ACTION PLAN TO MINIMISE ACCIDENTS ON HIGHWAYS
The number of fatal accidents, as reported by
the states, during the last three years on the roads State-wise
and year-wise is as given below.
A recent study by the Planning Commission
puts the social cost of road accidents at about 3% of GDP.
The Government is taking following measures
to minimize the accidents on the Highways:
- Widening of single lane to 2-lanes.
- Widening of selected 2-lane sections to 4/6 lane
- Improvement of road geometrics
- Construction of bypasses
- Reconstruction of weak and narrow bridges and culverts
- Providing paved shoulders
- Strengthening weak pavements
- Junction improvements
- Replacement of level crossings by road over-bridges
- Retro-reflective road signs
- Thermoplastic road markings
- Provision of parking lay byes
- Provision of Service Roads
- Wayside amenities on high traffic density corridors, and
- Creation of awareness amongst various categories of Road
Users, etc.
State-wise
Fatal Road Accidents in India during 1998 to 2000
|
All India/States/UTs
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7726
|
8556
|
7040
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
76
|
63
|
62
|
|
Assam
|
910
|
976
|
926
|
|
Bihar
|
N.A.
|
2196
|
1579
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Figures included
|
in M.P.
|
1081
|
|
Goa
|
214
|
177
|
219
|
|
Gujarat
|
4523
|
4687
|
4539
|
|
Haryana
|
2397
|
2543
|
2534
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
426
|
432
|
412
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
515
|
529
|
496
|
|
Jharkhand
|
Figures included
|
In Bihar
|
1158
|
|
Karnataka
|
N.A.
|
5007
|
4971
|
|
Kerala
|
2298
|
2363
|
2468
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
|
Maharashtra
|
7998
|
8224
|
8332
|
|
Manipur
|
89
|
123
|
117
|
|
Meghalaya
|
139
|
119
|
N.A.
|
|
Mizoram
|
27
|
23
|
36
|
|
Nagaland
|
61
|
43
|
44
|
|
Orissa
|
1649
|
1565
|
1821
|
|
Punjab
|
1946
|
2046
|
2127
|
|
Rajasthan
|
4648
|
4986
|
4472
|
|
Sikkim
|
12
|
26
|
24
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
8510
|
8734
|
8269
|
|
Tripura
|
49
|
159
|
115
|
|
Uttaranchal
|
Figures included
|
In U.P.
|
415
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7845
|
8015
|
6747
|
|
West Bengal
|
3028
|
3278
|
4068
|
|
A&N Islands
|
23
|
19
|
22
|
|
Chandigarh
|
125
|
129
|
118
|
|
D&N Haveli
|
37
|
34
|
30
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
17
|
17
|
17
|
|
Delhi
|
2065
|
1969
|
1918
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Pondicherry
|
138
|
164
|
146
|
|
Total
|
57491(P)
|
67202(P)
|
66323(P)
|
N.A.
= Not Available
P=Provisional
This information was given
by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Road
Transport and Highways, Maj.Gen. B.C. Khanduri, AVSM (Retd.) in
a written reply to a question of Miss Mabel Rebello in Rajya Sabha
today.
