Lok Sabha Question No. 818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Road Accidents on National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao

## be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether  despite  all  the  efforts  of  the  Union  Government  and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) the loss of life statistics due to road accidents are not reducing in the country;
- (b)    if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the total  fatalities  occurred  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year;
- (c)      whether  accident  data  provided  by  NHAI  at  its  portal  and  by different State Governments do not match;
- (d)    if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same;
- (e)    whether the Government has any proposal to develop a National Road  Traffic  Injury  Surveillance  System  to  curb  deaths  due  to  road accidents in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)       the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  collect high quality data at State level to pin point the reasons for accidents on
- National Highways and State Highways?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  and  (b)     The   Government publishes report on 'Road Accidents in India'  based  on  data  received  from  States/  UTs.  The  said  report  is published  for  the  years  upto  2022. As  per  data  received  from  the States/UTs,  road  accidents  are  multi-causal  phenomenon  and  are  the result of interplay of various factors. These can broadly be categorized into  (i)  human  error,  (ii)  road  condition/environment  and  (iii)  vehicular

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 818 ANSWERED ON 24 TH  JULY, 2025

## ROAD ACCIDENTS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

818.  SHRI MANISH JAISWAL: SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

condition.   As  per   report  for  the  year  2022,  total  number  of  road accident  fatalities  in  the  country  on  all  categories  of  roads  and  NHs (including NEs) from calendar year 2019 to 2022 is given in the table below : -

| Year   | No. of road accident fatalities On all including NEs   | No. of road accident fatalities On all including NEs   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Year   | categories of Roads                                    | On NHs                                                 |
| 2019   | 1,58,984                                               | 53,872                                                 |
| 2020*  | 1,38,383                                               | 50,251                                                 |
| 2021*  | 1,53,972                                               | 56,007                                                 |
| 2022   | 1,68,491                                               | 61,038                                                 |

(c) and (d)   Data Lake portal has been developed to centralize project data  and  streamline  project  management  for  the  National  Highways Authority  of India. It serves  as  a  unified platform  for real  time monitoring  and  managing  highway  projects,  allowing  stakeholders  to track progress, identify potential issues, and make informed decisions.

The  Data  Lake  portal  was  integrated  with  the  Electronic  Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) application to fetch and utilize accident data from  eDAR.  The  accident  data  available  on  the  Data  Lake  portal  is based on information entered by State/UT Police into the eDAR system.

- (e)     Section  136(A)  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  provides  for electronic  monitoring  and  enforcement  of  road  safety  on  National Highways,  State  Highways,  roads  or  in  any  urban  city  within  a  state which has a population up to such limits as may be prescribed by the Central Government. Accordingly, Government has published Rule 167A in  August  2021  for  Electronic  Monitoring  and  Enforcement  of  Road Safety  at  high-risk  and  high-density  corridors  on  National  Highways, State Highways and at critical junctions in cities having more than one million  population  and  cities  under  National  Clean  Air  Programme (NCAP) in the Country.

Department of Expenditure has issued guidelines for incentive to States for Implementation of Electronic Enforcement of Road Safety under the Scheme ofSpecial Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2025-26 (SASCI 2025-26) with allocation of Rs. 3,000 Crore.

(f)    The Electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) (erstwhile iRAD Integrated Road Accident Database) has been developed as a central repository  for  reporting,  management  and  analysis  of  road  accidents data across the country, duly integrated with other relevant IT applications, like VAHAN, Sarathi, CCTNS, PM Gati Shakti etc. It covers all category of roads including State Highways. It provides data-driven insights  to   support  policy  formulation  and  strategic  decision-making. This  enables  authorities  to  identify  accident-prone  locations  through analytics, implement preventive measures, monitor the actions taken, and ensure efficient processing of road accident claims. All States and Union Territories have been advised to utilize eDAR data for enhancing road safety across the country.

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