Lok Sabha Question No. 3290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Data on Road Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3290

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2025

## DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENTS

## 3290. SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Government maintains data of accidents with details of vehicle manufacturing companies;
- (b)    if so, the details of number of accidents where Volvo buses have been involved during the last twenty years, State-wise;
- (c)    the number of deaths that occurred in such accidents, year-wise;
- (d)    the number of Volvo bus accidents where the bus caught fire; and
- (e)      whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  Volvo  company  called back the buses after such incidents for detailed inspection?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (e)   The Government publishes annual report 'Road Accidents in India', based on data received from States/UTs. The said report does not include the road accident data pertaining to vehicle manufacturing companies.  However,  as  per  reports  for  the  year  2004  to  2022, States/UTs-wise number of road accidents on all roads including roads of the State Government in the country in which buses are involved is attached as Annexure.  The number of road accident fatalities on all category  of  roads  in  the  country  in  which  buses  are  involved  from calendar year 2004 to 2022 is given below :-

|   Year |   No. of road accident fatalities |
|--------|-----------------------------------|
|   2004 |                             11469 |
|   2005 |                             12182 |
|   2006 |                             12791 |
|   2007 |                             13291 |

|   2008 |   12495 |
|--------|---------|
|   2009 |   12918 |
|   2010 |   13823 |
|   2011 |   13156 |
|   2012 |   13472 |
|   2013 |   12469 |
|   2014 |   12185 |
|   2015 |   12133 |
|   2016 |   12088 |
|   2017 |   10651 |
|   2018 |   10507 |
|   2019 |    6529 |
|   2020 |    3040 |
|   2021 |    3076 |
|   2022 |    3949 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3290  ANSWERED  ON  20.03.2025  ASKED  BY SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI REGARDING DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENTS.

Number of road accidents in which buses are involved from 2004 to 2022

| S. No.                                    | States/UTs                                | 2004                                      | 2005                                      | 2006                                      | 2007                                      | 2008                                      | 2009                                      | 2010                                      |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1                                         | Andhra Pradesh                            | 3047                                      | 6431                                      | 3114                                      | 2898                                      | 3052                                      | 3166                                      | 3762                                      |
| 2                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 19                                        | 14                                        | 9                                         | 17                                        | 18                                        | 15                                        | 10                                        |
| 3                                         | Assam                                     | 996                                       | 1070                                      | 917                                       | 996                                       | 968                                       | 740                                       | 906                                       |
| 4                                         | Bihar                                     | 744                                       | 604                                       | 822                                       | 908                                       | 988                                       | 1532                                      | 1361                                      |
| 5                                         | Chhattisgarh                              | 733                                       | 791                                       | 895                                       | 890                                       | 864                                       | 889                                       | 1000                                      |
| 6                                         | Goa                                       | 277                                       | 271                                       | 249                                       | 265                                       | 278                                       | 228                                       | 251                                       |
| 7                                         | Gujarat                                   | 1864                                      | 1886                                      | 2020                                      | 1849                                      | 1777                                      | 1386                                      | 1359                                      |
| 8                                         | Haryana                                   | 665                                       | 665                                       | 710                                       | 790                                       | 698                                       | 715                                       | 668                                       |
| 9                                         | Himachal Pradesh                          | 404                                       | 364                                       | 436                                       | 299                                       | 311                                       | 308                                       | 277                                       |
| 10                                        | Jharkhand                                 | 613                                       | 900                                       | 594                                       | 680                                       | 561                                       | 522                                       | 488                                       |
| 11                                        | Karnataka                                 | 4632                                      | 4635                                      | 5084                                      | 5173                                      | 5056                                      | 4825                                      | 4562                                      |
| 12                                        | Kerala                                    | 7042                                      | 5877                                      | 5553                                      | 5379                                      | 4996                                      | 4753                                      | 4693                                      |
| 13                                        | Madhya Pradesh                            | 2898                                      | 3368                                      | 4284                                      | 4489                                      | 3663                                      | 3580                                      | 3916                                      |
| 14                                        | Maharashtra                               | 3943                                      | 3377                                      | 4052                                      | 3370                                      | 3898                                      | 3588                                      | 5475                                      |
| 15                                        | Manipur                                   | 128                                       | 107                                       | 103                                       | 105                                       | 77                                        | 74                                        | 47                                        |
| 16                                        | Meghalaya                                 | 72                                        | 95                                        | 75                                        | 33                                        | 33                                        | 48                                        | 17                                        |
| 17                                        | Mizoram                                   | 0                                         | 6                                         | 8                                         | 5                                         | 36                                        | 5                                         | 13                                        |
| 18                                        | Nagaland                                  | 20                                        | 12                                        | 6                                         | 42                                        | 19                                        | 11                                        | 4                                         |
| 19                                        | Odisha                                    | 800                                       | 884                                       | 872                                       | 828                                       | 861                                       | 917                                       | 821                                       |
| 20                                        | Punjab                                    | 584                                       | 623                                       | 596                                       | 577                                       | 601                                       | 666                                       | 593                                       |
| 21                                        | Rajasthan                                 | 2315                                      | 2172                                      | 2213                                      | 1998                                      | 2154                                      | 2161                                      | 2023                                      |
| 22                                        | Sikkim                                    | 67                                        | 3                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 23                                        | Tamil Nadu                                | 8143                                      | 7469                                      | 8114                                      | 9316                                      | 7002                                      | 6206                                      | 8890                                      |
| 24                                        | Telangana                                 | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        |
| 25                                        | Tripura                                   | 106                                       | 27                                        | 62                                        | 125                                       | 74                                        | 58                                        | 57                                        |
| 26                                        | Uttarakhand                               | 147                                       | 152                                       | 193                                       | 222                                       | 186                                       | 189                                       | 199                                       |
| 27                                        | Uttar Pradesh                             | 1789                                      | 2012                                      | 1894                                      | 2051                                      | 2150                                      | 2324                                      | 2300                                      |
| 28                                        | West Bengal                               | 1587                                      | 519                                       | 1979                                      | 1934                                      | 1841                                      | 1392                                      | 1863                                      |
| 29                                        | A&N Islands                               | 24                                        | 38                                        | 33                                        | 30                                        | 20                                        | 35                                        | 36                                        |
| 30                                        | Chandigarh                                | 38                                        | 44                                        | 48                                        | 39                                        | 45                                        | 27                                        | 19                                        |
| 31                                        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                      | 3                                         | 4                                         | 12                                        | 3                                         | 7                                         | 5                                         | 9                                         |
| 32                                        | Daman & Diu                               | 1                                         | 3                                         | 3                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 2                                         | 3                                         |
| 33                                        | Delhi                                     | 1405                                      | 1360                                      | 1168                                      | 1039                                      | 865                                       | 799                                       | 675                                       |
| 34                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                           | 1494                                      | 706                                       | 979                                       | 892                                       | 612                                       | 750                                       | 707                                       |
| 35                                        | Ladakh                                    | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        |
| 36                                        | Lakshadweep                               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 37                                        | Puducherry                                | 237                                       | 260                                       | 244                                       | 219                                       | 179                                       | 269                                       | 215                                       |
| Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 | Total 46837467494734347464438934218547219 |

## Note: 1.  Data  of  Daman  &  Diu  is  included  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  from  2020 Onwards 2. NA - Not Available 3. Data of Ladakh is included in Jammu & Kashmir before 2020.

4. Telangana formed in 2014

Annexure (contd.) Number of road accidents in which buses are involved from 2004 to 2022

| S. No.                                    | States/UTs                                | 2011                                      | 2012                                      | 2013                                      | 2014                                      | 2015                                      | 2016                                      | 2017                                      |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1                                         | Andhra Pradesh                            | 3536                                      | 3497                                      | 3301                                      | 1732                                      | 1754                                      | 1667                                      | 1546                                      |
| 2                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 9                                         | 11                                        | 13                                        | 15                                        | 15                                        | 19                                        | 14                                        |
| 3                                         | Assam                                     | 774                                       | 634                                       | 796                                       | 628                                       | 560                                       | 778                                       | 598                                       |
| 4                                         | Bihar                                     | 1355                                      | 1285                                      | 1163                                      | 961                                       | 1250                                      | 836                                       | 998                                       |
| 5                                         | Chhattisgarh                              | 1027                                      | 747                                       | 675                                       | 675                                       | 679                                       | 599                                       | 666                                       |
| 6                                         | Goa                                       | 252                                       | 204                                       | 267                                       | 354                                       | 535                                       | 493                                       | 419                                       |
| 7                                         | Gujarat                                   | 1367                                      | 1275                                      | 1145                                      | 1165                                      | 910                                       | 1047                                      | 825                                       |
| 8                                         | Haryana                                   | 661                                       | 633                                       | 634                                       | 644                                       | 670                                       | 669                                       | 503                                       |
| 9                                         | Himachal Pradesh                          | 256                                       | 207                                       | 209                                       | 409                                       | 226                                       | 177                                       | 175                                       |
| 10                                        | Jharkhand                                 | 570                                       | 520                                       | 531                                       | 592                                       | 374                                       | 324                                       | 223                                       |
| 11                                        | Karnataka                                 | 3922                                      | 3932                                      | 3590                                      | 3849                                      | 3661                                      | 4044                                      | 3239                                      |
| 12                                        | Kerala                                    | 4716                                      | 4847                                      | 4732                                      | 4843                                      | 5168                                      | 5519                                      | 3766                                      |
| 13                                        | Madhya Pradesh                            | 3820                                      | 3939                                      | 3959                                      | 3361                                      | 3447                                      | 3314                                      | 2908                                      |
| 14                                        | Maharashtra                               | 4037                                      | 3892                                      | 3714                                      | 4409                                      | 4319                                      | 1835                                      | 1869                                      |
| 15                                        | Manipur                                   | 44                                        | 60                                        | 30                                        | 38                                        | 37                                        | 25                                        | 11                                        |
| 16                                        | Meghalaya                                 | 98                                        | 36                                        | 46                                        | 52                                        | 36                                        | 35                                        | 72                                        |
| 17                                        | Mizoram                                   | 7                                         | 3                                         | 4                                         | 5                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 5                                         |
| 18                                        | Nagaland                                  | 5                                         | 4                                         | 5                                         | 21                                        | 5                                         | 3                                         | 66                                        |
| 19                                        | Odisha                                    | 909                                       | 719                                       | 720                                       | 766                                       | 634                                       | 548                                       | 431                                       |
| 20                                        | Punjab                                    | 553                                       | 556                                       | 546                                       | 559                                       | 497                                       | 457                                       | 415                                       |
| 21                                        | Rajasthan                                 | 1979                                      | 1857                                      | 1874                                      | 1820                                      | 1586                                      | 1490                                      | 1534                                      |
| 22                                        | Sikkim                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 24                                        |
| 23                                        | Tamil Nadu                                | 6805                                      | 7479                                      | 7429                                      | 6973                                      | 7505                                      | 7037                                      | 6034                                      |
| 24                                        | Telangana                                 | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | 1457                                      | 1417                                      | 1207                                      | 1209                                      |
| 25                                        | Tripura                                   | 51                                        | 49                                        | 49                                        | 27                                        | 36                                        | 38                                        | 15                                        |
| 26                                        | Uttarakhand                               | 220                                       | 179                                       | 166                                       | 146                                       | 155                                       | 101                                       | 129                                       |
| 27                                        | Uttar Pradesh                             | 2344                                      | 2526                                      | 2655                                      | 2328                                      | 2789                                      | 2853                                      | 2577                                      |
| 28                                        | West Bengal                               | 2010                                      | 2119                                      | 1578                                      | 1262                                      | 1317                                      | 1350                                      | 948                                       |
| 29                                        | A&N Islands                               | 28                                        | 18                                        | 21                                        | 21                                        | 23                                        | 25                                        | 19                                        |
| 30                                        | Chandigarh                                | 44                                        | 27                                        | 20                                        | 35                                        | 19                                        | 26                                        | 18                                        |
| 31                                        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                      | 7                                         | 4                                         | 4                                         | 5                                         | 4                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         |
| 32                                        | Daman & Diu                               | 2                                         | 3                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         |
| 33                                        | Delhi                                     | 589                                       | 500                                       | 493                                       | 531                                       | 460                                       | 369                                       | 364                                       |
| 34                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                           | 830                                       | 1235                                      | 1242                                      | 1590                                      | 1583                                      | 399                                       | 389                                       |
| 35                                        | Ladakh                                    | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        | NA                                        |
| 36                                        | Lakshadweep                               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 37                                        | Puducherry                                | 207                                       | 138                                       | 170                                       | 91                                        | 159                                       | 200                                       | 133                                       |
| Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 | Total 43034431354178141365418323748732145 |

Note:

1.  Data  of  Daman  &  Diu  is  included  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  from  2020 Onwards

2. NA - Not Available 3. Data of Ladakh is included in Jammu & Kashmir before 2020.

4. Telangana formed in 2014

Annexure (contd.)

## Number of road accidents in which buses are involved from 2004 to 2022

| S. No.                         | States/UTs                     | 2018                           | 2019                           | 2020                           | 2021                           | 2022                           |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1                              | Andhra Pradesh                 | 1572                           | 634                            | 251                            | 305                            | 447                            |
| 2                              | Arunachal Pradesh              | 28                             | 20                             | 9                              | 18                             | 14                             |
| 3                              | Assam                          | 694                            | 462                            | 268                            | 314                            | 343                            |
| 4                              | Bihar                          | 682                            | 216                            | 70                             | 135                            | 130                            |
| 5                              | Chhattisgarh                   | 540                            | 260                            | 110                            | 68                             | 136                            |
| 6                              | Goa                            | 193                            | 178                            | 66                             | 47                             | 174                            |
| 7                              | Gujarat                        | 853                            | 511                            | 244                            | 248                            | 295                            |
| 8                              | Haryana                        | 489                            | 230                            | 330                            | 142                            | 378                            |
| 9                              | Himachal Pradesh               | 166                            | 142                            | 26                             | 57                             | 104                            |
| 10                             | Jharkhand                      | 215                            | 206                            | 165                            | 113                            | 92                             |
| 11                             | Karnataka                      | 2883                           | 2107                           | 854                            | 686                            | 1145                           |
| 12                             | Kerala                         | 3581                           | 35341157                       |                                | 1391                           | 2936                           |
| 13                             | Madhya Pradesh                 | 2833                           | 22201088                       |                                | 1450                           | 1375                           |
| 14                             | Maharashtra                    | 1689                           | 1110                           | 354                            | 348                            | 483                            |
| 15                             | Manipur                        | 11                             | 12                             | 2                              | 2                              | 3                              |
| 16                             | Meghalaya                      | 8                              | 27                             | 3                              | 4                              | 4                              |
| 17                             | Mizoram                        | 2                              | 0                              | 6                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 18                             | Nagaland                       | 25                             | 23                             | 2                              | 12                             | 8                              |
| 19                             | Odisha                         | 540                            | 573                            | 262                            | 335                            | 371                            |
| 20                             | Punjab                         | 447                            | 249                            | 81                             | 23                             | 31                             |
| 21                             | Rajasthan                      | 1306                           | 1364                           | 593                            | 648                            | 625                            |
| 22                             | Sikkim                         | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 12                             |
| 23                             | Tamil Nadu                     | 5222                           | 4342                           | 904                            | 767                            | 1188                           |
| 24                             | Telangana                      | 1280                           | 1079                           | 316                            | 345                            | 385                            |
| 25                             | Tripura                        | 28                             | 23                             | 8                              | 5                              | 7                              |
| 26                             | Uttarakhand                    | 96                             | 15                             | 3                              | 5                              | 23                             |
| 27                             | Uttar Pradesh                  | 3116                           | 26911935                       |                                | 1900                           | 2124                           |
| 28                             | West Bengal                    | 1368                           | 158                            | 268                            | 328                            | 538                            |
| 29                             | A&N Islands                    | 22                             | 16                             | 3                              | 3                              | 3                              |
| 30                             | Chandigarh                     | 14                             | 2                              | 0                              | 2                              | 5                              |
| 31                             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli           | 2                              | 2                              | 0                              | 1                              | 3                              |
| 32                             | Daman & Diu                    | 2                              | 0                              |                                |                                |                                |
| 33                             | Delhi                          | 275                            | 128                            | 8                              | 3                              | 16                             |
| 34                             | Jammu & Kashmir                | 425                            | 344                            | 348                            | 412                            | 357                            |
| 35                             | Ladakh                         | NA                             | NA                             | NA                             | 0                              | 36                             |
| 36                             | Lakshadweep                    | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 37                             | Puducherry                     | 139                            | 9                              | 5                              | 9                              | 23                             |
| Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 | Total 307462288797391012613814 |

## Note:

1.  Data  of  Daman  &  Diu  is  included  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  from  2020 Onwards

2. NA - Not Available 3. Data of Ladakh is included in Jammu & Kashmir before 2020.

4. Telangana formed in 2014

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