Lok Sabha Question No. 1588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Road Safety
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Ranjan

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the number of fatalities in road accidents are highest in India, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  detailed  data  on  the  number  of  fatalities  in  road  accidents during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the amount spent by the Government on road safety during the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has set any criteria for the construction of State and National Highways, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  provide  financial assistance to the bereaved families of those killed in road accidents, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) and (b) As per the study of World Bank on Road crashes and injuries published  in  2021,  India  accounts  for  the  highest  number  of  road accident fatalities in the world.

Government publishes annual report 'Road Accidents in India', based on  data  received  from  States/UTs.  As  per  report  for  the  year  2022, total  number  of  road  accident  fatalities  on  all  category  of  roads, including National Highways (NHs), in the country during the calendar years 2020 to 2022 are as under : -

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1588 ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## ROAD SAFETY

1588. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

| Year   | No. of road accident Fatalities   |
|--------|-----------------------------------|
| 2020*  | 1,38,383                          |
| 2021*  | 1,53,972                          |
| 2022   | 1,68,491                          |

## * - Covid affected year

State-wise details of the road accidents fatalities during the calendar years 2020 to 2022 are annexed.

- (c) and (d) Government in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is  mandated  with  the  task  of  constructing  and  maintaining  National Highways in the Country while the State/UT Governments are responsible  for State  Highways  and  other  roads.   Road  Safety  is  an integral  and  indispensable  component  of  every  National  Highways Project.  Road  Safety  initiatives  commence  with  the  inception  of Detailed Project report as road safety audit of all National Highways projects has been made mandatory at all stages i.e. design, construction,  operation  &  maintenance.  As  per  available  data,  funds allocated  to  be  spent  for  comprehensive  road  safety  aspects  varies from  2.21  %  to  15  %  of  total  cost  of  the  development  projects depending  upon  structures  involved  for construction of National Highways.

Indian Roads Congress (IRC) formulates Standards, Guidelines, Manuals,  etc.  for  all  aspects  of  highway  building  and  maintenance, including road safety. The  Government  in  the  Ministry  of  Road Transport  &  Highways  also  issues  policy  circulars  on  road  safety engineering issues pertaining  to  National  Highways  (NHs).  Such Standards,  Guidelines,  Manuals  of  IRC  and  policy  guidelines  are applicable and binding on all NHs.

- (e)     As  per  Section  161  of  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  the  Central Government  to  provide  compensation  in  respect  of  the  death  of persons resulting from hit and run motor accidents. Accordingly, the Compensation  to  Victims  of  Hit  and  Run  Motor  Accidents  Scheme, 2022 has been notified by the Government vide G.S.R. 163(E) dated the 25th February, 2022. Under this scheme, a fixed sum of Rupees Two Lakh is provided to legal representatives of the deceased in case of the death of an accident victim due to hit and run motor accident.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1588 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAJESH RANJAN REGARDING ROAD SAFETY.

## Details of road accident fatalities for the calendar year 2020-2022

|   S. No. | States/UTs                             | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |
|----------|----------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                         | 7,039  | 8,186  | 8,293  |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 73     | 157    | 148    |
|        3 | Assam                                  | 2,629  | 3,036  | 2,994  |
|        4 | Bihar                                  | 6,699  | 7,660  | 8,898  |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                           | 4,606  | 5,371  | 5,834  |
|        6 | Goa                                    | 223    | 226    | 271    |
|        7 | Gujarat                                | 6,170  | 7,452  | 7,618  |
|        8 | Haryana                                | 4,507  | 4,706  | 4,915  |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                       | 893    | 1,052  | 1,032  |
|       10 | Jharkhand                              | 3,044  | 3,513  | 3,898  |
|       11 | Karnataka                              | 9,760  | 10,038 | 11,702 |
|       12 | Kerala                                 | 2,979  | 3,429  | 4,317  |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 11,141 | 12,057 | 13,427 |
|       14 | Maharashtra                            | 11,569 | 13,528 | 15,224 |
|       15 | Manipur                                | 127    | 110    | 127    |
|       16 | Meghalaya                              | 144    | 187    | 162    |
|       17 | Mizoram                                | 42     | 56     | 113    |
|       18 | Nagaland                               | 53     | 55     | 73     |
|       19 | Odisha                                 | 4,738  | 5,081  | 5,467  |
|       20 | Punjab                                 | 3,898  | 4,589  | 4,756  |
|       21 | Rajasthan                              | 9,250  | 10,043 | 11,104 |
|       22 | Sikkim                                 | 47     | 56     | 92     |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu                             | 14,527 | 15,384 | 17,884 |
|       24 | Telangana                              | 6,882  | 7,557  | 7,559  |
|       25 | Tripura                                | 192    | 194    | 241    |
|       26 | Uttarakhand                            | 674    | 820    | 1,042  |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh                          | 19,149 | 21,227 | 22,595 |
|       28 | West Bengal                            | 5,128  | 5,800  | 6,002  |
|       29 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands              | 14     | 20     | 19     |
|       30 | Chandigarh                             | 53     | 96     | 83     |
|       31 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 64     | 76     | 90     |
|       32 | Delhi                                  | 1,196  | 1,239  | 1,461  |
|       33 | Jammu & Kashmir $                      | 728    | 774    | 805    |
|       34 | Ladakh                                 | NA     | 56     | 62     |
|       35 | Lakshadweep                            | 0      | 1      | 2      |
|       36 | Puducherry                             | 145    | 140    | 181    |

Note-  $ Includes data of Ladakh for the Year 2020.

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