Lok Sabha Question No. 244 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Data on Road Accident Fatalities
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

be pleased to state:

- (a)     the details of data on road accident fatalities during the last ten years, categorized by State, age group, and type of accident;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to address the disproportionate impact of accidents on vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists; and
- (c)       whether  the  Government  has  a  targeted  strategy  or  specific plans to reduce road accident deaths in  the coming years, if so, the details  thereof  including  timelines  and  objectives  set  thereof  and  if not, the reasons for the absence of such plans?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES

- *244. SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *244  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES.

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- (a) The Central Government annually publishes report 'Road Accidents in India', based on data received from States/UTs.  Based on the Annual reports for the previous Years, details of data on road accident fatalities during the calendar year 2013 to 2022, categorized by State, age group, and type of accident is  attached as Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.

(b)  and  (c)  The  Report  'Road  Accident  in  India,  2022',  identifies pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists as vulnerable group, accounting for a large proportion of road traffic deaths.

Road accidents are multi-causal phenomenon and are the result of an interplay of various factors. These can broadly be categorized into (i) human error (ii) road condition/environment and (iii) vehicular condition.

As per the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety, India is committed to reduce number of road traffic deaths and injuries to 50% by 2030. The declaration emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to road  safety,  including  improving  the  design  of  roads  and  vehicles; enhancing  laws  and  law  enforcement;  providing  timely,  life-saving emergency care for the injured etc.

Therefore, the Government has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address  the  issue  of  road  safety  based  on  4E's  i.e.  Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care. Accordingly, various initiatives have been taken by the Ministry as detailed at Annexure-IV.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES.

## State/UTs-wise Fatalities in the country from calendar year 2013 to 2022

| S. No.            | States/UTs           | Total Fatalities   |
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh       | 86035              |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1328               |
| 3                 | Assam                | 27548              |
| 4                 | Bihar                | 63041              |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh         | 45031              |
| 6                 | Goa                  | 2810               |
| 7                 | Gujarat              | 75738              |
| 8                 | Haryana              | 48326              |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh     | 11154              |
| 10                | Jharkhand            | 32308              |
| 11                | Karnataka            | 106544             |
| 12                | Kerala               | 40389              |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh       | 104874             |
| 14                | Maharashtra          | 130613             |
| 15                | Manipur              | 1343               |
| 16                | Meghalaya            | 1640               |
| 17                | Mizoram              | 706                |
| 18                | Nagaland             | 474                |
| 19                | Odisha               | 47483              |
| 20                | Punjab               | 46150              |
| 21                | Rajasthan            | 102712             |
| 22                | Sikkim               | 713                |
| 23                | Tamil Nadu           | 165847             |
| 24                | Telangana            | 63396              |
| 25                | Tripura              | 1985               |
| 26                | Uttarakhand          | 8911               |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh        | 197283             |
| 28 West           | Bengal               | 59492              |
| 29                | A&N Island           | 216                |
| 30                | Chandigarh           | 1069               |
| 31                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 342                |
| 32 Daman &        | Diu                  | 225                |
| 33                | Delhi                | 15337              |
| 34                | Jammu & Kashmir      | 9070               |
| 35                | Ladakh               | 118                |
| 36                | Lakshadweep          | 5                  |
| 37                | Puducherry           | 1930               |
| Total (all India) | Total (all India)    | 15,02,416          |

Note: 1. Data of Daman & Diu is included in Dadra & Nagar Haveli from 2020 onwards.

2. Data have been reconciled for West Bengal for the calendar year 2015 to 2017,  2019  &  2020  and  Tamil  Nadu  for  the  calendar  year  2017  to  2020  by respective state.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES.

No. of Fatalities classified by Age group from 2016 to 2022

|   S. No. | States/UTs                | Less than 18 years   | 18 to 25 years   | >25 to 60 years   | >60 years   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            | 3,898                | 9,885            | 37,588            | 5,288       |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 112                  | 261              | 587               | 11          |
|        3 | Assam                     | 2,191                | 5,685            | 12,423            | 582         |
|        4 | Bihar                     | 6,900                | 11,845           | 27,337            | 3,716       |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh              | 2,680                | 7,980            | 21,068            | 2,283       |
|        6 | Goa                       | 80                   | 363              | 1,330             | 207         |
|        7 | Gujarat                   | 4,072                | 10,426           | 35,725            | 3,095       |
|        8 | Haryana                   | 5,224                | 6,522            | 17,658            | 7,043       |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh          | 759                  | 1,498            | 4,958             | 761         |
|       10 | Jharkhand                 | 2,613                | 5,349            | 12,380            | 4,562       |
|       11 | Karnataka                 | 4,399                | 15,833           | 51,526            | 4,816       |
|       12 | Kerala                    | 1,747                | 4,709            | 15,588            | 6,604       |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh            | 6,975                | 17,440           | 49,479            | 5,737       |
|       14 | Maharashtra               | 3,603                | 17,795           | 65,096            | 5,793       |
|       15 | Manipur                   | 90                   | 184              | 583               | 47          |
|       16 | Meghalaya                 | 153                  | 233              | 857               | 27          |
|       17 | Mizoram                   | 74                   | 99               | 250               | 21          |
|       18 | Nagaland                  | 32                   | 96               | 177               | 48          |
|       19 | Orissa                    | 2,342                | 8,235            | 23,088            | 2,156       |
|       20 | Punjab                    | 2,638                | 7,385            | 19,848            | 2,701       |
|       21 | Rajasthan                 | 5,322                | 19,483           | 47,261            | 2,019       |
|       22 | Sikkim                    | 40                   | 145              | 319               | 22          |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu                | 6,498                | 15,319           | 63,182            | 14,268      |
|       24 | Telangana                 | 3,132                | 8,825            | 34,477            | 3,767       |
|       25 | Tripura                   | 116                  | 321              | 934               | 83          |
|       26 | Uttarakhand               | 573                  | 1,338            | 4,122             | 532         |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh             | 19,028               | 36,894           | 84,433            | 12,293      |
|       28 | West Bengal               | 5,129                | 6,269            | 25,318            | 5,414       |
|       29 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 10                   | 30               | 88                | 5           |
|       30 | Chandigarh                | 75                   | 101              | 444               | 92          |
|       31 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 35                   | 101              | 255               | 37          |
|       32 | Daman & Diu               | 9                    | 39               | 85                | 5           |

| 33   | Delhi           | 720    | 2,127    | 6,435    | 1,224   |
|------|-----------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| 34   | Jammu & Kashmir | 784    | 1,668    | 3,290    | 568     |
| 35   | Ladakh          | 0      | 32       | 86       | 0       |
| 36   | Lakshadweep     | 1      | 1        | 2        | 1       |
| 37   | Puducherry      | 91     | 198      | 769      | 274     |
|      | Total           | 92,145 | 2,24,714 | 6,69,046 | 96,102  |

## Note:

1.  State/UTs-wise  age  profile  data  for  year  2013  is  not  available  with  the Ministry.
2. Data of age group 25-60 years and 60 & above is not available for calendar year 2014 and 2015 with the Ministry.
3. 'Age not known' category included in '60 and above'
4.  Data  of  Daman  &  Diu  is  included  in  Dadra  &  Nagar  Haveli  from  2020 onwards
5.  Road accident data for West Bengal for the calendar year 2015 to 2017, 2019 & 2020 and Tamil Nadu for the calendar year 2017 to 2020 have been reconciled by respective state.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES.

Number of fatalities by vehicle types for calendar Year 2019 to 2022

| Type of Impacting Vehicle   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   | Road user category-wise number of persons killed   |
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|                             | PedestriansBicyclists                              |                                                    | Two Wheelers' riders                               | Persons in Car, Jeep, Taxi Persons in Trucks       | Persons in Car, Jeep, Taxi Persons in Trucks       | Total                                              |
| Two Wheelers                | 30617                                              | 4382                                               | 93204                                              | 10028                                              | 7085                                               |                                                    |
| Auto                        | 4647                                               |                                                    | 8879                                               |                                                    |                                                    | 145316                                             |
| Rickshaws                   |                                                    | 1041                                               |                                                    | 2446                                               | 1368                                               | 18381                                              |
| Cars, Taxis, Vans & LMV     | 27565                                              | 4336                                               | 58197                                              | 34805                                              | 5654                                               | 130557                                             |
| Trucks/ Lorries             | 18016                                              | 3603                                               | 47344                                              | 18550                                              | 19444                                              | 106957                                             |
| Buses                       | 6731                                               | 1574                                               | 13775                                              | 6129                                               | 3917                                               | 32126                                              |
| others                      | 23708                                              | 3114                                               | 36051                                              | 10343                                              | 5943                                               | 79159                                              |
| Total                       | 111284                                             | 18050                                              | 257450                                             | 82301                                              | 43411                                              |                                                    |

## Note:

1. Data for calendar year 2013 to 2018 is not available With the Ministry.
2. Other category includes Bicycle, e-rickshaw, Nonmotorised Vehicle etc.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) and (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET  SINGH  MEET  HAYER  REGARDING  DATA  ON  ROAD  ACCIDENT FATALITIES.

Details of various initiatives taken by the Ministry to address the issue of Road Safety: -

## (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 Driving Training Centres (RDTCs) and Driving Training Centres (DTCs)
4. of Driving Training &  Research  (IDTRs), Regional at state/district level across the Country.

## (2)          Engineering :

## 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  (e-DAR)  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 to offer improved visibility and intuitive guidance to the drivers.
- vi.        Provisions have been made in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for failure to comply with standards for the road design,
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construction  and  maintenance,  as  prescribed  by  the  Central Government from time to time.

## 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
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- 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. The rules have been further amended on 31.10.2022 and 14.03.2024.
- vii. Formulated  the  Vehicle  Scrapping  Policy  based  on incentives/dis-incentives and for creating an ecosystem to phase out old, unfit and 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.
- x.          Published  rules  regarding  prescribed level playing field in the area of manufacturing of buses by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Bus Body Builders.
- xi.        Mandated vehicles, manufactured on or after 1st October, 2025, shall be fitted with an air-conditioning system for the cabin of  vehicles  of  N2  (goods  vehicle  with  gross  vehicle  weight exceeding  3.5  tonnes  but  not  exceeding  12.0  tonnes)  and  N3 (goods vehicle with gross vehicle weight exceeding 12.0 tonnes) category.
- xii.       Published  rules  for  revision  of  standards  for  Safety  Belt, Restraint Systems and Safety Belt Reminder to provide provisions for  applicability  of  revised  standards  for  safety  belt  assemblies, safety  belt  anchorages  and  the  installation  of  Safety  Belts  and Restraint Systems, in Motor vehicles of category M,N and L7 w.e.f. 01st April, 2025. Further, the vehicles of category M1, manufactured  on  and  after  the  1st  April  2025,  shall  meet  the requirement of safety belt reminder for all front facing rear seats as per AIS-145-2018.

## (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 Million plus cities in India and cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
- iii.         Ministry  on  10 th   June,  2024  has  issued  an  advisory  to  all the States and Union territories on technological interventions for ensuring compliance with Motor Vehicle Act, 1988.

(4)        Emergency care:

- i.        Ministry  has  published  rules  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. iv.         Ministry  along  with  National  Health  Authority  (NHA),  has implemented a pilot program for providing cashless treatment to victims of road accidents in Chandigarh Haryana, Punjab,

- Uttarakhand, Puducherry and Assam.

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