Lok Sabha Question No. 3054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Black Spots on National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that Vijayawada is ranked thirteenth in terms of the number of deaths caused by road accidents in 2022;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of black spots that have been identified on National Highways (NHs) passing through Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (d) the details of the steps taken to rectify black spots and mitigate road accidents in the State, especially in the NTR district;
- (e) the  details  of  the  length  of  NHs  in  Andhra  Pradesh  that  have undergone  Road  Safety  Audits  before  the  issue  of  completion certificate of the project; and
- (f) the  details  of  measures  taken  to  establish  and  maintain  quality Trauma Care Centres along the NHs in the State?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b)  Ministry  publishes  Report  on  'Road  Accidents  in  India' annually based on data received from Police Departments of States/ UTs. As per the Report, 2022, number of fatalities for the million-plus cities including Vijayawada during year 2022 is attached as Annexure - I.
- (c) and (d)    A total of 466 black spots have been identified on National Highways in the State of Andhra Pradesh based on accidents data for the period 2016-2018. District-wise details is annexed at Annexure- II.   Out of the 466 black spots, short term rectification work has been completed in all Black spots and Long term rectification work has been completed on 404 Black Spots.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3054 ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2023

## BLACK SPOTS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## 3054. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(e)   Road  Safety  Audit  is  mandatory  before  issuance  of  provisional certificate/completion  certificate  for  National  Highways.  Accordingly, Road Safety Audits were carried out before the issuance of Provisional Certificate/Completion Certificate for 36 nos. of projects for a length of 802  Km  since  FY  2020-21  under  the  jurisdiction  of  MoRTH  in  Andhra Pradesh State. Further, Road Safety Audits were carried out before the issuance of Provisional Certificate/Completion Certificate for 20 nos. of projects for a length of 1048 Km under the jurisdiction of NHAI in Andhra Pradesh State.

(f)      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India has taken initiatives towards setting up of Trauma Care Facilities (TCFs) along the National  Highways  in  the  country  under  'National  Programme  for Prevention and Management of Trauma and Burn Injuries'. During 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) and 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), a total of  196  Trauma Care Facilities (TCFs) were sanctioned in Government Hospitals/ Medical Colleges across the country, out of which 14 were sanctioned in Andhra Pradesh.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a) and  (b) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3054  ANSWERED  ON  21st  DECEMBER,  2023 ASKED  BY  SHRI  KESINENI  SRINIVAS  REGARDING  BLACK  SPOTS  ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

## Number of Fatalities in Million-Plus Cities during year 2022

|   Sl. No. | Million Plus cities   | No. of Fatalities   |   Ranking |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------|
|         1 | Agra                  | 548                 |         9 |
|         2 | Ahmedabad             | 488                 |        11 |
|         3 | Allahabad(Prayagraj)  | 603                 |         6 |
|         4 | Amritsar              | 82                  |        48 |
|         5 | Asansol Durgapur      | 359                 |        17 |
|         6 | Aurangabad            | 199                 |        34 |
|         7 | Bengaluru             | 772                 |         2 |
|         8 | Bhopal                | 348                 |        20 |
|         9 | Chandigarh            | 83                  |        47 |
|        10 | Chennai               | 507                 |        10 |
|        11 | Coimbatore            | 272                 |        28 |
|        12 | Delhi                 | 1,461               |         1 |
|        13 | Dhanbad               | 114                 |        45 |
|        14 | Faridabad             | 263                 |        30 |
|        15 | Ghaziabad             | 363                 |        16 |
|        16 | Gwalior               | 353                 |        19 |
|        17 | Hyderabad             | 323                 |        23 |
|        18 | Indore                | 639                 |         5 |
|        19 | Jabalpur              | 481                 |        12 |
|        20 | Jaipur                | 765                 |         3 |
|        21 | Jamshedpur            | 68                  |        49 |
|        22 | Jodhpur               | 269                 |        29 |
|        23 | Kannur                | 149                 |        43 |
|        24 | Kanpur                | 640                 |         4 |
|        25 | Kozhikode             | 195                 |        36 |
|        26 | Kochi                 | 156                 |        41 |
|        27 | Kolkata               | 185                 |        38 |
|        28 | Kollam                | 214                 |        31 |
|        29 | Kota                  | 111                 |        46 |
|        30 | Lucknow               | 587                 |         7 |
|        31 | Ludhiana              | 364                 |        15 |
|        32 | Madurai               | 192                 |        37 |

|   33 | Malappuram       |   320 |   24 |
|------|------------------|-------|------|
|   34 | Meerut           |   345 |   21 |
|   35 | Mumbai           |   371 |   14 |
|   36 | Nagpur           |   310 |   25 |
|   37 | Nashik           |   207 |   33 |
|   38 | Patna            |   198 |   35 |
|   39 | Pune             |   325 |   22 |
|   40 | Raipur           |   583 |    8 |
|   41 | Rajkot           |   150 |   42 |
|   42 | Srinagar         |    53 |   50 |
|   43 | Surat            |   293 |   27 |
|   44 | Thiruvanthapuram |   171 |   40 |
|   45 | Thrissur         |   210 |   32 |
|   46 | Tiruchirappalli  |   149 |   43 |
|   47 | Vadodara         |   181 |   39 |
|   48 | Varanasi         |   294 |   26 |
|   49 | Vijayawada city  |   418 |   13 |
|   50 | Vizag            |   358 |   18 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c) and  (d) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3054  ANSWERED  ON  21st  DECEMBER,  2023 ASKED  BY  SHRI  KESINENI  SRINIVAS  REGARDING  BLACK  SPOTS  ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

District-wise No. of Black Spots for Andhra Pradesh for series year 2016-18

| Sl. No.   | Name of District (Traffic Unit)   |   No. of Black Spot |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Anantapuramu                      |                  19 |
| 2         | Chittoor                          |                  19 |
| 3         | EG                                |                  46 |
| 4         | Guntur Rural                      |                  10 |
| 5         | Guntur Urban                      |                  17 |
| 6         | Krishna                           |                  27 |
| 7         | Kurnool                           |                  56 |
| 8         | Nellore                           |                  53 |
| 9         | Prakasam District                 |                  14 |
| 10        | Urban Police District, Tirupati   |                   1 |
| 11        | Visakhapatnam District            |                  18 |
| 12        | Vizianagaram                      |                   2 |
| 13        | Vja City                          |                  62 |
| 14        | VSP City                          |                  64 |
| 15        | WG District                       |                  45 |
| 16        | YSR District, Kadapa.             |                  13 |
|           | Total                             |                 466 |

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