Lok Sabha Question No. 910 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Road Accidents in India -2022
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, DNV Senthilkumar. S., C.N. Annadurai, Manjulata Mandal, Su Thirunavukkarasar

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently unveiled Annual report titled 'Road Accidents in the country2022' and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Report reveals a worrisome surge in road accidents in the country during the calendar year 2022 and if so, the number of road accidents and the number of persons died/injured during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any comprehensive measures to address this growing crisis and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  States  which  have  initiated  the  installation  of  AI cameras to prevent road accidents and proper implementation of traffic rules; and
- (e) the measures being taken to improve road safety, security of riders and public awareness?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &(b) Ministry publishes 'Road Accidents in India' annually based on data received from the Police Departments  of States/UTs.  Road Accidents  in  India,  2022  has  been  published  by  the  Ministry  and  is available  on  Ministry's  website. As  per  the  report  Number  of  road accidents in the country during the Year 2022 were reported as 4,61,312. The years 2020 and 2021 were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 910 ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA -2022

## 910.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU.:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

The  Road  Accidents  in  India  Report,  2022  gives  the  following  data  on  road accidents in the country:

| Year   | No. of Road Accidents   |
|--------|-------------------------|
| 2001   | 4,05,637                |
| 2002   | 4,07,497                |
| 2003   | 4,06,726                |
| 2004   | 4,29,910                |
| 2005   | 4,39,255                |
| 2006   | 4,60,920                |
| 2007   | 4,79,216                |
| 2008   | 4,84,704                |
| 2009   | 4,86,384                |
| 2010   | 4,99,628                |
| 2011   | 4,97,686                |
| 2012   | 4,90,383                |
| 2013   | 4,86,476                |
| 2014   | 4,89,400                |
| 2015   | 5,05,770                |
| 2016   | 4,84,756                |
| 2017   | 4,69,242                |
| 2018   | 4,70,403                |
| 2019   | 4,56,959                |
| 2020*  | 3,72,181                |
| 2021*  | 4,12,432                |
| 2022   | 4,61,312                |

State/UTs-Wise number of road accidents, fatalities and person injured in India during the last three (2020-2022) years is attached as AnnexureI.

(c) & (e)  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 as 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  across  the Country.

- (2)    Engineering (both of Roads and vehicles)
2. 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:
- o 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 introduces the concept of safety rating of passenger cars and empowers 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  nonmedical  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.
4. (d)      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.

Based on information received from some of the states/UTs, details of electronic devices installed (as on 15th March, 2023) is annexed as per Annexure - II.

Annexure - I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  910  ANSWERED  ON  7 TH   DECEMBER,  2023  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI

SUPRIYA SULE AND ORS. REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA -2022.

| Sl. No.                            | States/UTs                         | Road Accidents                     | Road Accidents                     | Road Accidents                     | Fatalities                         | Fatalities                         | Fatalities                         | Injuries                           | Injuries                           | Injuries                           |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                            | States/UTs                         | 2020                               | 2021                               | 2022                               | 2020                               | 2021                               | 2022                               | 2020                               | 2021                               | 2022                               |
| 1                                  | Andhra Pradesh                     | 19509 21556                        |                                    | 21249                              | 7039                               | 8186                               | 8293                               | 19675                              | 21040                              | 21340                              |
| 2                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 134                                | 283                                | 227                                | 73                                 | 157                                | 148                                | 185                                | 347                                | 186                                |
| 3                                  | Assam                              | 6595                               | 7411                               | 7023                               | 2629                               | 3036                               | 2994                               | 5269                               | 5763                               | 5637                               |
| 4                                  | Bihar                              | 8639                               | 9553                               | 10801                              | 6699                               | 7660                               | 8898                               | 7016                               | 7946                               | 7068                               |
| 5                                  | Chhattisgarh                       | 11656                              | 12375                              | 13279                              | 4606                               | 5371                               | 5834                               | 10505                              | 10683                              | 11695                              |
| 6                                  | Goa                                | 2375                               | 2849                               | 3011                               | 223                                | 226                                | 271                                | 880                                | 843                                | 1091                               |
| 7                                  | Gujarat                            | 13398                              | 15186                              | 15751                              | 6170                               | 7452                               | 7618                               | 12002                              | 13690                              | 15089                              |
| 8                                  | Haryana                            | 9431                               | 9933                               | 10429                              | 4507                               | 4706                               | 4915                               | 7659                               | 8121                               | 8519                               |
| 9                                  | Himachal Pradesh                   | 2239                               | 2404                               | 2597                               | 893                                | 1052                               | 1032                               | 3223                               | 3454                               | 4063                               |
| 10                                 | Jharkhand                          | 4405                               | 4728                               | 5175                               | 3044                               | 3513                               | 3898                               | 3295                               | 3227                               | 3747                               |
| 11                                 | Karnataka                          | 34178                              | 34647                              | 39762                              | 9760                               | 10038                              | 11702                              | 39492                              | 40754                              | 48154                              |
| 12                                 | Kerala                             | 27877                              | 33296                              | 43910                              | 2979                               | 3429                               | 4317                               | 30510                              | 36775                              | 49307                              |
| 13                                 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 45266                              | 48877                              | 54432                              | 11141                              | 12057                              | 13427                              | 46456                              | 48956                              | 55168                              |
| 14                                 | Maharashtra                        | 24971                              | 29477                              | 33383                              | 11569                              | 13528                              | 15224                              | 19914                              | 23071                              | 27239                              |
| 15                                 | Manipur                            | 432                                | 366                                | 508                                | 127                                | 110                                | 127                                | 663                                | 504                                | 817                                |
| 16                                 | Meghalaya                          | 214                                | 245                                | 246                                | 144                                | 187                                | 162                                | 220                                | 263                                | 310                                |
| 17                                 | Mizoram                            | 53                                 | 69                                 | 133                                | 42                                 | 56                                 | 113                                | 68                                 | 65                                 | 107                                |
| 18                                 | Nagaland                           | 500                                | 746                                | 489                                | 53                                 | 55                                 | 73                                 | 286                                | 380                                | 291                                |
| 19                                 | Odisha                             | 9817                               | 10983                              | 11663                              | 4738                               | 5081                               | 5467                               | 8822                               | 9782                               | 10302                              |
| 20                                 | Punjab                             | 5203                               | 5871                               | 6138                               | 3898                               | 4589                               | 4756                               | 2904                               | 3072                               | 3324                               |
| 21                                 | Rajasthan                          | 19114                              | 20951                              | 23614                              | 9250                               | 10043                              | 11104                              | 16769                              | 19344                              | 22293                              |
| 22                                 | Sikkim                             | 138                                | 155                                | 211                                | 47                                 | 56                                 | 92                                 | 218                                | 244                                | 354                                |
| 23                                 | Tamil Nadu                         | 49844                              | 55682                              | 64105                              | 14527                              | 15384                              | 17884                              | 47618                              | 55996                              | 67703                              |
| 24                                 | Telangana                          | 19172                              | 21315                              | 21619                              | 6882                               | 7557                               | 7559                               | 18661                              | 20107                              | 20209                              |
| 25                                 | Tripura                            | 466                                | 479                                | 575                                | 192                                | 194                                | 241                                | 470                                | 547                                | 541                                |
| 26                                 | Uttarakhand                        | 1041                               | 1405                               | 1674                               | 674                                | 820                                | 1042                               | 854                                | 1091                               | 1613                               |
| Uttar                              |                                    | 34243                              | 37729                              | 41746                              | 19149                              | 21227                              | 22595                              | 22410                              | 24897                              | 28541                              |
| 28                                 | West Bengal                        | 10863                              | 11937                              | 13686                              | 5128                               | 5800                               | 6002                               | 9715                               | 10454                              | 12843                              |
| 29                                 | A & N Islands                      | 141                                | 115                                | 141                                | 14                                 | 20                                 | 19                                 | 145                                | 97                                 | 136                                |
| 30                                 | Chandigarh                         | 159                                | 208                                | 237                                | 53                                 | 96                                 | 83                                 | 148                                | 172                                | 203                                |
| 31 D                               | & N Haveli                         | 100                                | 140                                | 196                                | 64                                 | 76                                 | 90                                 | 119                                | 171                                | 273                                |
| 32                                 | Daman & Diu                        | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  | $                                  |
| 33                                 | Delhi                              | 4178                               | 4720                               | 5652                               | 1196                               | 1239                               | 1461                               | 3662                               | 4273                               | 5201                               |
| 34                                 | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 4860                               | 5452                               | 6092                               | 728                                | 774                                | 805                                | 5894                               | 6972                               | 8372                               |
| 35                                 | Ladakh                             | NA                                 | 236                                | 374                                | NA                                 | 56                                 | 62                                 | NA                                 | 242                                | 346                                |
| 36                                 | Lakshadweep                        | 1                                  | 4                                  | 3                                  | 0                                  | 1                                  | 2                                  | 1                                  | 6                                  | 2                                  |
| 37                                 | Puducherry                         | 969                                | 1049                               | 1181                               | 145                                | 140                                | 181                                | 1019                               | 1099                               | 1282                               |
|                                    | Total                              | 372181                             |                                    | 461312                             |                                    |                                    |                                    | 346747                             | 384448                             |                                    |
| 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 | 412432 138383 153972 168491 443366 |

Note   $: Data for D & D and Dadar & Nagar Haveli has been received as the two union territory were merged on 20th January, 2020 to be known as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and D & D.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 910 ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2023 ASKED BY SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE AND ORS. REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA -2022. Implementation status in respect of some States as on March, 2023: -

[1]  Over Speed Violation Detection (OSVD) cameras [2]  only Mumbai-Pune stretch covered in the data provided [3]  Intelligent Enforcement Management System (ANPR Speed Violation Detection & CCTV Camera) is implemented in 104 locations. [4]  Interceptor vehicles [5]  Out of 347, 90 are interceptor vehicles [6]  Including 17 Interceptors [7]  Another 551 - not in working conditions [8]  Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD)

- [9]  Way bridges were installed at impounding pits to weigh the overloaded vehicles.

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