Lok Sabha Question No. 2022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Over-Speeding on Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  over-speeding  is  the  major  reason  behind  road  crashes followed  by  dangerous  and  careless  driving  or  overtaking  on highways;
- (b) if so, the total number of accident, State/UT-wise occurred/reported due  to  over-speeding  in  the  country,  particularly  Maharashtra during the last five years; and
- (c) the details of new technological measures taken to overcome this trend of violation of driving rules on highways?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per the Report 'Road Accidents in India, 2022' published by Ministry based on data received from Police Department of States/UTs,  the  number  of  road  accidents  on  National  Highways (including  National  Expressways)  classified  according  to  Traffic  rule violations for calendar year 2022 is given below -

| Category                                      | No. of accidents   | % Share   |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------|
| Over-speeding                                 | 1,10,027           | 72.4%     |
| Drunken driving/consumption of alcohol & drug | 3,268              | 2.2%      |
| Driving on wrong side                         | 7,330              | 4.8%      |
| jumping red light                             | 707                | 0.5%      |
| Use of mobile phone                           | 2,479              | 1.6%      |
| Others                                        | 28,186             | 18.5%     |
| Total                                         | 1,51,997           |           |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2022 ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## OVER-SPEEDING ON HIGHWAYS

2022. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

The number of road accidents on National Highways (including Expressways) due to Over-speeding during 2019 to 2022 is annexed as per  Annexure  -  I.  The  data  collection  of  Road  accidents  on  National highways classified according to Traffic rule violations (Over-speeding, Drunken driving/consumption of alcohol & drug, Driving on wrong side etc.) was started from the year 2019.

(c)     As  per  provisions  under  Section  136A  of  the  Motor  Vehicles (Amendment)  Act,  2019,  Ministry  has  notified rule for Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety vide G.S.R. 575(E) dated 11th August,  2021.  The  rule  provides  that  the  footage  from  an  electronic enforcement device having electronic stamp for location, date and time, can be used to issue challan for the offences like not driving within the prescribed  speed  limit,  not  wearing  protective  headgear  or  helmet, jumping a red light, violating a stop sign, using of handheld communications  devices  while  driving,  passing  or  overtaking  other vehicles in a manner contrary to law, driving against the authorised flow of traffic, etc.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2022 ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2023 ASKED BY SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN REGARDING OVER-SPEEDING ON HIGHWAYS.

Number  of road accidents on National Highways (including National Expressways) due to Over-speeding during 2019 to 2022 -

| Sl. No.    | States/UTs        | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |
|------------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    | 5667   | 5922   | 7040   | 7683   |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh | 30     | 30     | 53     | 57     |
| 3          | Assam             | 3367   | 2230   | 2968   | 2440   |
| 4          | Bihar             | 2559   | 2129   | 1640   | 2819   |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      | 3115   | 3136   | 3337   | 3603   |
| 6          | Goa               | 1038   | 552    | 875    | 1072   |
| 7          | Gujarat           | 3392   | 3105   | 3194   | 3319   |
| 8          | Haryana           | 2643   | 1861   | 2104   | 1999   |
| 9 Himachal | Pradesh           | NR     | 0      | 483    | 524    |
| 10         | Jharkhand         | 488    | 938    | 1565   | 1712   |
| 11         | Karnataka         | 12704  | 10322  | 10456  | 11903  |
| 12         | Kerala            | 6951   | 4574   | 4778   | 9060   |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh    | 7748   | 8127   | 8970   | 10860  |
| 14         | Maharashtra       | 6391   | 5055   | 5751   | 7508   |
| 15 Manipur |                   | 238    | 160    | 174    | 257    |
| 16         | Meghalaya         | 64     | 58     | 71     | 101    |
| 17 Mizoram |                   | 10     | 11     | 13     | 38     |
| 18         | Nagaland          | 73     | 84     | 214    | 116    |
| 19         | Orissa            | 3113   | 2835   | 3140   | 3001   |
| 20         | Punjab            | 905    | 686    | 1919   | 1723   |
| 21         | Rajasthan         | 5716   | 5019   | 5686   | 6156   |
| 22         | Sikkim            | 25     | 22     | 40     | 32     |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu        | 14905  | 13125  | 14321  | 17124  |
| 24         | Telangana         | 5740   | 6500   | 5912   | 6608   |
| 25         | Tripura           | 225    | 173    | 188    | 189    |
| 26         | Uttarakhand       | 500    | 384    | 570    | 622    |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh     | 6558   | 5182   | 6077   | 6150   |
| 28 West    | Bengal            | 1498   | 1204   | 1588   | 867    |
| 29 A &     | N Islands         | 52     | 8      | 4      | 3      |
| 30         | Chandigarh        | 30     | 15     | 21     | 21     |
| 31         | D & N Haveli      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 11     |
| 32         | Daman & Diu       | 0      |        |        |        |
| 33         | Delhi             | 0      | 246    | 317    | 680    |
| 34         | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2064   | 1512   | 1750   | 1664   |
| 35         | Ladakh            | NA     | NA     | 31     | 81     |
| 36         | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 37         | Puducherry        | 485    | 411    | 535    | 24     |
| Total      |                   | 98294  | 85616  | 95785  | 110027 |

Note: 1. NR - Not Reported.  2. NA - Not Available

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