Lok Sabha Question No. 3015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Survey on Child Safety in Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3015 ANSWERED ON 7 th  AUGUST 2025

## SURVEY ON CHILD SAFETY IN VEHICLES

3015. Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti:

Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  study  or  survey regarding child safety in vehicles over the last five years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  total  number  of  child  fatalities  in  road  accidents across  the  country  during  the  last  five  years,  State  and  districtwise in Andhra Pradesh especially in Bapatla Lok Sabha Constituency and Prakasam district;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  laws/guidelines  mandating specific safety measures for children in vehicles;
- (d) if so, the details regarding the total number of vehicles/individuals found to be violative of the above laws/guidelines during the last five years, State and district-wise in Andhra  Pradesh  and  in  Bapatla  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  and Prakasam district; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  modify/amend  the existing  laws  to  align  with  modern  standards  of  child  safety  in vehicles, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b)  Government  collects  road  accident  data  on  a  calendar year basis from States/Union Territories and publishes the data in

annual publication on 'Road Accidents in India'. The State/UT-wise number  of  persons  killed  in  Road  Accidents  during  2018  to  2022 with age less than 18 years including the State of Andhra Pradesh is attached as Annexure I.

(c)  to  (e)  Section  194B  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988,  has  the provision  of  punishment  for  whoever  drives  a  motor  vehicle  or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven with a child who, not having attained the age of fourteen years, is not secured by a safety belt  or  a  child  restraint  system.  Both  the  safety  belt  and  child restraint  system  are  intended  to  restrain  the  movement  of  the passenger.

As per Rule 125 (8) of Central Motor Vehicles Rules(CMVRs), 1989, Motor vehicles of category M1, excluding transport vehicles and special purpose vehicles, manufactured on and after 1st April, 2015,  shall  have  a  provision  for  installation  of  at  least  one  child restraint system for all weight groups on at least one of the seating positions, as specified in AIS:072-2009.

As per Rule 138 (6) of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, on and after 1st April, 2016, the driver of motor vehicle of M1 category, manufactured  on  and  after  1st  October  2014,  excluding  transport vehicles and special purpose vehicles shall ensure that a child up to an age of twelve years carried in the vehicle is seated in appropriate child restraint system conforming to AIS:072-2009.

The Government  in the Ministry of Road  Transport and Highways vide G.S.R. 126(E) dated 15 th  February, 2022 mandated the use  of  Safety  harness  for  children  below  four  years  and  crash helmet which fits his head or bicycle helmet complying with [ASTM 1447]/ [European (CEN)BS EN 1080/BS EN 1078] till such time that the specifications are prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016) for the child pillion passenger aged between nine months and four years.

The  implementation/enforcement  of the provisions of the CMVRs, 1989 comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3015 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 ASKED  BY  Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti and Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu  Reddy  REGARDING  SURVEY  ON  CHILD SAFETY IN VEHICLES

| Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with   | Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with   |   Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with |   Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with |   Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with |   Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with |   Number of Persons killed in road accidents during 2018 to 2022 with |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. NO.                                                                | State/UT                                                              |                                                                  2018 |                                                                  2019 |                                                                  2020 |                                                                  2021 |                                                                  2022 |
| 1                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                        |                                                                   330 |                                                                   414 |                                                                   412 |                                                                   381 |                                                                   474 |
| 2                                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                     |                                                                    16 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     5 |                                                                     9 |                                                                    12 |
| 3                                                                     | Assam                                                                 |                                                                   138 |                                                                   195 |                                                                   239 |                                                                   282 |                                                                   173 |
| 4                                                                     | Bihar                                                                 |                                                                   385 |                                                                   682 |                                                                   641 |                                                                   649 |                                                                  1011 |
| 5                                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                                          |                                                                   284 |                                                                   342 |                                                                   236 |                                                                   346 |                                                                   357 |
| 6                                                                     | Goa                                                                   |                                                                    11 |                                                                     8 |                                                                     8 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     2 |
| 7                                                                     | Gujarat                                                               |                                                                   408 |                                                                   362 |                                                                   288 |                                                                   413 |                                                                   444 |
| 8                                                                     | Haryana                                                               |                                                                   353 |                                                                   216 |                                                                   245 |                                                                   189 |                                                                   424 |
| 9                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                      |                                                                    96 |                                                                    90 |                                                                    54 |                                                                    54 |                                                                    73 |
| 10                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                             |                                                                   246 |                                                                   473 |                                                                   193 |                                                                   197 |                                                                   278 |
| 11                                                                    | Karnataka                                                             |                                                                   412 |                                                                   460 |                                                                   309 |                                                                   376 |                                                                   433 |
| 12                                                                    | Kerala                                                                |                                                                   192 |                                                                   171 |                                                                    87 |                                                                    70 |                                                                   143 |
| 13                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                        |                                                                   911 |                                                                   867 |                                                                   717 |                                                                   839 |                                                                   881 |
| 14                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                           |                                                                   465 |                                                                   379 |                                                                   268 |                                                                   373 |                                                                   454 |
| 15                                                                    | Manipur                                                               |                                                                    15 |                                                                    11 |                                                                     9 |                                                                     5 |                                                                     8 |
| 16                                                                    | Meghalaya                                                             |                                                                     0 |                                                                    25 |                                                                    12 |                                                                    24 |                                                                     8 |
| 17                                                                    | Mizoram                                                               |                                                                     4 |                                                                     9 |                                                                     9 |                                                                     5 |                                                                    16 |
| 18                                                                    | Nagaland                                                              |                                                                     2 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     4 |                                                                     2 |                                                                     4 |
| 19                                                                    | Orissa                                                                |                                                                   336 |                                                                   275 |                                                                   219 |                                                                   203 |                                                                   226 |
| 20                                                                    | Punjab                                                                |                                                                   203 |                                                                   979 |                                                                   189 |                                                                   166 |                                                                   157 |
| 21                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                             |                                                                   613 |                                                                   501 |                                                                   396 |                                                                   382 |                                                                   485 |
| 22                                                                    | Sikkim                                                                |                                                                     6 |                                                                     2 |                                                                     3 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     4 |
| 23                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                            |                                                                   684 |                                                                   926 |                                                                   499 |                                                                   460 |                                                                   579 |
| 24                                                                    | Telangana                                                             |                                                                   340 |                                                                   285 |                                                                   399 |                                                                   293 |                                                                   306 |
| 25                                                                    | Tripura                                                               |                                                                    11 |                                                                    12 |                                                                    11 |                                                                     6 |                                                                    10 |
| 26                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                           |                                                                    76 |                                                                    54 |                                                                    28 |                                                                    37 |                                                                    66 |
| 27                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                         |                                                                  2764 |                                                                  2688 |                                                                  1262 |                                                                  1447 |                                                                  1909 |
| 28                                                                    | West Bengal                                                           |                                                                   376 |                                                                   345 |                                                                   284 |                                                                   326 |                                                                   347 |
| 29                                                                    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                             |                                                                     1 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     2 |                                                                     0 |                                                                     0 |
| 30                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                            |                                                                    11 |                                                                     9 |                                                                     6 |                                                                     5 |                                                                     3 |

| 31   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   | 3    | 4     | 3    |    5 |    7 |
|------|------------------------|------|-------|------|------|------|
| 32   | Daman & Diu            | 3    | 3     | 0    |    0 |    0 |
| 33   | Delhi                  | 84   | 63    | 35   |   22 |   41 |
| 34   | Jammu & Kashmir        | 61   | 92    | 41   |  193 |  184 |
| 35   | Ladakh                 |      |       |      |    0 |    0 |
| 36   | Lakshadweep            | 0    | 0     | 0    |    1 |    0 |
| 37   | Puducherry             | 17   | 8     | 4    |    4 |    9 |
|      | Total                  | 9857 | 10950 | 7117 | 7764 | 9528 |

Note: 1 Data of Daman & Diu is included in Dadra & Nagar Haveli from 2020 onwards. 2. Data have been reconciled for West Bengal for the calendar year 2019 & 2020 and Tamil Nadu for the calendar year 2018 to 2020. *****