Lok Sabha Question No. 940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Traffic Violations
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  number  of  traffic  violation  cases  registered  under Motor Vehicle Act and the amount of penalty recovered therein in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  there  has  been  any  rise  in  the  number  of  traffic  rules violations  cases  under  Motor  Vehicle  Act  after  considerable  hike  in traffic penalty amount and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the rising number of incidents of road rage and reckless driving and if so, the number of such  cases  registered  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to address this issue;
- (d) the details of appropriate steps taken by the Government to check such incidents in future; and
- (e)  whether the Government has laid down any policy or plan in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 940

## ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

940.     SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(a) The state-wise details of number of traffic violation cases registered under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the amount of penalty recovered therein in the country during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure -I.

(b) The number of traffic rules violation cases post implementation of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 has increased. This is due to  the  use  of  technology  such  as  installation  of  camera/  speed  gunbased automatic violation detection system to ensure the compliance of  rules,  which  was  almost  negligible  before  implementation  of  the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 and strict enforcement of extant rules.

(c) to (e) Section 184 and Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provide for the penalty against rash driving or riding on a public way, driving  dangerously  and  driving  by  a  drunken  person  or  by  a  person under the influence of drugs, respectively. The details of such cases reported are at Annexure -II.

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 is detailed below:

## (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.       Observance of National Road Safety Month/Week every year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety. iii.        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
2. across the Country.
- (2)    Engineering (both of Roads and vehicles)
4. 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 administers the electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) project to establish a central repository for reporting, management and analysis of road accidents data across the country.
- v.      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.

## 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 40kmph.

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:

- 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 as stands implemented provides  for  strict  penalties  for  ensuring  compliance  and  enhancing deterrence for violation of traffic rules and strict enforcement through use of technology.
- ii. Ministry has issued rules for Electronic Monitoring  and Enforcement of Road Safety. The rules specify the detailed provisions for  placement of electronic enforcement devices on high risk & high

density  corridors  on  National  Highways,  State  Highways  and  critical junctions in cities with more than one million population.

(4)        Emergency care:

i.        Ministry  has  for  the  protection  of  Good  Samaritan, who in good faith, voluntarily and without expectation of any reward or compensation  renders  emergency  medical  or  non-medical  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.     The National Highways Authority of India has made provisions for ambulances with paramedical staff/Emergency Medical Technician/Nurse at toll plazas on the completed corridor of National Highways.

## REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 940 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024 ASKED BY SH. GAJANAN KIRTIKAR REGARDING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

## State wise and Calendar Year wise details of Challan issued and penalty recovered are as follows:

| Sl. No.   | States                               | State-wise Number of Challan   | State-wise Number of Challan   | State-wise Number of Challan   | State-wise Number of Challan   | State-wise penalty recovered (Amount in Rs.)   | State-wise penalty recovered (Amount in Rs.)   | State-wise penalty recovered (Amount in Rs.)   | State-wise penalty recovered (Amount in Rs.)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States                               | 2021                           | 2022                           | 2023                           | 2024 (as on 29.01. 2024)       | 2021                                           | 2022                                           | 2023                                           | 2024 (as on 29.01. 2024)                       |
| 1         | Andhra Prade sh                      | ….                             | ….                             | 3378                           | 550                            | ….                                             | ….                                             | 9465                                           | 2676                                           |
| 2         | Assam                                | 193254                         | 532647                         | 103962 1                       | 104067                         | 5283476 11                                     | 944072 720                                     | 10891746 50                                    | 5388017 5                                      |
| 3         | Bihar                                | 778171                         | 716927                         | 125825 8                       | 124592                         | 2607069 082                                    | 267790 9670                                    | 30452242 69                                    | 2228772 23                                     |
| 4         | Chandigarh                           | 84087                          | 119299                         | 227250                         | 15467                          | 3434550 0                                      | 963350 00                                      | 14159050 1                                     | 9549500                                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         | 242996                         | 603383                         | 993228                         | 61984                          | 1672555 26                                     | 182696 472                                     | 30226011 8                                     | 1612023 4                                      |
| 6         | Dadra Nag ar Haveli a nd Daman & Diu | 6564                           | 7882                           | 30114                          | 2083                           | 6271500                                        | 556500 0                                       | 19146100                                       | 1361400                                        |
| 7         | Delhi                                | 156901 8                       | 182705 6                       | 202205 8                       | 161291                         | 7768431 78                                     | 845317 180                                     | 10901957 13                                    | 3544536 9                                      |
| 8         | Goa                                  | 748694                         | 508323                         | 558321                         | 40833                          | 9150331 3                                      | 224957 764                                     | 34442044 1                                     | 3057605 5                                      |
| 9         | Gujarat                              | 317554                         | 282339                         | 159983 0                       | 128255                         | 9804905 06                                     | 925358 667                                     | 13887650 86                                    | 1059639 71                                     |
| 10        | HimachalPrad esh                     | 951097                         | 812573                         | 822954                         | 52614                          | 2487003 69                                     | 411714 732                                     | 44649269 2                                     | 2831719 1                                      |
| 11        | Haryana                              | 136742 1                       | 233663 0                       | 340069 1                       | 170189                         | 3261294 942                                    | 363413 1870                                    | 37496027 42                                    | 2374767 54                                     |
| 12        | JammuandKa shmir                     | 80419                          | 155652                         | 348727                         | 14723                          | 1603775 3                                      | 138064 442                                     | 25499332 8                                     | 1940131 1                                      |
| 13        | Jharkhand                            | 86288                          | 435557                         | 123858 7                       | 99457                          | 3847294 9                                      | 107525 790                                     | 27752696 4                                     | 2405415 4                                      |
| 14        | Karnataka                            | 5853                           | 25164                          | 247882                         | 44884                          | 945000                                         | 185751 0                                       | 33130990                                       | 5634800                                        |
| 15        | Kerala                               | 213532 0                       | 530314 9                       | 108693 93                      | 518638                         | 8790382 53                                     | 198076 3579                                    | 29295011 38                                    | 1905805 28                                     |
| 16        | Ladakh                               | 478                            | 12                             | 92                             | ….                             | 232525                                         | 2900                                           | 36700                                          | 100                                            |

| 17   | Maharashtra     | 276073    | 108408 7   | 113043 9   |   86741 | 1615889 877   | 354475 5043   | 32970291 09   | 2552005 62   |
|------|-----------------|-----------|------------|------------|---------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
| 18   | Meghalaya       | 8708      | 32614      | 29125      |    1246 | 6404500       | 276449 00     | 30673400      | 1518400      |
| 19   | Manipur         | 261       | 2264       | 4599       |     535 | 126002        | 123410 0      | 2212100       | 115000       |
| 20   | Madhya Prade sh | ….        | 708717     | 130380 1   |   99030 | 200           | 239744 117    | 44435678 0    | 3359505 0    |
| 21   | Mizoram         | 3400      | 4794       | 6291       |     473 | 1336600       | 319420 0      | 6302600       | 329200       |
| 22   | Odisha          | 118591 5  | 133421 7   | 179888 8   |  122466 | 7956612 04    | 100235 0751   | 12840038 92   | 1071017 67   |
| 23   | Punjab          | 57892     | 53745      | 72163      |   12164 | 6735370 1     | 518234 93     | 68452267      | 9940604      |
| 24   | Pondicherry     | 19430     | 90587      | 157949     |   16190 | 5543400       | 159774 50     | 31901850      | 2385000      |
| 25   | Rajasthan       | 139949 8  | 177573 2   | 203622 8   |  127105 | 2645346 902   | 270248 1152   | 30818614 12   | 2584199 12   |
| 26   | Sikkim          | 233       | 314        | 474        |      80 | 609700        | 135790 0      | 3084000       | 219900       |
| 27   | Tamil Nadu      | 160760 61 | 117078 26  | 111249 32  |  588327 | 9256874 33    | 135798 4568   | 26940320 54   | 1562123 27   |
| 28   | Tripura         | 89693     | 181403     | 526538     |   25892 | 1374910 0     | 646901 80     | 17030312 5    | 1605460 0    |
| 29   | Uttarakhand     | 217106    | 438855     | 666130     |   52717 | 1987985 53    | 464182 990    | 66013879 2    | 4472568 8    |
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh   | 758874 2  | 927867 1   | 142579 58  |  745012 | 4478939 457   | 519308 3351   | 60929723 10   | 3575260 06   |
| 31   | West Bengal     | 2955      | 103755 8   | 230433 2   |  168337 | 260600        | 973088 899    | 18158735 23   | 1676057 28   |
|      | Total           | 354931 81 | 413979 77  | 600802 31  | 3585942 | 2039255 5236  | 278198 66390  | 34795268 111  | 2392191 185  |

## Note - Above information is based on the data available in e-Challan database.

Annexure -II

REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 940 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024 ASKED BY SH. GAJANAN KIRTIKAR REGARDING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

As  per  the  Reports  'Road  Accidents  in  India'  published  by  Ministry based  on  data  received  from  Police  Department  of  States/UTs,  the number of road accidents in the country classified according to Traffic rule violations for calendar years 2020 to 2022 is given below -

| Category                                      | 2020*    | 2021*    | 2022     |
|-----------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| Over-speeding                                 | 2,65,343 | 2,95,522 | 3,33,323 |
| Drunken driving/consumption of alcohol & drug | 8,355    | 9,150    | 10,080   |
| Driving on wrong side                         | 20,228   | 21,491   | 22,586   |
| Jumping red light                             | 2721     | 2203     | 4021     |
| Use of mobile phone                           | 6753     | 6530     | 7558     |
| Total                                         | 3,03,400 | 3,34,896 | 3,77,568 |

* 2020 & 2021 were Covid affected years.

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