Lok Sabha Question No. 1830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Data on Road Incidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  as  per  the  report  of  the  Ministry,  the country  recorded  a  total  of  4,61,312  cases  of  road  causalities incidents across the States and Union Territories during the year 2022 which left 1,68,491 persons dead and 4,43,366 injured;
- (b) the steps being taken to prevent these causalities by the Government; and
- (c) whether there is any increase or decrease in road deaths during the last three years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        As  per  data  received  from  States/UTs,  total 4,61,312 number of road accidents were reported in the country during the calendar year 2022. The number of persons dead and injured in road accidents in the country  during  the  calendar  year  2022  were  1,68,491  and  4,43,366 respectively.
- (b) Government 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 at Annexure.
- (c)     Based  on  data  received  from  States/UTs,  comparison  of  road accident  fatalities  in  the  country  from  calendar  year  2018  to  2022  is given in the table below : -

| Year   | Fatalities   |
|--------|--------------|
| 2018   | 1,57,593     |
| 2019   | 1,58,984     |
| 2020*  | 1,38,383     |
| 2021*  | 1,53,972     |
| 2022   | 1,68,491     |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1830 ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## DATA ON ROAD INCIDENTS

1830. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1830  ANSWERED  ON  05 TH   DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR REGARDING DATA ON ROAD INCIDENTS.

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 of Driving  Training  &  Research  (IDTRs),  Regional  Driving  Training Centres (RDTCs) and Driving Training Centres (DTCs) 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, construction and maintenance, as prescribed by the Central Government from time to time.
7. 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
3. 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.
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- Manual Override for central locking system
-  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 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.
- 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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