Lok Sabha Question No. 1974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Road Traffic Accidents
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Maddila Gurumoorthy

## be pleased to state:

- (a)    the most common causes of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) in India as per NCRB data during the last five years;
- (b)      the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  accidents, including enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019;
- (c)    whether the Government has taken initiatives to establish Highway Trauma  Care  Centres  (HTCCs)  across  National  Highways  to  provide timely medical assistance to accident victims;
- (d)    if so, the number of such centres sanctioned and operational as on date, State-wise; and
- (e)      whether  the  Ministry  has  formulated  any  integrated  scheme  with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and AIIMS network to ensure that every 100 km stretch of National Highway is covered under trauma care facilities within the Golden Hour and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)       As  per  information  received  from  National  Crime  Record  Bureau (NCRB), Cause-wise Cases Reported, Persons injured and died in Road Accidents during 2019-2023 is annexed as per Annexure - I.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974

ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

1974. SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (b) 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  for  road  safety  in  the  country  as detailed at Annexure - II.
- (c)  to  (e)  Government  in Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  has undertaken National Programme  for Prevention  &  Management  of Trauma and Burn Injuries (NPPMT&BI), which is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Tertiary Care Programme. During 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) and 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) under the scheme, total 196  Trauma  Care  Facilities  (TCFs)  were  sanctioned  in  Government Hospitals/ Medical Colleges across the country. The overall objective of the scheme is to bring down preventable deaths due to road accidents, including on National Highways, by developing a Pan-India trauma care network.

Annexure - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974 ANSWERED ON 11TH DECEMBER, 2025 ASKED BY SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY REGARDING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

| Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   | Cause-wise Cases Reported of Road Accidents during 2019-2023   |
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| Sl                                                             | Causes                                                         | 2019                                                           | 2020                                                           | 2021                                                           | 2022                                                           | 2023                                                           |
| 1                                                              | Dangerous/Over- taking/Careless/etc                            | 1,12,519                                                       | 86,268                                                         | 1,03,629                                                       | 1,10,440                                                       | 1,10,064                                                       |
| 2                                                              | Over speeding                                                  | 2,60,898                                                       | 2,15,159                                                       | 2,40,828                                                       | 2,79,674                                                       | 2,84,733                                                       |
| 3                                                              | Driving under influence of drug/alcohol                        | 7,366                                                          | 7,996                                                          | 7,718                                                          | 7,130                                                          | 7,895                                                          |
| 4                                                              | Physical fatigue of Drivers                                    | 2,749                                                          | 2,011                                                          | 2,057                                                          | 1,802                                                          | 2,762                                                          |
| 5                                                              | Defect in Mechanical condition of Motor Vehicle                | 4,134                                                          | 4,768                                                          | 4,306                                                          | 3,093                                                          | 3,243                                                          |
| 6                                                              | Animal Crossing                                                | 3,540                                                          | 4,261                                                          | 3,554                                                          | 3,342                                                          | 3,487                                                          |
| 7                                                              | Weather condition                                              | 11,303                                                         | 8,664                                                          | 11,110                                                         | 9,973                                                          | 9,669                                                          |
| 8                                                              | Lack of road infrastructure                                    | 2,361                                                          | 2,248                                                          | 2,443                                                          | 1,593                                                          | 2,594                                                          |
| 9                                                              | Vehicles Parking at road shoulders                             | 2,935                                                          | 2,504                                                          | 2,771                                                          | 3,893                                                          | 3,110                                                          |
| 11 Causes not known                                            | 11 Causes not known                                            | 7,803                                                          | 6,708                                                          | 5,577                                                          | 5,694                                                          | 6,328                                                          |
| 12 Other Causes                                                | 12 Other Causes                                                | 21,788                                                         | 14,209                                                         | 19,123                                                         | 20,134                                                         | 30,144                                                         |
| Total                                                          | Total                                                          | 4,37,396                                                       | 3,54,796                                                       | 4,03,116                                                       | 4,46,768                                                       | 4,64,029                                                       |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974 ANSWERED ON 11TH DECEMBER, 2025 ASKED BY SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY REGARDING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

Details of various initiatives taken by the Government in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for road safety : -

- (1)        Education:
- i.      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. Recently revised scheme guidelines have been issued, incorporating  enhanced financial  assistance  and  streamlined  eligibility criteria for establishing Driving Training Institutes. Additionally, incentives  have  been  introduced  for  setting  up  Automated  Testing Stations  (ATS)  in  conjunction  with  Driving  Training  Institutes  (DTIs) under the Training-Testing Cluster approach.
- ii.         Administers Road Safety Advocacy Scheme for raising awareness about road safety and for administering road safety programs.
- iii.         Observance  of  National  Road  Safety  Month  every  year  for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety.
- (2)     Engineering :
6. 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.    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.      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.
13. 2.2    Vehicle engineering:

Various  initiatives  were  undertaken  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:

- a. Seat Belt Reminder (SBR) for driver and co-driver.
- b. Manual Override for central locking system
3. c.
4. a.
5. 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/disincentives  and  for  creating  an  ecosystem  to  phase  out  old,  unfit  and polluting vehicles.
- viii. Formulated 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.
- xiii.        Published rules for Active safety features in Medium and Heavy Duty  vehicles,  which  provide  for  Braking  System  including  Anti-lock Braking,  Endurance  Braking  System  for  M2,  M3,  N1,  N2,  N3  and Quadricycle  (effective  for  new  models  from  1st  January,  2027  and  for existing models from 1st October, 2027), and Advanced Driver Assistance  Systems  (ADAS)  including  Vehicle  Stability  Function  (VSF), Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS), Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning Systems, Blind Spot Information Systems and Moving off  Information  Systems  for  M2,  M3,  N2  and  N3  categories  of  vehicles (effective for new models from 1st October, 2027 and for existing models from 1st January, 2028).

## (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.  Traffic  management and  enforcement  is essentially  in  the  domain  of  State  Governments/UT  Administrations. While Central Government formulates rules under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, the enforcement of these rules comes under the purview of State Governments/UT Administrations.
- ii.             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 cities having a population  of  more  than  one  million  in  the  country  and  cities  under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
- iii.          Government  has  issued  guidelines  for  incentive  to  States  for Implementation  of  Electronic  Enforcement  of  Road  Safety  under  the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2025-26

(SASCI  2025-26)  with  allocation  of  Rs.  3,000  Crore  (on  first  come  first serve basis). iv.     On 10th June, 2024, the Government 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.            Revised  the  scheme  guidelines  (named  as  Rah-Veer)  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. As per the scheme, the reward for Rah-Veer has been increased to Rs. 25,000/- from Rs. 5,000/-. ii.           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 corridors of National Highways. iv.          Government  in  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has notified the Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025 on  5 th   May,  2025.  The  detailed  guidelines  including  process  flow, stakeholder wise standard operating procedures and clearly delineated roles and responsibilities have also been notified on 4 th  June, 2025.

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