ts | Fatalit ies | Road Accide nts | Fatalit ies | Road Acciden ts | Perso ns Killed | Road Accidents | Persons Killed |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh        | 2576 841        |             | 2116            | 596         | 1913            | 580         | 2399            | 703             | 5073           | 1179           |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh     | 58              | 32          | 97              | 53          | 37              | 17          | 59              | 27              | 53             | 49             |
| 3 Assam                 | 1253            | 371         | 1301            | 455         | 1307            | 399         | 1429            | 528             | 1665           | 594            |
| 4 Bihar                 | 765             | 556         | 752             | 504         | 667             | 347         | 1332            | 932             | 1487           | 1014           |
| 5 Chhattisgarh          | 1865            | 363         | 1606            | 336         | 1383            | 305         | 1965            | 413             | 2411           | 569            |
| 6 Goa                   | 1054            | 28          | 953             | 17          | 620             | 15          | 1063            | 16              | 1366           | 78             |
| 7 Gujarat               | 2422            | 1045        | 2250            | 939         | 2193            | 869         | 3349            | 1381            | 5004           | 1809           |
| 8 Haryana               | 1512            | 617         | 1338            | 563         | 1371            | 674         | 1346            | 589             | 3103           | 1330           |
| 9 Pradesh               | 932             | 408         | 932             | 471         | 878             | 409         | 1137            | 469             | 1424           | 538            |
| 10 Jharkhand            | 713             | 475         | 742             | 510         | 524             | 323         | 642             | 497             | 715            | 465            |
| 11 Karnataka            | 6787            | 1536        | 5594            | 1351        | 6678            | 1533        | 7870            | 1735            | 10227          | 2096           |
| 12 Kerala               | 15341           | 306         | 12031           | 220         | 9501            | 217         | 13354           | 365             | 12412          | 1049           |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh       | 7893            | 1794        | 6938            | 1668        | 6402            | 1523        | 8237            | 1631            | 10549          | 2014           |
| 14 Maharashtra          | 5045            | 2221        | 4178            | 1689        | 3273            | 1576        | 5306            | 2029            | 7591           | 2450           |
| 15 Manipur              | 88              | 18          | 50              | 16          | 75              | 20          | 177             | 32              | 229            | 36             |
| 16 Meghalaya            | 70              | 44          | 66              | 55          | 61              | 31          | 62              | 31              | 71             | 36             |
| 17 Mizoram              | 28              | 17          | 29              | 25          | 16              | 14          | 8               | 4               | 18             | 14             |
| 18 Nagaland             | 193             | 19          | 373             | 18          | 251             | 24          | 138             | 8               | 151            | 19             |
| 19 Odisha               | 1542            | 625         | 1429            | 535         | 1071            | 414         | 1539            | 661             | 1922           | 791            |
| 20 Punjab               | 1488            | 1163        | 1618            | 1296        | 1150            | 909         | 1180            | 774             | 1571           | 1167           |
| 21 Rajasthan            | 5304            | 2221        | 5264            | 2091        | 4798            | 2180        | 8088            | 3078            | 7265           | 3027           |
| 22 Sikkim               | 91              | 45          | 77              | 17          | 48              | 18          | 38              | 8               | 134            | 73             |
| 23 Tamil Nadu           | 3963            | 1051        | 3395            | 935         | 5113            | 931         | 15748           | 2620            | 17478          | 3068           |
| 24 Telangana            | 3057            | 588         | 2906            | 604         | 2733            | 658         | 4849            | 782             | 5400           | 1127           |
| 25 Tripura              | 57              | 16          | 73              | 29          | 82              | 23          | 105             | 32              | 181            | 54             |
| 26 Uttarakhand          | 491             | 278         | 149             | 55          | 56              | 13          | 128             | 70              | 423            | 315            |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh        | 6562            | 3536        | 6022            | 3452        | 5375            | 2971        | 6873            | 3729            | 7732           | 3992           |
| 28 West Bengal          | 1674            | 504         | 1400            | 678         | 1374            | 609         | 680             | 257             | 3198           | 1127           |
| 29 Islands              | 15              | 2           | 22              | 1           | 21              | 1           | 22              | 0               | 87             | 4              |
| 30 Chandigarh           | 29              | 0           | 33              | 6           | 26              | 3           | 39              | 3               | 194            | 40             |
| 31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 20              | 6           | 15              | 2           | 11              | 6           | 6               | 2               | 13             | 5              |
| 32 Daman & Diu          |                 |             |                 |             |                 |             | 13              | 4               | 22             | 5              |
| 33 Delhi                | 308             | 50          | 254             | 66          | 215             | 53          | 910             |                 | 1717           | 354            |
| 34 Jammu & Kashmir      | 1870            | 202         | 1799            | 200         | 1703            | 192         | 2004            | 233 246         | 2214           | 284            |

| 35    | Ladakh      |   220 |    33 |   138 |    34 |    NA |    NA |    NA |    NA |     NA |    NA |
|-------|-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|
| 36    | Lakshadweep |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |     0 |
| 37    | Puducherry  |    45 |     3 |    50 |     1 |    60 |    16 |   101 |    11 |    390 |    39 |
| Total | Total       | 75331 | 21014 | 65990 | 19488 | 60986 | 17873 | 92196 | 23900 | 113490 | 30811 |

## Note :

1. Data  of  Daman  &  Diu  is  included  in  Dadra  &  Nagar  Haveli  from 2020 onwards
2. NA: Not Available
3. Category-wise data for West Bengal for the calendar year 2015 to 2017, 2019 & 2020 and Tamil Nadu for the calendar year 2017 to 2020 are under reconciliation.

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