Lok Sabha Question No. 3089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Road Accidents in Maharashtra
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India has the highest death rate due to road accidents in the world and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether eighteen people die every hour in road accidents in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Maharashtra has the highest number of road accidents and road accident deaths in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether most of the road accidents are due to poor working and lack of maintenance of roads and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the measures initiated by the Government to curb road accidents, particularly in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   As per the World Road Statistics, 2022 published by International Road  Federation,  Venezuela  has  the  highest  rate  of  road  accident fatalities, with 39.4 persons killed per 1,00,000 population. In comparison,  the  rate  in India is 9.5 persons  killed  per  100,000 population.
- (b)    While Central Government formulates rules under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, the enforcement of these rules comes under the purview of State Governments / UT Administrations.  As per the data received from Police Departments of States/ UTs, the Ministry has published Report on Road Accidents in India, 2022.     The Report gives the following data on road accident fatalities in the country:-

|   Year | No. of Fatalities   |
|--------|---------------------|
|   2004 | 92,618              |
|   2005 | 94,968              |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3089 ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2023

## ROAD ACCIDENTS IN MAHARASHTRA

3089. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

| 2006   | 1,05,749   |
|--------|------------|
| 2007   | 1,14,444   |
| 2008   | 1,19,860   |
| 2009   | 1,25,660   |
| 2010   | 1,34,513   |
| 2011   | 1,42,485   |
| 2012   | 1,38,258   |
| 2013   | 1,37,572   |
| 2014   | 1,39,671   |
| 2015   | 1,46,555   |
| 2016   | 1,51,192   |
| 2017   | 1,50,003   |
| 2018   | 1,57,593   |
| 2019   | 1,58,984   |
| 2020*  | 1,38,383   |
| 2021*  | 1,53,972   |
| 2022   | 1,68,491   |

- (c)   As per the report, the total number of road accidents and fatalities in  the  country  during  the  Year  2022  were  reported  as  4,61,312  and 1,68,491 respectively. State-wise details including State of Maharashtra is annexed at Annexure - I.
- (d)     As per the Report on Road Accidents in India, 2022, 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, fault of driver / cyclist/ pedestrian etc.

As per the Report, number of road accidents in the country classified according to Traffic rule violations during Year 2022 is given below :-

| Category                                      | 2022      | 2022    |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|
|                                               | Accidents | % share |
| Over-speeding                                 | 3,33,323  | 72.30   |
| Drunken driving/consumption of alcohol & drug | 10,080    | 2.20    |
| Driving on wrong side/Lane indiscipline       | 22,586    | 4.90    |
| Jumping red light                             | 4,021     | 0.90    |
| Use of mobile phone                           | 7,558     | 1.60    |
| Others                                        | 83,744    | 18.10   |
| All India                                     | 4,61,312  | 100%    |

(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 annexed at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3089 ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2023 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS IN MAHARASHTRA.

## State/UT-Wise Number of road accidents and fatalities for the year 2022 -

| Sl. No.                     | States/UTs        |   Accidents |   Fatalities |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh    |       21249 |         8293 |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh |         227 |          148 |
| 3                           | Assam             |        7023 |         2994 |
| 4                           | Bihar             |       10801 |         8898 |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh      |       13279 |         5834 |
| 6                           | Goa               |        3011 |          271 |
| 7                           | Gujarat           |       15751 |         7618 |
| 8                           | Haryana           |       10429 |         4915 |
| 9 Himachal                  | Pradesh           |        2597 |         1032 |
| 10                          | Jharkhand         |        5175 |         3898 |
| 11                          | Karnataka         |       39762 |        11702 |
| 12                          | Kerala            |       43910 |         4317 |
| 13                          | Madhya Pradesh    |       54432 |        13427 |
| 14                          | Maharashtra       |       33383 |        15224 |
| 15                          | Manipur           |         508 |          127 |
| 16 Meghalaya                |                   |         246 |          162 |
| 17                          | Mizoram           |         133 |          113 |
| 18                          | Nagaland          |         489 |           73 |
| 19                          | Odisha            |       11663 |         5467 |
| 20                          | Punjab            |        6138 |         4756 |
| 21                          | Rajasthan         |       23614 |        11104 |
| 22                          | Sikkim            |         211 |           92 |
| 23 Tamil                    | Nadu              |       64105 |        17884 |
| 24                          | Telangana         |       21619 |         7559 |
| 25                          | Tripura           |         575 |          241 |
| 26                          | Uttarakhand       |        1674 |         1042 |
| 27 Uttar                    | Pradesh           |       41746 |        22595 |
| 28                          | West Bengal       |       13686 |         6002 |
| 29                          | A & N Islands     |         141 |           19 |
| 30                          | Chandigarh        |         237 |           83 |
| 31 D & N Haveli and Daman & | Diu               |         196 |           90 |
| 32                          | Delhi             |        5652 |         1461 |
| 33                          | Jammu & Kashmir   |        6092 |          805 |
| 34                          | Ladakh            |         374 |           62 |
| 35                          | Lakshadweep       |           3 |            2 |
| 36                          | Puducherry        |        1181 |          181 |
| Total                       | Total             |      461312 |       168491 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3089 ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2023 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS IN MAHARASHTRA.

Details of various initiatives taken by Ministry to address the issue of Road Safety are as under : -

- (1)        Education:
- i.          Ministry  administers  Road  Safety  Advocacy  Scheme  to  provide financial  assistance  to  various  agencies  for  raising  awareness  about road safety and for administering road safety programs.
- ii.   Ministry administers a scheme for setting up of Institutes 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)
5. 2.1.    Road engineering:
- i.      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.
- ii.       High priority is accorded to identification and rectification of black spots /accident spots on NHs.
- iii.      Road Safety Officer (RSO) has been designated at each Regional Office of road owning agencies under the Ministry to look after RSA and other road safety related works.
- iv.        Ministry  has  issued  guidelines  for  the  provision  of  signages  on Expressways and National Highways by incorporating best practices and International standards to offer improved visibility and intuitive guidance to the drivers.
- v.        Provisions  have  been  made  in  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  for responsibility  of  any  designated  authority,  contractor,  consultant  or concessionaire  for  the  design  or  construction  or  maintenance  of  the safety standards of the road, as prescribed by the Central Government from time to time.

## 2.2    Vehicle engineering:

Ministry has taken various initiatives to make vehicles safer, including the following:-

- i.        Mandatory provision of an airbag for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.
- ii.         Prescribed norms related to safety measures for children below four  years  of  age,  riding  or  being  carried  on  a  motor  cycle.  It  also specifies use of a safety harness, crash helmet and restricts speed to 40 kmph.

iii.         Mandatory  provisions  for  fitment  of  following  listed  safety technologies: -

## For M1 category vehicles:

- Seat Belt Reminder (SBR) for driver and co-driver.
- ·
- Manual Override for central locking system
- ·
- Over speed warning system.

## For all M and N category vehicles:

- o
- Reverse Parking Alert System
- iv.      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.         Mandated  speed  limiting  function/speed  limiting  device  in  all transport vehicles, except for two wheelers, three wheelers, quadricycles, fire tenders, ambulances and police vehicles.
- vi.        Published  the  rules  for  recognition,  regulation  and  control  of Automated  Testing  Stations,  which  define  the  procedure  for  fitness testing of vehicles through automated equipment and the procedure for grant of fitness certificate by ATSs.
- vii.     Formulated the Vehicle Scrapping Policy based on incentives/disincentives  and  for  creating  an  ecosystem  to  phase  out  older,  unfit  a polluting vehicles.
- viii.    A Scheme to set up one model Inspection & Certification Centre in each State/UT with Central assistance for testing the fitness of vehicles through an automated system.

ix.     Published rules regarding the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (BNCAP) to introduce the concept of safety rating of passenger cars and empower consumers to take informed decisions.

- (3)        Enforcement:

i.            The  Motor  Vehicles  (Amendment)  Act,  2019  provides  for  strict penalties for ensuring compliance and enhancing deterrence for violation of traffic rules and enforcement through use of technology.

ii.     Ministry has notified rule for electronic monitoring and enforcement of Road Safety

(4)        Emergency care:

- i.      Ministry has notified rules 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 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.         NHAI  has  made  provisions  for  ambulances  with  paramedical staff/Emergency Medical Technician/Nurse at toll plazas on the completed corridor of National Highways.

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