ROAD 

 ACCIDENTS  IN  INDIA 
            2008 

 
 

                       
 
 
 
  TRANSPORT RESEARCH WING 
                 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS 
                                 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
            NEW DELHI 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OFFICERS AND STAFF ASSOCIATED IN PREPARATION OF THIS PUBLICATION  
 

Shri    Kuntal Sensarma ,  Director 

Shri   Hardeep Singh Chopra, Deputy Director 

Shri   N.K.Sharma, Statistical Officer 

Ms.   Nimmi Balani, Junior Investigator 

Shri   Surender Singh Rawat 
 List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Cost of Road Accidents to society
3. Trend in Accidents, Injuries, Fatalities, Motor Vehicles & Road Network.
Long Term Trends
Recent Trends in Number of Accidents, Injuries & Fatalities
Profile of Road Accidents
4. Normalised Indicators of Road Accidents, Injuries & Fatalities: All India Averages.
5. Road Accidents: Inter State comparison.
Incidence of Road Accidents, Injuries & Deaths: States & UTs
Per lakh of population
Per Ten Thousand vehicle
Severity of Road Accidents across States/UTs
6. Select Cities: Road Accidents Injuries, Deaths and Severity
7. Some General observation: Inter-State/City Comparisons
8. Classification of Accidents
Accidents in terms of Road classification
Spatial distribution of Road Accidents (Urban vs Rural)
9. Accidents in terms of involvement by vehicle type
Road Accident and fatalities by type of vehicle involvement
10. Time of occurrence of road accidents.
11. Age profile of accident victims
12. Causes of road accidents.
13. International comparison of road traffic injuries and deaths
14. Road traffic accidents, prevention and control.
Educational approach
Enforcement approach
Environmental and engineering approach
Emergency accident care
15. Recent Road safety initiatives by the Government of India

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 List of Charts

Chart 1 : Total number of road accidents, persons killed and injured 1996-2008
Chart 2a : Number of accidents per lakh population
Chart 2b : Number of accidents per 10,000 vehicles
Chart 2 c : Number of accidents per 10,000 km of road length
Chart 3 a : Number of persons injured per lakh of population
Chart 3 b : Number of persons injured per 10,000 vehicle
Chart 3 c : Number of persons injured per 10,000 km of road length
Chart 4 a : Number of persons killed per lakh population
Chart 4 b : Number of persons killed per 10,000 vehicles
Chart 4 c : Number of persons killed per 10,000 km of road length
Chart 5 a : Road accidents per lakh population (State wise)
Chart 5 b : Road accidents per 10,000 vehicles (Statewise)
Chart 6 a : Number of persons killed per lakh population (Statewise)
Chart 6 b : Number of persons killed per 10,000 motor vehicle (Statewise)
Chart 7 : Severity of road accidents across States/UTs (2008)
Chart 8 a : Accident severity in select cities (2008)
Chart 8 b : Accident severity in select cities in terms of population size
Chart 9 a : Number of persons killed per lakh of population in select cities (2008)
Chart 9 b : Number of persons injured per lakh of population in select cities (2008)
Chart 9 c : Number of accidents per lakh population in select cities (2008)
Chart 10 a : Accidents and road length as per road classification
Chart 11 a : Percent share in total accidents by type of motor vehicles involved
Chart 11 b : Percent share of persons killed in road accidents by type of motor vehicle
involved.
Chart 11 c : Percent share of different categories of motor vehicles in total registered
vehicles 2006
Chart 11 d : Categorywise Vehicle share in total registered motor vehicle population -
2006
Chart 12 : Percent share of persons killed in road accidents by type of motor vehicle user
/occupant (2008)
Chart 13 : Distribution of total number of road accidents as per time of occurrence
(2008)
Chart 14 : Percent share of accident victims by age group 2008
Chart 15 : Causes of road accidents
Chart 16: Number of persons Killed per 100000 Population (Countrywise)

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 List of Tables

Table 1: Growth in select accident related parameters

Table 2: Number of accidents and persons involved 2001 to 2008
Table 3: All India share of select states (in %) : Road accidents, injuries, deaths and
motor vehicles.
Table 4: Severity of road accidents in India (Statewise)
Table 5 A: Road accident profile for select cities 2008
Table 5 B: Percent share of 23 select cities in road accidents:2008
Table 6: Number of accidents and persons killed and injured by type of road.
Table 7: Number of accidents, persons killed and injured as per road classification
2008
Table 8: Share of different vehicles in total road accidents, fatal accidents, persons
killed and persons injured (2008)
Table 9: Road accidents as per the time of occurrence.
Table 10: Cross Country Comparison of Incidence of Road related Deaths and Injury
Accidents in 2007
Table 11: Leading Causes of Death, 2004 and 2030 compared
Table 12: Road Traffic Deaths by WHO Region using Reported & Modelled data
Table 13: Modelled Road Traffic Injury Fatality Rates (per 100000 Population)* by
WHO Region & Income Group
Table 14: Funds Allocated and Spent on Road Safety Activities

List of Boxes
Box: 1- Methods for Road Accident Costing
Box: 2- Causes of Underreporting of Road Traffic Accidents and Injuries
Box: 3- Key Findings of Global Status Report on Road Safety – Time for Action
Box: 4- United Nations Resolutions on Road Safety
Box: 5- Systems Approach to Road Safety
Box: 6- Some facts about causes of road accidents
Box: 7- Road Safety Funding and the Role of Insurance Industry: International Practices
Box: 8- Recommendations of the Committee on Road Safety and Traffic Management
relating to setting up of National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board
(NRSTMB)

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 1. Introduction
1.1 Expansion in road network, motorization and urbanization in the country has been
accompanied by a rise in road accidents leading to road traffic injuries (RTIs) and fatalities
as a major public health concern. Today road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of
deaths, disabilities and hospitalizations with severe socioeconomic costs across the world.

1.2. Studies of the relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, growth of
motor vehicles and road fatalities, have shown that fatality rates increase as GDP increases at
relatively low levels of GDP per capita, but then start to decline with continued GDP growth.
The peak position on this inverted U-shaped curve is not, however, immutable. The
challenge now is to bring about a shift in the relationship between economic growth and road
fatalities, so that developing countries benefit from a much earlier improvement than
traditional models predict based on the experience of high-income countries (Make Roads
Safe, Commission for Global Road Safety; www.makeroadssafe.org).
2. Cost of Road Accidents
2.1 Accidents carry high economic and social costs, which are not easy to ascertain. The cost
of road related injuries and accidents can be assessed in terms of (a) medical costs (b) other
costs related to administrative, legal and police expenditure (c) collateral damage in terms of
damage to property and motor vehicle and (d) loss due to income foregone arising out of
absence from work or impairment/disability or untimely death. Besides accident survivors
often live poor quality of life and have to live with pain and suffering which are difficult to
estimate. In developing countries with very little asset ownership and lack of credible social
safety net, accidents adversely impact the welfare of dependents of accident victims. Hence
it is imperative to assess the magnitude and dimensions of road accidents so as to assist in
formulating road safety policies. Box No. 1: Road Accident Costing provides in nutshell
various approaches used by researchers and road safety organizations in the world in
estimating the costs related to road accidents

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2.2 In economic terms, the cost of road crash injuries is estimated at roughly 1 percent of
gross national product (GNP) in low-income countries, 1.5 percent in middle-income
countries and 2 percent in high-income countries. The direct economic costs of global road
crashes have been estimated at US $ 518 Billion, with the costs in low income countries
estimated at US $ 65 Billion (World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention, page 5 WHO,
2004). These estimates take account only of the direct economic costs – mainly lost
productivity – rather than the full social costs often recognized by industrialized countries.
For India the socio-economic cost of road accidents in 1999-2000 was estimated at 3 % of
GDP (Tenth Five Year Plan Vol II page 963).

3. Trends in accidents, injuries, fatalities, motor vehicles & road network

3.1 Occurrence of accident is an outcome of interplay of a number of factors, which among

others include length of road network, vehicle population, human population and
adherence/enforcement of road safety regulations etc. Higher exposure to road accident risk
may be mitigated by behavioral standards (adherence to road safety regulations) and policy
intervention (enforcement).
Long Term Trends

3.2 The Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in number of accidents, injuries, fatalities
and motor vehicles (registered) have moderated during 1990s (1990-2000) after a spurt
during the 1980s (1980 to 1990). Moderation in the growth of accidents, fatalities and
injuries during 1990s has taken place in the backdrop of lower growth in the number of
registered vehicles and step up in the growth of road network.However; post-2000 (up to
2008) growth rate of fatalities has accelerated vis-à-vis the preceding decade (1990-2000).
Table : 1 - Growth in Select Accident Related Parameters: Compound Annual Growth
Rate (CAGR) in per cent
Total number In Kilometre
Period Accidents Injuries Fatalities Registered vehicles Road Length
1980/1970 3.0 4.5 5.2 12.4 2.3
1990/1980 6.3 8.4 8.5 15.5 2.9
2000/1990 3.3 5.0 3.8 9.8 5.3
2008/2000 2.7 3.4 5.4 10.6* 2.2@
Note:*- refers to CAGR period 2006/2000; @ refers to 2004/2000

Between 1970 and 2008 the number of accidents quadrupled with more than 7 fold increase
in injuries and more than 8 fold increase in fatalities in the backdrop of about 64 fold

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increase in the number registered motor vehicles and three fold increase in road network
(Annexure-I).

Recent Trends in Number of Accidents, Injuries and Fatalities

• During the calendar year 2008, number of accidents reported at 4,84,704 was higher
by 1.1 per cent compared with 4,79,216 accidents reported in the year 2007.

• In comparison, the number of persons injured and persons killed as a result of road
accidents at 5,23,193 and 1,19,860 respectively were higher by 1.9 % and 4.7 %
respectively in 2008 compared with the preceding year.

• The total number of road accidents, injuries and deaths increased at CAGR of 2.7%,
3.4% and 5.4 % respectively between the years 2000 and 2008.

Profile of road accidents

3.3 The total number of accidents reported by all the States/ Union Territories (UTs) in the
year 2008 were 4,84,704 of which 1,06,591 or 22.0% of total accidents were fatal; the
number of persons killed in the accidents were 1,19,860 (i.e. an average of one fatality per
4.0 accidents) and the number of persons injured at 5,23,193 exceeded total number of
accidents (4,84,704) in 2008. The proportion of fatal accidents in the total road accidents has
consistently increased since 2001 as reflected in Table -2. The severity of road accidents
measured in terms of persons killed per 100 accidents is observed to have increased from less
than 20 in 2001 to 24.7 in 2008.

Table 2: Number of Accidents and Number of Persons Involved : 2001 to 2008

Number of Accidents Number of Persons Accident

Year Total Fatal Killed Injured Severity*
2001 405637 71219 (17.6) 80888 405216 19.9
2002 407497 73650 (18.1) 84674 408711 20.8
2003 406726 73589 (18.1) 85998 435122 21.1
2004 429910 79357 (18.5) 92618 464521 21.5
2005 439255 83491(19.0) 94968 465282 21.6
2006 460920 93917(20.4) 105749 496481 22.9
2007 479216 101161(21.1) 114444 513340 23.8
2008(P) 484704 106591(22.0) 119860 523193 24.7
(P): Provisional; Source: Information supplied by States/UTs. Figures within parenthesis indicate share of fatal
accidents (i.e. involving death) to total accidents. * Accident Severity : No. of Persons Killed per 100 Accidents

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 Box: 1-Methods for Road Accident Costing
Several different methods exist for costing road accidents. Accident costing highlights the
socio-economic burden of road accidents. Developing countries face many challenges and
have many resource needs. Placing a value on each of the cost components may not be
straightforward, as this depends on not only the availability of data but also how the
estimates are derived. The costs can be estimated in several ways. Hills and Jones-Lee Hills
and Jones [ Hills,P.J., & M.W.Jones The Role of Safety in Highway Investment Appraisal
for Developing Countries; Road Crash Analysis & Prevention 15(5):355-369) (1983)] and
Jacobs [ Jacobs,G.D.(1995) Costing Road Crashes in Developing Countries, Overseas Road
Note 10, Crowthorne, Berkshire, Transport Research Laboratory} discussed six methods for
evaluating the cost of fatal road accidents. These methods are gross output, net output, life
insurance, court award, implicit public sector valuation, and willingness to pay.

Gross output or human capital method is based on the assessment of economic

consequences, usually supplemented by a notional sum to reflect the pain, grief, and
suffering of victims and their family members.

Net output method deducts the future consumption of individuals killed in road accidents
and reflects a more conservative economic cost to society.

Life insurance method measures the valuation of risk associated with road use and is
determined by the premiums that the driver population is willing to pay.

Court award method is based on the actual compensation settlements awarded, which may
be influenced by the degree of negligence found.

Implicit public sector valuation method is a set of implicit values that are used to value
human lives.

Willingness –to-pay method estimates the amount of money people affected would pay to
avoid a road accident.

Considerable overlaps exist in the different methods, but the derived values are substantially
different. Based on the objective of reducing road accidents, articulated in the form of either
a call to maximize national output or social welfare, two methods, the gross output (or human
capital) method and willingness-to-pay method, are most appropriate. The approaches
adopted in these two methods are different. The first adopts an ex post approach that
estimates the true costs based on historical data of costs incurred after a road accident. The
second adopts an ex ante approach that attempts to estimate the true costs by considering
what a person would do to avoid being involved in a road accident [Babtie Ross Silcock and
Transport Research Laboratory 2003 Guidelines for Estimating the cost of Road Crashes in
Developing Countries, Final Report, Department for International Development Project ].

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 Box: 1-Methods for Road Accident Costing …..contd.
Although a few of the more developed countries have moved toward willingness-to-pay
approaches, the human capital method is very common in may countries where extensive
surveys to obtain perceived risks of different groups of individuals are difficult or impossible
to conduct. One appealing aspect in using the human capital method is that the cost
estimates derived are necessarily conservative estimates. Further, where road accident
databases may not be well integrated, which means that cost estimates cannot be made with a
high degree of precision, the human capital method will suffice. This is the method
recommended by the Asian Development Bank for use in the Asian Development Bank-
Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional project and has been used in this report.

The various methods of costing are built on very different premises and thus result in vastly
different cost figures. The choice of method depends on the purpose of the costing exercise.
In developing a suitable methodology to estimate road accident costs for maximizing national
output as well as social benefits, Jacobs (1995) evaluated these methods and proposed that
only the gross output and the willingness-to-pay methods are most appropriate. Further, the
willingness-to-pay method was considered the better approach for conventional cost-benefit
analyses and the most efficient way of allocating scarce financial resources.

By identifying the total impact of road accidents, road accident costing reveals the true extent
of the problem in both the human casualty toll and also in economic terms. Once the total
cost of road accident losses is known, an optimal safety budget can be determined and
adequate resources can start to be justified for road safety.

Write up Based on ADB-ASEAN Regional Road Safety Programme: Accident Costing

Report: The Cost of Road Accidents in Malaysia; Road Safety Guidelines for the Asian
and Pacific Region; Section 4.14: Road Accident Costing, Asian Development Bank;
Road Safety Management Information Note 3:Funding Global Road Safety Partnership

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 Chart 1 : Total Number of Road Accidents, Persons
Killed & Persons Injured during 1996-2008

600000
500000
Number

400000
300000
200000
100000
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

year

TOTAL NO. OF ROAD ACCIDENTS TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS KILLED

TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS INJURED

4. Normalized Indicators of Road Accidents, Injuries & Fatalities:

All India Average
4.1 To get an appropriate measure of incidence of accidents, normalized/standardized
accident rates for India have been worked out in terms of number of accidents (a) per lakh
persons, (b) per ten thousand motor vehicles and (c) per ten thousand kilometers of the road
length. Some of the broad trends at the all-India level are summarized below.

a. Number of accidents per lakh population indicate a rise from 21.2 in 1970 to 22.8 in
1980 followed by a sharp increase to 33.8 in 1990 . Between 1995 and 2005 , the
figures fluctuated in the range of 38 to 40 ; increasing to above 42 in recent
years(2007 and 2008) ;Between 1970 and 2008, there had been an increase of about
100% [Chart 2(a)];

b. A significant decline in the number of accidents per ten thousand motor vehicles is
discernible from 814 in 1970, 339 in 1980, 148 in 1990, 80 in 2000 and further to 51
in 2006 i.e. decline of almost 94 % since 1970. [Chart 2(b)] ;

c. The trend in the number of accidents per ten thousand kilometers of the road length
shows that the number of accidents have increased over the last few decades, from

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 960 in 1970 to 1027 in 1980; peaked to 1424 in 1990; but declined thereafter with a
fluctuating trend to 1187 in the year 2004 i.e an increase of 24% between 1970 and
2004 [Chart 2(c)].

d. The number of persons injured per lakh of population indicates a more than three fold
increase from 13 in 1970 to 45.7 in 2008 [Chart 3(a)]. Similarly, persons killed per
lakh of population indicate nearly four fold jump from 2.7 in 1970 to 10.5 in 2008
[Chart 4(a)] Exposure of population to road accidents leading to deaths and injuries
largely depends on the amount of travel undertaken, defined as the number of trips,
the distance travelled, or time in the road environment, number of motor vehicles and
the amount of motorized traffic, etc. These factors are associated with development
and income levels. In high income countries, risk of road accidents arising out of
these factors have been reduced through effective road safety engineering, traffic
management, enforcement of traffic laws and the severity of penalties for
infringement.

e. As regards number of persons injured and killed per 10,000 vehicles the decline has
been dramatic. To some extent decline in this parameter has been brought about by
improvements in vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection. The number of
persons injured per 10,000 vehicles has plummeted from 500 in 1970 to about 55 in
2006 [Chart 3(b)]. It is noteworthy that this parameter has consistently declined since
1997 despite sustained high growth in vehicle population. Similarly, the number of
persons killed per 10,000 vehicles in the country has also fallen from about 104 in
1970 to less than 12 in 2006. [Chart 4(b)]. Injuries and deaths per 10,000 motor
vehicles as a parameter has a limitation as it does not capture road related accidents
and deaths connected with non-motorized forms of transport which are significant in
rural areas.

f. The number of persons injured and killed per ten thousand km of road length has
more than doubled since 1970. Modern road systems are largely designed for the
motor vehicles exposing vulnerable road users to greater risk of accidents. In
developing countries, lack of foot-paths, cycle tracks, traffic calming measures to
reduce speed where non motorized mode of transport blend with motorized traffic,
increases the risk of accidents and its severity. These factors have contributed towards

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 increase in road related accidents, injuries and deaths in relation to rise in terms of
road length. High-income countries have made progress in providing facilities for
pedestrians and cyclists and speed reduction schemes thereby weakening the nexus
between road accidents, injuries and deaths with expansion in road network. The
numbers of persons injured per ten thousand km of road length have risen from 590 in
1970 to 1283 in 2004 [Chart 3 ( c)]; similarly persons killed per ten thousand km of
road length more than doubled from 122 in 1970 to 256 in 2004 [Chart 4(c)].
However, both these parameters have shown ups and downs over the last decade.

Chart 2 a : Number of Road Accidents per lakh population (2008)

42.5

42.3
41.4
40.1
45.0

39.8
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38.9

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Chart 2 b : Number of Road Accidents per ten thousand
vehicles (2006)
814.4

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1980 241.3 19 1027
1990 29.2 90
1990 127.5
19 1424
1991 29.9 91
1991 119.3
1992 30.7 19 1266
1992 113.7
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1993 32.5 19 1110
1993 112.8 93
1994 34.5
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1994 112.6
1995 35.0 94

1995 106.7 19 1127

1996 39.2 95
1996 109.4 1997 39.4 19 1183
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(2006)
1997 101.4 1998 39.9 (2008)
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1998 94.4 1999 37.7
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2000 39.3
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1999 83.6
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2000 81.7 2001 39.2 99

2002 38.9 20 1172

2001 73.7 00
2003 40.7 1180
thousand km of Road Length (2004)

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2002 69.4 01
2004 43.0
2003 64.9 20 1212
Chart 2 c : Number of Road Accidents per ten

02
2005 42.2
2004 63.9 20 1204
Chart 3 a : Number of Persons Injured per Lakh Population

2006 44.6 03

Chart 3 b : Numer of Persons Injured per Ten Thousand Vehicles

2005 57.8 20 1145
2007 45.4 04
2006 55.0
2008 45.7 1187
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Chart 3 c : Numebr of Persons Injured per Ten Thousand Km. of Road

Chart 4 a : Number of Persons Killed per Lakh Population ( 2008)

12 2002 08
.0
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Chart 4 b : Number of Persons Killed per Ten Thousand Vehicles (2006)

11 2007 10.1 2003 24
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kms. of road length (2004)

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 5. Road Accidents: Inter State Comparisons
5.1 Maharashtra, Tamilnadu and Karnataka which had a share of around 30.4 % in total
number of vehicles registered in India in 2006, accounted for about 38% of the total road
accidents , 28 % of the total number of persons killed and 35% of the total persons injured in
road accidents in year 2008 (Table 3).

Table: 3 - All India Share of Select States (in %): Road Accidents. Injuries, Deaths
and Registered Motor Vehicles
State/UT 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)
Top 5 States: Share in Total Number of Road Accidents (in %)
Share of 5 States 54.4 55.4 55.4 55.4
1.Maharashtra 16.5 16.4 15.4 15.6
2.Tamilnadu 12.3 12.0 12.3 12.5
3.Karnataka 9.2 9.4 9.7 9.5
4.Madhya Pradesh 8.0 8.3 8.8 9.0
5.Andhra Pradesh 8.5 9.5 9.2 8.8
Share of the above 5 43.3 43.6 - -
States in total
Registered Vehicles.
Top 5 States: Share in Total Number Killed in Road Accidents (in %)
Share of 5 States 49.9 51.0 49.8 50.9
1.Andhra Pradesh 11.1 12.1 11.8 11.5
2.Uttar Pradesh 10.5 10.3 10.0 11.0
3.Tamilnadu 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.7
4.Maharashtra 10.8 10.7 9.8 10.3
5.Karnataka 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.4
Share of the above 5 47.2 47.4 - -
States in total
Registered Vehicles.
Top 5 States: Share in Total Number of Injuries in Road Accidents (in %)
Share of 5 States 52.3 55.9 55.4 56.6
1.Tamilnadu 13.3 13.0 13.9 13.4
2. Karnataka 11.6 12.3 12.0 12.1
3.Andhra Pradesh 10.0 11.8 11.5 11.2
4.Maharashtra 8.8 10.3 9.2 10.1
5.Madhya Pradesh 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.8
Share of the above 5 43.3 43.6 - -
States in total
Registered Vehicles.
Note : Totals may not tally due to rounding. P : Provisional

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5.2 Among the States, Kerala and Gujarat stand out in contrast as regards accidents. Kerala
offers an interesting case as it accounts for a share about 4 % in total registered vehicles in
2006 compared to its much higher share in total road accidents (9.1% in 2006 , 8.3% in 2007
and 7.7% in 2008) [Annexure IA] and persons injured in road accidents (10%,9.4% and
8.4% during 2006,2007 and 2008 respectively) [Annexure IB]. However, Kerala accounts
for a lower share of around 3.3% in the total road accident related deaths during 2006 to 2008
[Annexure IC]. Factors, which may contribute to high rate of accidents, are population
density, road density and composition of vehicle population.

5.3 On the other hand, Gujarat accounts for a share of close to 10% in the number of
registered vehicles in 2006 but a lower share of about 7% [Annexure IA], about 7%
[Annexure IB] and about 6% [Annexure IC] in total road accidents , persons injured and
killed respectively in road accidents in recent years i.e. 2006 to 2008.

Incidence of Road Accidents, Injuries and Deaths: States & UTs.

Per Lakh of Population

5.4 Number of road accidents per lakh of population at all-India level has slightly edged up
from about 40 in 2004 to 42 in 2008 [Chart 2a] with wide inter state variations. During 2008
the number of road accidents per lakh of population was highest in Goa (262) followed by
Puducherry (141) with lowest in Nagaland (4) [Chart 5a] [Annexure IIA].

5.5 Number of persons injured per lakh of population at all-India level due to road accidents
has increased from about 42 in year 2005 to about 46 in 2008 [Annexure IIB] with significant
inter state variations. Goa and Puducherry had the highest number of persons injured per
lakh of population at 198 and 154 respectively in 2008 with Bihar ,Uttar Pradesh and
Lakshadweep showing the lowest number of persons injured per lakh of population at around
6.8 , 9.5 and 9.5 respectively.

5.6 Number of deaths per lakh of population due to road accidents has risen from 8.6 during
2005 to 10.1 during 2007 and 10.5 during 2008 (Chart 4a) with significant variation across
the states [Annexure IIC]. The highest number of persons killed per lakh of population in

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2008 on account of road accidents was in Dadra & Nagar Haveli (21.7) followed by
Goa(19.9), Tamil Nadu(19.3) and Haryana(18.6) [Chart 6a]. On the other hand,
Lakshadweep had the distinction of reporting no death due to road accident followed by
Nagaland with close to 3 deaths per lakh of population in road accidents in 2008.

Per ten thousand vehicles

5.7 The data on registered vehicle is available only upto end of the financial year 2005-06.
The all-India average of road accidents per ten thousand vehicles has consistently declined
over the years and fallen to about 51 in 2006 with quite a variation across the States/UTs
[Annexure IIA]. For the year 2006, Kerala had the highest number of road accidents per
10,000 vehicle population at 117 followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 113 [Chart 5b]; the
lowest figure reported was by Chandigarh (8).

5.8 Similarly, the number of persons injured due to road accidents per 10,000 vehicles has
consistently fallen over the years to about 55 in 2006 with variation across the States /UTs
[Annexure IIB]. For the year 2006, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh had the highest number of
persons injured per 10,000 vehicles at around 178 and 163 respectively followed by Jammu
& Kashmir at 157.

5.9 The number of persons killed due to road accidents per 10,000 vehicles has also declined
steeply from 23.4 in 1995 to 11.8 in 2006 with variation across the States [Annexure IIC]. In
terms of fatalities, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim had the highest road related accident
deaths per ten thousand vehicles at 58 and 32 respectively during 2006. [Chart 6b].

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40.0
41.8 36.7
42.0 38.8
42.7 39.3
49.1 41.8

vehicles during 2006

51.4 42.5
54.8 47.3
60.3 48.0
68.8 49.7
69.8 51.8
70.1 55.6
75.0 59.5
77.5 63.8
81.8 70.0
Chart 5 b : Number of Road Accidents per ten thousand
Chart 5 a : Number of Road Accidents per lakh population during 2008

82.5 80.4
85.4 91.4
106.8 110 .2
113.1 140.9
117.3 261 .8
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7.6 6.5
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10.2 6.9
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10.9 8.4
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11.3
2008

12.8 11.5
12.8 11.5

during 2006
13.0 12.0
13.6 12.1
14.3 12.2
15.0 12.3
15.2 12.5
15.4 12.7
15.8 12.9
16.0 13.0
16.7 13.4
17.7 15.3
18.5 16.8
Chart 6 b : Number of Persons Killed per ten thousand Vehicles

18.9 17.6
Chart 6 a : Number of Persons Killed Per Lakh Population during

20.1 18.6
26.0 19.3
31.8 19.9
58.4 21.7
 Table 4 : Severity of Road Accident in India
Persons Killed per 100 Accidents
State/UT 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)
1 Andhra Pradesh 28.4 29.3 30.6 32.4
2 Arunachal Pradesh 37.7 51.6 39.6 47.9
3 Assam 36.3 39.2 36.4 38.6
4 Bihar 42.1 42.8 44.8 43.8
5 Chhattisgarh 20.2 19.9 21.2 22.9
6 Goa 6.8 8.2 8.0 7.6
7 Gujarat 18.5 19.5 20.6 21.0
8 Haryana 36.3 38.9 36.8 38.8
9 Himachal Pradesh 29.0 31.8 33.1 30.8
10 Jammu & Kashmir 15.6 17.7 16.3 17.8
11 Jharkhand 38.3 38.4 39.4 39.7
12 Karnataka 17.1 18.4 18.9 19.0
13 Kerala 7.5 8.7 9.5 10.5
14 Madhya Pradesh 15.2 14.0 15.9 15.2
15 Maharashtra 14.2 15.0 15.2 16.4
16 Manipur 22.8 30.5 21.2 26.4
17 Meghalaya 29.4 37.9 42.3 41.8
18 Mizoram 61.5 67.4 64.9 57.3
19 Nagaland 23.0 35.1 37.2 92.1
20 Orissa 33.6 35.6 36.5 37.6
21 Punjab 60.7 61.9 64.6 62.7
22 Rajasthan 29.4 30.6 34.1 35.4
23 Sikkim 40.7 37.2 34.7 40.3
24 Tamil Nadu 18.1 20.0 20.4 21.2
25 Tripura 31.8 24.7 27.8 28.8
26 Uttarakhand 65.2 66.7 64.9 75.7
27 Uttar Pradesh 54.3 55.7 53.0 51.3
28 West Bengal 37.5 40.6 40.7 39.2
UTs
Andaman & Nicobar
1 Islands 11.2 14.3 13.3 11.5
2 Chandigarh 25.5 27.5 28.3 30.7
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 43.3 43.7 56.9 56.0
4 Daman & Diu 38.7 47.4 48.3 58.0
5 Delhi 19.9 23.3 24.8 24.8
6 Lakshadweep 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
7 Puducherry 12.7 13.2 14.6 12.5
National Average 21.6 22.9 23.9 24.7
P: Provisional

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 Chart 7 : Severity of Road Accidents across States/UTs during 2008

92.1
100

90

75.7
80
70

57.3
58
56
60

51.3
47.9
43.8
41.8
50

40.3
39.7
39.2
38.6
38.8
37.6
35.4
32.4
40

30.7
30.8
28.8
26.4
24.8
22.9

30
21.2
17.8

21
16.4
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19
12.5

20
11.5
10.5
7.6

10
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6. Select Cities: Road Accidents, Injuries, Deaths and Severity

6.1 The data on road accidents is being collected for 23 select cities of India. For the year
2008, these 23 cities accounted for a share of 9.7% in India’s total estimated population but
accounted for a share of 18.0% in total road accidents in the country, 10.6% in total persons
injured in road accidents and 8.7% in total persons killed in road accidents. These 23 cities
accounted for a much higher share of 23.5% in total vehicles registered which is almost two
and a half times their share of population.

6.2 For these 23 select cities, number of accidents and persons injured per lakh of population
at about 78 and 49 respectively was higher than the corresponding national accident rate and
persons injured per 100,000 of population at about 42 and 46 respectively . However, number
of persons killed per lakh of population for these 23 cities was slightly lower at 9.3 compared
to 10.5 for the entire country.

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 The other notable feature is wide variation across cities in road accident parameters in terms
of accidents per lakh of population (ranging from 19 in Kolkata to 205 in Bhopal), persons
injured per lakh of population (from a low of around 11 in Varanasi to 191 in Bhopal) and
persons killed per lakh of population (about 3 in Kolkata and Mumbai to about 20 in
Lucknow). The low accident rates for a city like Kolkata may be due to low average traffic
speed of motorized traffic.
The other accident related parameter is extent of accident severity (road accident related
deaths per 100 accidents). It varies from a low of 2 in Mumbai to a high of about 60 in
Varanasi. A number of smaller cities including Ludhiana (52), Kanpur (44), Lucknow (40)
and Patna (34) have also reported very high accident severity.

Table 5A: Accident Profile of Selected Cities 2008

Accident No. per 100,000 population
Total No. of Severity*
Name of Population* Fatal All Persons Persons Total Persons Persons
city * Accidents Accidents Killed Accidents Killed Injured
Injured
1 Ahemedaba
d 5288962 244 2519 263 2494 10.4 47.0 4.9 46.5
2 Banguluru 6698651 838 7773 865 6180 11.1 114.4 12.7 91.0
3 Bhopal 1708450 263 3554 279 3305 7.9 205.1 16.1 190.7
4 Chennai 7216068 612 6386 629 4971 9.8 87.2 8.6 67.9
5 Coimbatore 1683425 295 1377 312 1313 22.7 80.6 18.3 76.9
6 Delhi 15926245 2015 8435 2093 7343 24.8 52.2 13.0 45.5
7 Hyderabad 6601340 506 3342 518 3205 15.5 49.9 7.7 47.9
8 Indore 1774052 256 3439 285 2838 8.3 191.1 15.8 157.7
9 Jaipur 2872666 422 2098 452 1894 21.5 72.0 15.5 65.0
10 Kanpur 3140883 512 1340 584 1247 43.6 42.1 18.3 39.1
11 Kochi 1478456 169 2374 173 2374 7.3 158.3 11.5 158.3
12 Kolkata 14454844 411 2812 421 2124 15.0 19.2 2.9 14.5
13 Lucknow 2604459 485 1308 518 847 39.6 49.5 19.6 32.1
14 Ludhiana 1619535 250 500 262 255 52.4 30.4 15.9 15.5
15 Madurai 1266345 139 663 142 635 21.4 51.6 11.1 49.4
16 Mumbai 18771964 589 29781 622 6453 2.1 156.4 3.3 33.9
17 Nagpur 2409012 249 1503 264 1465 17.6 61.5 10.8 60.0
18 Patna 2109943 373 1096 375 570 34.2 51.2 17.5 26.6
19 Pune 4617904 458 2270 477 1890 21.0 48.5 10.2 40.3
20 Surat 3825267 239 1486 246 1120 16.6 38.3 6.3 28.9
21 Vadodara 1715174 157 1493 162 1252 10.9 85.8 9.3 72.0
22 Varanasi 1301122 187 335 201 143 60.0 25.4 15.2 10.8
23 Visakhapatna
m 1518713 256 1423 271 1490 19.0 92.4 17.6 96.7
Total 23
cities 110603481 9925 87307 10414 55408 11.9 77.8 9.3 49.4
All India 1144734000 106591 484704 119860 523193 24.7 42.3 10.5 45.7
Note: * Accident Severity: Road accident deaths/100 accidents; ** Projected

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 Table 5 B : Percent Share of 23 Selected Cities in 2008 in India
1 Population (2008) 9.7
2 Fatal Accidents 9.3
3 All Accidents 18.0
4 Persons Killed 8.7
5 Persons Injured 10.6
6 Registered Motor Vehicles (2006) 23.5

Chart 8 a : Accident Severity in Select Cities during 2008

70

60

50

40
Severity

30

20

10

0
Mumbai
Coimbatore
Chennai

Delhi

Madurai
Hyderabad
Indore

Kolkata

Patna
Pune

Visakhapatnam
Jaipur

Nagpur
Bhopal

Kochi
Ahmedabad
Banguluru

Ludhiana

Surat
Kanpur

Varanasi
Vadodara
Lucknow

Chart 8 b : Accident Severity in Select Cities in terms

of Population size during 2008
30.0

25.0

20.0
Severity

15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0
< 20 lakhs 20 - 50 lakhs 50 - 100 lakhs > 100 lakhs
Population

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7. Some General Observations: Inter-State/ Cities Comparisons
• Inter State /UT comparisons of accident related data need to be viewed keeping in
view the differences in road network, state of roads, size of human and vehicular
population, levels of urbanization and accident reporting systems. These parameters
have implications for accident rates across the States.
• Incidence of accident normalized in terms of road length, human population or
vehicle population provides comparable accident data across States and UTs.

Box: 2-Causes of Underreporting of Road Traffic Accidents and

Injuries

• Absence of formal reporting agreements and sharing of information between police,

hospitals and other agencies
• Some type of injuries like collisions with fixed and stationary objects, skid and fall,
collision between smaller vehicles are not reported to police.
• Agreement between individuals involved in a crash is often found to be a suitable
method between the parties, as involving police would lead to additional costs.
• Not all Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) are reported to police uniformly in all parts of the
country.
• Individuals do not feel the need to report to police unless the injury is serious, results
in legal proceedings and influence compensation process.
• Even when injured persons go to police, they are not officially registered due to
paucity of time or the busy schedule of activities in police stations.
• Individuals provided care by general practitioners; nursing homes and smaller health
care institutions are not reported to police to avoid harassment and legal
complications.
• Late hospital deaths due to various complications of road traffic injuries are not
recorded as deaths due to traffic injuries, but given other causes. Death certificates
are not filled in a systematic and standardized manner in hospitals across the country.
• The immediate procedures of burial or cremation based on local social cultural
practices discourage families to get involved with police as this can delay the rituals.
• Limited manpower and facilities among police often make reporting very difficult.
• As there is no reporting practice on all deaths and injuries to any single agency from
all health care institutions, information is not totally available within the health
sector;

Source: Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention in India Annexure to the Report (Volume-II ) pages
46- 47 of the Report of the Committee on Road Safety and Traffic Management.

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 8. Classification of Accidents

Accidents in terms of Classification of Roads

8.1 National Highways accounted for 29% in total road accidents and 36% in total number of
persons killed in 2008. Similarly, State Highways accounted for 26%of total accidents and a
share of close to 28 % in the total number of persons killed in road accidents in 2008 (Table
6 and Table 7). Highways permit greater speed resulting in relatively greater number of road
accidents and fatalities. State wise break up of accidents, injuries and deaths due to road
accidents on stretches of National and State Highways are given in Annexure III (A), (B) &
(C) and Annexure IV (A), (B) & (C).

Table 6 : Number of Accidents and Number of persons Killed and Injured as per type of roads
National Highways State Highways
Percentage share in Percentage share in
Year Total Number of Number of Total Number of Number of
Number of Persons Persons Number of Persons Persons
Road Killed Injured Road Killed Injured
Accidents Accidents
2001 28.6% 39.7% 29.5% 22.5% 27.6% 25.6%
2002 32.3% 39.7% 32.4% 23.5% 27.2% 25.4%
2003 31.4% 38.6% 30.1% 22.4% 28.2% 26.7%
2004 30.3% 37.5% 30.8% 23.5% 26.9% 24.9%
2005 29.6% 37.3% 31.3% 23.6% 27.2% 25.7%
2006 30.4% 37.7% 30.8% 18.5% 26.8% 24.9%
2007 29.0% 35.5% 30.2% 24.4% 27.7% 26.2%
2008(P) 28.5% 35.6% 28.6% 25.6% 28.4% 27.5%
(P) : Provisional

Table 7 : Number of Accidents, persons killed & injured as per road classification (2008)

Road Classification National State

Other Roads
Highways Highways
No. of Accidents 137995(28.47) 123972(25.58) 222737(45.95)
No. of Persons Killed 42670(35.60) 34081(28.43) 43109(35.97)
No. of Persons Injured 149693(28.61) 143708(27.47) 229792(43.92)
Note: Figures within parenthesis indicate share in total accidents, killed and injured in the respective road
categories.

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 Chart 10 a: Road Accidents and Road Length as
per Classification of Roads

100%
90%
80% 45.95
70%
60% Other Roads
50% 94.51 SH
40% 25.58 NH
30%
20%
28.47
10%
3.68
1.81
0%
No. of Road Accidents Road Length 2004
2008

Spatial distribution of Road Accidents

8.2 An understanding of spatial distribution of road accidents is vital for diagnosis. At a
broad level it helps in identifying places and regions with high incidence of accidents. In
2008, the total number of accidents that occurred in rural areas was more than that in the
urban areas; the former accounting for 53% (2,56,695) and the latter accounting for 47%
(2,28,009) of total accidents. Rural areas had more fatalities (59.4%) than urban areas. The
number of persons injured was also more in rural areas (58.7%) as compared to urban areas.

9. Accidents in terms of involvement of Vehicle type

9.1 Motorized vehicles accounted for 91.5% of the total road accidents while the non-
motorized vehicles and other objects accounted for a small share of 8.5% in the total number
of accidents in the year 2008. Amongst the vehicle category - trucks, tempos, tractors and
other articulated vehicles accounted for about a quarter of the total road accidents (23.4%)
followed by two wheelers (21.8%), cars, jeeps and taxis (20.7%), buses (9.0%), auto
rickshaws (7.5%) and others (17.6 %) in 2008 [Table 8].Details of accidents in terms of
vehicle typology are given in Annexure VII.

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 Table 8: Share of Different Vehicles in total Road Accidents, Fatal Accidents, Persons Killed
and Persons Injured (2008)
2-wheelers Auto- Cars Buses Trucks, Other Other
rickshow tempos, Motor Vehicles/Obj
tractors and Vehicles ects
other
articulated
vehicles
Accidents 21.8 7.5 20.7 9.0 23.4 9.1 8.5

Fatal 16.9 4.6 20.0 9.8 30.3 11.1 10.2

Accidents
Persons 16.1 4.8 17.7 10.4 29.9 11.4 9.7
Killed
Persons 19.4 8.4 19.5 12.8 22.7 9.5 7.7
Injured
Note: Cars includes jeeps & taxis, Two-Wheelers includes Motor cycle, Scooter & Moped ; Other Vehicles/Objects
includes Cycle, Cycle rickshaws, Hand drawn vehicle, Pedestrian, Animal, Tree, Level crossing & Other fixed objects.

9.2 However, category of trucks, tempos, tractors and other articulated vehicles accounted for
about 30% of the persons killed compared to their share of about 23 % in the total road
accidents. Similarly, buses accounted for a higher share of fatalities and deaths around 10.4%
compared to its share of 9% in accidents. The share of various vehicle categories in total
road accidents , persons killed and injured are given in Charts 11(a),11(b) & 11(b)
respectively.
Road Accidents and Fatalities by Type of Vehicle Involvement
9.3 Even though Buses, trucks, tempos, tractors, other articulated vehicles and Buses
constitute only about 10.2 % of total registered vehicles, they are responsible for about 32.4
% of road accident (Chart 11 a) and around two-fifth (Chart 11 b) of fatalities in the year
2008.

Chart 11 a : Percent Share in total road accidents by type of

motor vehicle involved (primarily responsible) 2008

8.5 21.8
9.1

7.5
23.4
9.0 20.7

2-wheelers Auto-rickshaws Cars

Buses Goods Carriers Others
Other Vehicles/Objects

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 Chart 11 b : Percent Share of person killed in road accidents by type of
motor vehicle involved (primarily responsible) 2008

9.7 16.1
11.4
4.8

17.7
29.9
10.4

2-wheelers Auto-rickshaws Cars

Buses Goods Carriers Others
Other Vehicles/Objects

Chart 11 c : Percent Share of person Injured in road accidents by type

of motor vehicle involved (primarily responsible) 2008

9.5 7.7 19.4

8.4

22.7

12.8 19.5

2-wheelers Auto-rickshaws Cars

Buses Goods Carriers Others
Other Vehicles/Objects

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 Chart 12: Percent share of Persons Killed in Road
Accidents by Type of Motor Vehicle User/Occupant - 2008

11% 7% 12%
3%
9%

21%
15%
17% 5%

Pedestrian Bicycle Motor Cycle, Mopeds,Scooters

Auto Rickshaws Car,Taxis etc. Trucks
Buses Other Motor Vehicle Other Objects

Occupants of two-wheelers, passenger cars & taxis, trucks and pedestrians accounted for
21%, 12%, 11% and 15 % of total road fatalities. Bicycles & pedestrians are most
unprotected road users and have to share scarce road space with motorized vehicles of
different engine power and speed resulting in serious conflicts within traffic flows.

10. Time of Occurrence of Road Accidents

10.1 Information on timing of accidents is important for framing strategies for prevention and
for organization of care of accident victims. The distribution of the total accidents during

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night time (6 PM to 6 AM) and day time (6 AM to 6 PM) is in the ratio of 2:3 i.e. about 41%
and 59% respectively.

Table:9-Road Accidents as per the Time of Occurrence(2008)

Time No. of Accidents Percent Share in total Accidents

06:00 - 09:00 hrs(Day) 57170 11.8

09:00 - 12:00 hrs(Day) 76626 15.8
12:00 - 15:00 hrs(Day) 72290 14.9
15:00 - 18:00 hrs(Day) 78201 16.1
18:00 - 21:00 hrs(Night) 75430 15.6
21:00 - 24:00 hrs(Night) 53492 11.0
00:00 - 03:00 hrs( Night ) 35439 7.3
03:00 - 06:00 hrs(Night) 36056 7.5
Total for 24hrs whole year 484704 100

11. Age Profile of Accident Victims

11.1 As per the detailed age profile of accident victims other than the drivers available for the
year 2008 it is observed that the age group (25-65 years) accounted for the largest share of 49
% of total road accident casualties followed by the age group (15-24 years) with a share of
about 31 %. Hence, about half of the road traffic casualties are in the age group (25-65
years), the key wage earning age group. The loss of the main earning member can be
disastrous, leading to fall in income of the household and lower living standards.

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 Chart 14 : Road Accidents victims by Age group
during year 2008

9% 11%

31%
49%

0-14 15-24 25-65 65 years and above

12. Causes of Road Accidents

12.1 The analysis of accidents by cause shows that drivers’ fault is the single most important
factor responsible for accidents, fatalities and injuries. Drivers’ fault accounted for about
81% (3,85,018 accidents) of total accidents; 82% (4,21,537 persons injured) of the total
number of persons injured and 76% (89,360 persons killed) of the total number of persons
killed in road accidents during 2008. The fault of the cyclist and that of the pedestrian
appears to be of marginal consequence accounting for about 2-3% of the accidents/persons
killed or injured. The accidents caused due to defects in the motor vehicles also accounted for
2% of the accidents/fatalities/persons killed and injured. Tables enumerating the causes of
accidents across the States are provided in Annexure V-VI.

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 13. International Comparisons of Road Traffic Injury
Accidents and Deaths

Cross country comparisons of incidence of road accident related deaths and injury accidents
per lakh persons as per World Road Statistics 2009 (published by International Road
Federation, Geneva) shows lower incidence of both the parameters for India in comparison to
many developed and developing countries. The number of road accident deaths per lakh of
population at 10.5 in India was much lower compared with 12.72 in Korea and 13.68 in USA
(Chart 16). The highest number of deaths per lakh of population was reported for Anguilla
(31.25) in 2007, followed closely by South Africa (31.18). Philippines reported the lowest
number of deaths per lakh population at 1.11 in 2006. However, for 2007, Sierra Leone
reported the lowest fatality rate of 1.31 per 100000 persons. Similarly, injury accidents per
lakh of population for both in India and China were substantially lower at around 36.69 and
24.82 respectively when compared to U.K. (298.54), U.S.A. (579.68), France (131.75),
Germany (408.23) etc. Qatar reported the the highest injury accident rate at 9988.55 in 2002,
but for 2007 the highest figure was reported by Jordan (1934.48). Niger (6.31) in 2006 and
Australia (6.98) in 2007 reported the lowest figures in respect of injury accidents per 100000
persons. A cross country comparison of incidence of road related deaths and injury accidents
are given in Table 10.

The World Health organization brought out its Global Status Report on Road Safety in June
2009. This report involves the first broad assessment of the status of road safety in 178
countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey conducted in 2008. The key findings
of this report are summarized in Box 3. This report also cites data from the World Health
Statistics (refer Table 11) to indicate that road traffic injuries would become the fifth highest
leading cause of death, outranking diabetes mellitus, HIV/AIDS, certain form of cancers and
tuberculosis, in 2030 as compared to its ninth position in 2004.

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Table 10 : Cross Country Comparison of Incidence of Road related Deaths and Injury Accidents
in 2007*
Sl.  Country  Killed per 100000 Population  Injury Accidents per 100000 
No.  Population 

1  Anguilla  31.25  N.A. 

2  Australia  7.69  6.98 
3  Botswana  26.42  1035.75 
4  Brazil   18.57 (2006)  61.15    (2004) 
5  Canada   8.85   (2006)  451.35  (2006) 
6  China,PR  6.19  24.82 
7  Denmark  7.43  101.60 
8  France  7.49  131.75 
9  Germany  6.02  408.23 
10  Indonesia  7.33  8.21      (2005) 
11  India  10.5  36.69 
12  Italy  8.64  388.84 
13  Japan  5.20  651.52 
14  Jordan  17.35 1934.48
15  Korea, Republic of   12.72  436.81 
16  Kuwait   16.26  (2004)  2231.24 (2004) 
17  Malaysia   23.66  1306.79 (2006) 
18  Niger   2.70    (2006)  6.31        (2006) 
19  Philippines  1.11    (2006)  7.23        (2006) 
20  Qatar   17.49  9988.55 (2002) 
21  Russian Federation  23.43  164.53 
22  Sierra Leone  1.31  13.06     (2003) 
23  South Africa  31.18  306.73 
24  U.K.  4.83  298.54 
25  U.S.A.  13.68  579.68 
Note: Injury accident refers to road accident resulting in at least one injury or killed person. 
* Data for the latest year available & reported in WRS 2009, as indicated in parentheses. Figures for India 
pertain to 2008. 
Source: 1. For India – Transport Research Wing, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
2. For Other Countries - World Road Statistics (WRS) 2009.  
 
      

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Table 11: Leading Causes of Death, 2004 and 2030 compared
TOTAL 2004 TOTAL 2030
RA LEADING CAUSE % RANK LEADING CAUSE %
NK
1 Ischaemic heart disease 12.2 1. Ischaemic heart disease 12.2

2. Cerebrovascular disease 9.7 2. Cerebrovascular disease 9.7

3. Lower respiratory infections 7.0 3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 7.0

4 Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease 5.1 4. Lower respiratory infections 5.1

5. Diarrhoeal diseases 3.6 5. Road traffic injuries 3.6

6. HIV/AIDS 3.5 6. Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers 3.5

7. Tuberculosis 2.5 7. Diabetes mellitus 2.5

8. Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers 2.3 8. Hypertensive heart disease 2.3

9 Road traffic injuries 2.2 9. Stomach cancer 2.2

10 Prematurity and low birth weight 2.0 10. HIV/AIDS 2.0

11. Neonatal infections and other 1.9 11. Nephritis and nephrosis 1.9

12. Diabetes mellitus 1.9 12. Self-inflicted injuries 1.9

13. Malaria 1.7 13. Liver cancer 1.7

14. Hypertensive heart disease1.5 1.7 14. Colon and rectum cancer 1.7

15. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma 1.5 15. Oesophagus cancer 1.5

16. Self-inflicted injuries 1.4 16. Violence 1.4

17. Stomach cancer 1.4 17. Alzheimer and other dementias 1.4

18. Cirrhosis of the liver 1.3 18. Cirrhosis of the liver 1.3

19 Nephritis and nephrosis 1.3 19. Breast cancer 1.3

20.. Colon and rectum cancers 1.1 20. Tuberculosis 1.1

Source: World Health Statistics 2008 cited in Global Status Report on Road Safety: A Time
for Action, WHO.

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Table 12:    Road Traffic Deaths by WHO Region using Reported & Modelled data 
WHO Region  Reported  Rate per 100000  Modelled  Rate per 100000 
Data*  Population  Data*  Population 
African Region    52302  7.2  234768  32.2 
Region of the Americas  139466  15.5  142252  15.8 
South East Asia Region  143977  8.4  285020  16.6 
Eastern Mediterranean    76912  14.1  175668  32.2 
region 
European Region  113346  12.8 117997 13.4 
Western Pacific Region 135316  7.6 278321 15.6 
Global  661319  10.1 1234026 18.8 
*Adjusted for 30 day definition. 
Source: Cited on page 31 of Global Status Report on Road Safety: Time for Action –World Health 
Organisation, 2009. 

Table13: Modelled Road Traffic Injury Fatality Rates (per 100000 Population)* by WHO Region & 
Income Group 
WHO Region  High Income  Middle Income  Low Income  Total 
African Region@  ‐  32.2  32.3  32.2 
Region of the  13.4  17.3  ‐  15.8   
Americas# 
South East  Asia   ‐  16.7 16.5 16.6 
Region@ 
Eastern  28.5  35.8  27.5  32.2 
Mediterranean 
Region 
European Region  7.9  19.3 12.2 13.4 
Western Pacific  7.2  16.9 15.6 15.6 
Region  
Global  10.3  19.5  21.5  18.8 
* 30 day definition; @ No High Income country; # No Low Income country. 
Source: Cited on page 13 of Global Status Report on Road Safety: Time for Action – World Health 
Organisation, 2009. 

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Box 3: Key Findings of Global Status Report on Road Safety – Time
for Action
• Data from the survey conducted during 2008 indicate 0.66 million reported
deaths due to road accidents while estimation as per the model used by the Global
Status Report on Road Safety indicate 1.23 million deaths globally reflecting a
difference of over 46%.

• Also low-income and middle-income countries indicate very high fatality rates
(per 100000 persons) estimated at 21.5 and 19.5 respectively vis-à-vis 10.3 in
high income countries. Among low income countries, the African region has been
estimated to have the highest fatality rate of 32.3.

• Over 90% of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low-income and middle-
income counties, which have only 48% of the world’s registered vehicles.

• Almost half of those who die in road traffic crashes are pedestrians, cyclists or
users of motorized two-wheelers- collectively known as ‘vulnerable road users’ –
and this proportion is higher in the poorer economies of the world.

• Speed is a key risk factor for injury among pedestrians and cyclists, and yet only
29% of counties meet basic criteria for reducing speed in urban areas, while less
than 10% of counties rate the enforcement of their speed limits as effective.

• The adoption and enforcement of traffic laws appears inadequate in many

counties. The development of effective enforcement of legislation is critical in
reducing drink-driving and excessive speed, and in increasing the use of helmets,
seat-belts and child restraints. This survey showed that fewer than half the
countries have laws to address all five of these risk factors, while only 15% have
laws that can be considered comprehensive in scope.

• Addressing road safety in a comprehensive manner necessitates the involvement

of multiple sectors, such as heath, transport and police. Only one-third of the
countries have a national road safety strategy that is endorsed by the government,
that includes specific targets, and that has funding allocated for its
implementation.

• Huge gaps remain in the quality and coverage of the data that countries collect
and report on road traffic injuries. Underreporting of road traffic fatalities remains
a big problem in many countries and the situation is even worse with regard to
non-fatal injuries. Just 22% of countries had information on the extent of their
road traffic injury problem, the costs incurred by their health sector or their
national economies, and the data needed to monitor and evaluate interventions
accurately.

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    Box 4 : United Nations Resolutions on Road Safety   

Resolution No. 57/309 dated 22.5.2003: Global Road Safety Crisis

Noted the rapid increase in road traffic deaths, injuries and disabilities globally and the
negative impact of road traffic injury on national and global economies. It also
recognized the disproportionate fatality rate in developing countries. The resolution
affirmed the need for a worldwide effort to raise awareness of the importance of road
safety as a public policy issue. Further it urged all Governments to promulgate and to
continue to enforce existing traffic laws.
Resolution No. 58/9 dated 5.11.2003: Global Road Safety Crisis
The resolution affirmed the need for a worldwide effort to raise awareness about health
impact and social and economic costs of injuries caused by road traffic accidents.
Emphasized the need for private sector and NGOs to participate actively in promoting
road traffic safety. As per this resolution a plenary meeting of the General Assembly was
held on 14th April 2004 in connection with World Health Day and the World Report on
Road Traffic Injury Prevention launched to increase awareness at a high level of the
magnitude of the road traffic injury problem. The resolution underlined the need for
international cooperation to deal with issues of road safety.
Resolution No. 58/289 dated 14.4.2004: Improving Global Road Safety
It was the first major resolution following release of the World Bank- World Health
Organization (WHO) joint report titled “World Report on Road Traffic Injury
Prevention”. It took note of the recommendations contained in this report. It invited the
WHO, working in close cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions, to
act as a coordinator on road safety issues within the UN system. The resolution also
underlined the need for further strengthening of international cooperation, taking into
account the needs of developing countries, to deal with issues of road safety.
In May 2004, the WHO adopted resolution WHA 57.10 accepting the General
Assembly’s invitation to act as the coordinator on road safety issues within the UN
system, working in close cooperation with the UN regional commissions.

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        Box 4: United Nations Resolutions on Road Safety (contd…)   

Resolution No. 60/5 dated 26.10.2005: Improving Global Road Safety

This was the second major resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly and underlined the
importance for Member States to pay particular attention to road traffic injury prevention and using
the “World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention” as a framework for road safety efforts and
implementing its recommendations including those related to the five main risk factors – non-use
of safety belts and child restraints; non-use of helmets; drinking and driving; inappropriate and
excessive speed; and lack of appropriate infrastructure. The resolution invited Member States to
establish a lead agency, on a national level, on road safety and to develop national action plan to
reduce road traffic injuries, by passing and enforcing legislation, conducting necessary awareness
raising campaigns and putting in place appropriate methods to monitor and evaluate interventions
that are implemented.
The WHO adopted resolution No. 60.22 dated 23.5.2007 entitled “Health Systems:
Emergency Care Systems” which called on the WHO and Governments to adopt a variety of
measures to strengthen trauma and emergency care services worldwide.
Resolution No. 62/244 dated 31.3.2008: Improving Global Road Safety
The resolution recognized the UN regional commissions and their subsidiary bodies for increasing
their road safety activities and advocating for increased political commitment to road safety. It
invited the WHO and the UN regional commissions, in cooperation with other partners in the
United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, to promote multisectoral collaboration by organizing,
when appropriate, United nations Global Road Safety Weeks, including the Global Stakeholders’
Forum. The resolution reaffirmed the need for further strengthening of international cooperation,
taking into account the needs of developing countries by building capacities in the field of road
safety, and providing financial and technical support for their efforts. The resolution encouraged
Member States to continue to strengthen their commitment to road safety, including by observing
the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on the third Sunday in November every
year.

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 Box 5 : Systems Approach to Road Safety
The World Report on Road Traffic Injury and Prevention (WHO, 2004)
promoted a comprehensive approach to road safety which involves identifying
the interactions between the road user, the vehicle and the road environment as
the potential areas for intervention. This approach known as the systems
approach recognizes that the human body is highly vulnerable to injury and that
humans make mistakes.
A safe road traffic system is therefore one that accommodates and compensates
for human vulnerability and fallibility. To adopt a systems approach
necessitates the involvement and the close collaboration of a number of sectors
– transport, police, health, industry, civil society, and special interest groups.
Fundamental to implementing this approach is the collection of accurate data on
the magnitude of road traffic crashes and on risk factors. The countries that
have made the most progress in road safety are those that have adopted this
comprehensive approach.

Source: Global Status Report on Road Safety (WHO, 2009)[pages5-6]

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 Box 6 : Some facts about causes of road accidents
Enacting and enforcing legislation on a number of risk factors for road traffic injuries and
deaths is critical in influencing exposure to risk, crash occurrence, injury severity, and post
crash injury outcomes. Comprehensive and clear legislation, enforced with appropriate
penalties and accompanied by public awareness campaigns, has been shown to be a critical
factor in reducing road traffic injuries and deaths associated with speed, drink-driving, and
the non-use of occupant protection measures (helmets, seat-belts, and child restraints.
Speed and road accidents
• An  increase  in  average  speed  is  directly  related  both  to  the  likelihood  of  a  crash 
occurring and to the severity of the crash consequences. 

• A 5% increase in average speed leads to an approximately 10% increase in crashes 
that cause injuries, and a 20% increase in fatal crashes. 

• Pedestrians  have  a  90%  chance  of  surviving  a  car  crash  at  30  km/hr  or  below,  but 
less that a 50% chance of surviving impacts of 45 km/hr or above. 

• Safe  speed  threshold  vary  according  to  different  types  of  road,  different  types  of 
collision and different road users, with their inherent vulnerabilities.  Effective speed 
management needs to take these and other variables into account. 

• Zones of 30 km/hr can reduce crash risk and injury severity and are recommended in 
areas where vulnerable road users are particularly at risk . 

• Apart  from  reducing  road  traffic  injuries  and  deaths,  lowering  the  average  traffic 
speed  can  have  other  positive  effects  on  health  outcomes  (e.g.  by  reducing 
respiratory problems associated with car emissions). 

Drinking and Driving

• Drinking and driving increases both the risk of a crash and the likelihood that death 
or a serious injury will result. 

• The  risk  of  involvement  in  a  crash  increases  significantly  above  a  blood  alcohol 
concentration (BAC) of 0.04 grams per deciliter (g/dl). 

• Laws  which  establish  lower  BACs  (between  zero  and  0.02  g/dl)  for  young/novice 
drivers  can  lead  to  reductions  of  between  4%  and  24%  in  the  number  of  crashes 
involving young people. 

• Enforcing sobriety checkpoints and random breath‐testing can lead to reductions in 
alcohol‐related crashes of about 20% and has been shown to be very cost‐effective. 

Source: Global Status Report on Road Safety (WHO,2009)[pages18 &21]

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 14. Road Traffic Accidents, Prevention and Control

14.1 Road accidents are non random events occurring due to a complex mix of number of
factors which amongst others include: (a) type of road users and colliding vehicles (b)
environmental/road related factors: These include visibility, road design and geometry,
access control, intersections (areas of traffic conflict) provision of segregation of NMT and
heavy vehicle traffic (c) vehicle related factors – visibility of vehicles, use of protective
devices (helmets and seat belts) by vehicle occupants; problems with head and tail lights,
mechanical failure etc. (d) nature of traffic management : use of automatic signals, traffic
calming devices (e) emergency care for accident victims.

14.2 The main thrust of accident prevention and control across the world has been on 4 E’s,
viz. (i) Education, (ii) Enforcement, (iii) Engineering and (iv) Environment and Emergency
care of road accident victims.

14.3 Educational approach: It relies on dissemination of road safety awareness and

regulation through media, classrooms and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This
approach takes a longer time to achieve the desired change in individual perceptions and
attitudes. The WHO/World Bank Report on Road Traffic Injury prevention in the light of
global experience about education has observed, “When used as a single, isolated
intervention, do not deliver tangible and sustained reductions in deaths and injuries”.

14.4 With a view to spread road safety awareness, the government has undertaken series of
publicity measures through print, TV/Radio/slides, exhibitions, seminars and workshops.
NGOs are also being encouraged to take up road safety awareness programmes. To this end,
grants-in-aid are being provided. Under this scheme, the number of sanctions granted to
NGOs has increased from 38 in the year 1999-2000 to 100 during 2008-09. The scheme is
under review to make it more effective.

14.5 Enforcement Approach: Its prime emphasis is on restraining road users from
undertaking behaviours which expose road users and others to risk of accidents and injuries.

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The Indian Motor Vehicle Act of 1988 has Chapter 8 and portion of Chapter 13 devoted to
many rules and regulations, viz. laws with regard to use of safety devices (helmets), speed
limits, etc.
14.6 Environmental & Engineering Approach: This covers broad range of interventions to
make road user safe through better road environment and safer vehicles. Safer vehicles by
improving crash worthiness and safety of occupants – safety belts, airbags, laminated
windshields, improving braking conditions, installing suitable lights to reduce glare; better
roads through better road design, geometry and markings, traffic calming techniques,
identification of accident black spots and their treatment, good visibility of roads with
lighting, segregation of traffic into slow and fast moving categories.

14.7 Among the important environmental measures is better land use pattern which promotes
shorter travel time and distance thus restricting demand for travel leading to reduced traffic
congestion on roads. These measures are passive and one time efforts and are not dependent
on actions of road users. These do not require constant monitoring and have been found to be
quite effective worldwide. Their impact is easy to measure. However, these measures do
require substantial resources, which developing countries may find it difficult to harness.

14.8 Emergency accident care: This covers organization, delivery of emergency accident
care and logistic support for effective and coordinated delivery of health care to accident
victims. WHO guidelines for “essential trauma care” recommend establishing achievable
and affordable standards for injury care.

14.9 Road safety is essentially a multi-sectoral activity. It requires a systems approach with
coordinated efforts of health, law, transport, police, insurance agencies and NGOs.

15. Recent Road Safety Initiatives by the Government of India

15.1 The various measures to reduce the risk of road accidents which are essentially
preventive in nature can be classified into three broad categories:

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1. Road Engineering: These are design/specification related aspects of roads and highways
to enhance road safety. It is the endeavour of Government to make Road Safety an integral
part of the design at planning stage. National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is ensuring
usage of road safety furniture and taken a number of steps to enhance safety of the road
users.
Initiatives taken by NHAI on Safety.

(i) Safety measures are in-built in the projects during design, construction and O&M.

(a) The project designs, while meeting the safety standards, provide for various measures
to enhance the road safety like segregation of local and through traffic by constructing
flyovers, underpasses, bypasses, service roads, etc.; user facilities like bus/ truck layby,
wayside amenities; safety features like road markings, signages, crash barriers, studs,
delineators, lighting in urban areas/ bridges/ flyovers, speed retarders on cross roads at
junctions, etc.; and pedestrian facilities like zebra crossings, pedestrian underpasses, foot
over bridges, pedestrian guardrails, etc.

(b) During construction, it is prescribed in the conditions of contract / specifications to

provide in Construction Zones - signages, barricades, delineations during day & night, etc.;
to take care of safety of workers like personal protection equipment (reflective jackets,
helmets, gloves, gumboots, spectacles, etc), first-aid equipments and amenities, etc.

(c) During O&M : Tow Away Vehicles for removing the breakdown/ damaged vehicles,
ambulances to provide immediate medical help during golden hour to the accident victims
and route patrolling vehicles to check unauthorized activities/ guide the road users. These
facilities are available at every 50 km of sections in operation on an average. Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare is implementing a comprehensive scheme for upgrading Trauma
Care Centers along the Golden Quadrilateral GQ and North South & East West Corridors.

(ii) Wayside Amenities: 4 are in operation; 6 are under development. Further, a Consultant
has been engaged to identify new potential sites for development of wayside amenities along
North – South & East – West Corridors.

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 (iii) State-of-the-Art Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) comprising
emergency call boxes, variable messages signs, CCTVs, traffic counters cum classifiers,
etc. has been provided/ being provided on selected sections mostly under NHDP Phase V.

(iv) Road Safety Audits in 2,825 km on the completed sections and Public Education
Campaigns on the Golden Quadrilateral of 5,864 km have been undertaken.

(v) One Safety Officer has been designated in each Regional Office of NHAI to oversee
the safety measures during construction and O&M phases of projects.

2. Enforcement: It primarily involves implementation of statutory provisions, rules and

regulation, which enhance road safety. The main statutory provisions in vogue are Motor
Vehicles Act 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The State Governments and
Union Territories enforce these. The enforcement measures under the said rules/act inter alia
include inspections at the time of licensing/issue of permits and periodical fitness,
verification of vehicles for commercial use. Goods vehicles are required to be inspected for
fitness every year after two years of registration of the vehicle. Norms for safety components
such as safety belts, power steering, rear view mirrors, instrument panel and lighting system,
etc have been notified. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways initiatives in this regard
include:
(i) Provision of Road Safety Equipments: Theis is a scheme for providing road safety
equipments to States/ UTs for enforcement and implementation of various rules &
regulations relating to road safety. Under this scheme, so far, 24 Interceptors have been
sanctioned for the purpose of detection of violation of rules by the road users such as over-
speeding, drunken driving, lane –jumping, dangerous driving etc. Looking at the cost of
interceptors and limited funds available for this (Rs 2-2.5 crore), it was decided to review the
scheme and instead of complete interceptor it was considered appropriate to modify the
coverage of the scheme by procuring various low cost traffic enforcement equipments such
as speed detection radar, breath analyzer etc. for supply to the States/UTs.

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(ii) Amendment in the Motor Vehicle Act 1988:

A Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2007 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on
15.5.2007. The basic objective is to amend the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act to
enhance penalties for various traffic offences such as rash and negligent driving,
drunken driving, driving at excessive speed, driving without licence, use of mobile
phone while driving, etc, so as to serve as a deterrent for the drivers to follow traffic
rules and maintain discipline on roads. Amendments have also been suggested to
rationalize the provisions relating to payment of compensation to road accident victims.
It is proposed not only to enhance the amount of compensation but also to revise it
every three years, commensurating the compensation with the rising cost of living and
also to expedite the claim settlement process. An element of civil liability is also
proposed to be inserted in the Act by making a provision for penalty up to Rs.5,000/-
by a person who drives in a rash or negligent manner and causes injury to a person or
damages any property. The amount so realized shall be utilized for making payment to
the road accident victims. Presently, the Ministry is in the process of reviewing the
amendment proposals comprehensively vis-à-vis the provisions of similar Acts in other
leading Asian countries as also to refine the provisions to meet the present day
requirements of traffic regulations. A committee under the Chairmanship of Shri S.
Sunder, senior fellow TERI and former Secretary (MoST) has already been set up for
this purpose.

3. Educational & Training: These primarily involve spreading road safety awareness and
imparting training to drivers. Some of the important initiatives undertaken in the field of
training are:
a) Refresher Training for Heavy Vehicle Drivers: To this end, the Ministry of
Road Transport & Highways’ scheme titled “Two days refresher training to heavy
motor vehicle drivers in unorganized sector” was envisaged to inculcate safe
driving habits, to acquaint drivers with road safety regulations and upkeep of
vehicles in road worthy condition. During the Ninth Plan (1997-2002) and the
Tenth Plan (2002-2007) 15,740 and 1, 92,218 drivers respectively had been
trained. During the year 2008-09, 70,700 drivers had been sanctioned for refresher
training.

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 b) Model Driving Training Schools: Financial assistance is being given to
States/UTs for setting up Model Driving Training Schools to produce well trained
drivers and impart refresher courses to drivers. The main elements of the scheme
are: provision of land by State/NGO; responsibility for operation of school and
recurring cost by the State/NGO and technical project appraisal/supervision by
Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), Pune. So far 13 proposals from
States/NGO’s have been senctioned for setting up Model Driver Training Schools
in West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh,
NCT of Delhi, Uttarakhand, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh
and Haryana. Out of these 13, four schools in Andhra Pradesh, NCT of Delhi,
Karnataka and Nagaland have become operational. During the Eleventh Five Year
Plan (2007-2012), the scheme has been revised by the Planning Commission as a
Central Scheme-“Setting up of Training Institutes for Driving and Research in
India”.
4. Faster relief and evacuation of road accident victims: Engineering, Enforcement and
Educational measures are mainly of preventive nature. However, to reduce the trauma and
probability of death and disability associated with road accidents, curative measures in the
nature of providing relief and evacuation to the accident victims are vital. Recognizing the
vital importance of quick medical assistance and evacuation of road accident victims’ two
schemes have been initiated which include:

a) National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme (NHARSS): The scheme

provides for supply of cranes and ambulances to States/UTs/NGOs for relief, rescue
and evacuation of accident victims to nearest medical aid centre and for clearing the
accident site. Besides NHAI also provides ambulances at a distance of 50 Km on each
of its completed stretches of National Highway under its operation and maintenance.
So far 227 Ten tonne cranes and 40 small/medium size cranes were provided under
this scheme. Also 437 ambulances were given to various States/NGOs.
b) Medical Care: During the Ninth and Tenth Five Year Plan periods, Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare were operating a scheme under which financial assistance
of up-to Rs.1.50 crore was being provided to the State Government Hospitals located
on National Highways for upgradation and strengthening of emergency facilities.
Under this scheme, 113 State Government Hospitals were provided financial
assistance during Ninth and Tenth Five Year Plan. Ministry of Health & Family

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 Welfare have now formulated a scheme to be implemented during the Eleventh Five
Year Plan under which integrated Trauma Care Centre Network is proposed to be
established in the State Government Hospitals /Medical College located along the
Golden Quadrilateral, North-South and East-West corridors of the National Highways
by upgrading trauma care facilities in 140 identified State Government hospitals at a
total cost of Rs 732.75 crore. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will provide
140 ambulances to these identified hospitals and not to NGOs under the scheme. The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs have approved the scheme.

5. ROAD SAFETY AUDIT: Road Safety Audit (RSA) of select National

Highways/Expressways sections on the (i)Western Transport Corridor starting from Delhi
and passing through Rajasthan,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and (ii)part
of East-West Corridor from Porbandar to Deesa covering a total length of 2,825 km has been
taken up. Also Public Education Compaigns on the Golden Quadrilateral of 5,864 km have
been undertaken. The specific aim for the road safety audit is that safety should be a prime
post construction operative feature. The purpose of carrying out safety audit is to:
• Minimize the risk and severity of accidents on the National Highways/Expressways,
• Minimize the risk of accidents occurring on adjacent roads as a result of operation
and maintenance of National Highways/Expressways,
• Recognize the importance of safety in Highway design to meet the needs and
perceptions of all type of road users, and to achieve a balance safety solution thereto,
• Reduce the long term cost of scheme, bearing in mind the overall cost effective safe
solutions; and
• Improve the level of awareness of safe design practices by all involved in the
planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of roads.

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6. Funds for Road Safety related activities: The details of expenditure allocated and spent
on road safety activities by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is given in Table
14. The funds allocated are utilized for implementing various schemes,viz, Awareness
Campaign for Road Safety, Refresher Training to Heavy Motor Vehicle Driver, Setting up of
Model Driver Training School and National Highways Accident Relief Service Scheme
(NHARSS) under which cranes and ambulances are procured and provided to the State/UT
Governments and NGOs for post accident care. Except in the case of “Setting up of Model
Driver Training School”, the funds for other activities of road safety are utilized by the
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways directly. During the Tenth Five Year Plan, actual
expenditure on road safety was Rs. 166.64 crore while for the Eleventh Five Year Plan
(2007-2012), an amount of Rs. 448 crore has been proposed (excluding funds for the
National Road Safety Board and Traffic Management Board).

Table: 14- Funds Allocated and Spent on Road Safety Activities

(Rs. Crore)
Year Funds Allocated Funds Spent
2004-05 39.70 34.99
2005-06 43.05 29.70
2006-07 47.00 43.25
2007-08 52.00 42.87
2008-09 73.00 54.80
Source: Road Safety Cell, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

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Box 7:- Road Safety Funding and the Role of Insurance Industry:
International Practices

All basic activities related to legislation and regulation and provision of basic road
infrastructure, education, and enforcement to ensure compliance with laws and regulations
are usually considered part of the basic government services and as such are financed by
government revenue. Identifying and securing sustainable funding is important to improve
road safety. In recent years many a countries have tapped new and innovative sources of
funding. The major sources of funds include:

1. General tax revenue.

2. Specific taxes (usually traffic fines) earmarked to support spending on road safety.
3. Levies added to insurance premiums.
4. Road funds that derive their revenues from road user charges.
5. Sponsorship by private businesses.

Earmarking involves assigning a specific tax for a designated purpose. The revenue from
traffic fines are sometimes earmarked in this way and used to support the costs of traffic law
enforcement. Earmarking of traffic fines is uncommon. Vietnam is the only country known
to allocate all of its traffic fines to road safety. The traffic police in Malaysia and the
Philippines retain a portion of traffic fines. In Western Australia, one-third of red light and
speed control camera fines are paid into the Road Trauma Trust Fund. Likewise, several
states in the USA use traffic fines to part-fund training in law enforcement.

In case of New Zealand, the Ministry of Finance transfers about 15 percent of the overall
revenues from the New Zealand national road fund to the Land Transport Safety Authority
(LTSA) under the Ministry of Transport. The funds are used to pay for the costs of operating
the LTSA (mainly educational and publicity programs) and for the costs of police road safety
enforcement (about 80% of the funds received go on this). The balance of the revenues is
then transferred to the road fund administration. Most of these funds are used to support road
spending under the jurisdiction of Transit New Zealand (national roads) and the local
authorities. Among other things, these funds are used to finance the costs of road safety
engineering measures (e.g. skid resistance and treatment of hazardous locations).

Funding for road safety improvements should be shared with those who stand to gain from
accident prevention measures.

In most countries, the insurance industry has traditionally limited its involvement to post
accident compensation payments. A no-claims discount was most probably the only
incentive or attention that motor vehicle insurance companies gave to accident prevention.
This situation has proven unsustainable with many insurance companies (in developing
countries) incurring excessively high claims loss ratios; i.e. the amount of money paid in
accident claims compared to that collected in policy premium payments, as accident claims
increase rapidly in the countries undergoing rapid motorization.

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Box: 7- Road Safety Funding and the Role of Insurance Industry:
International Practices ………..contd.

A number of countries have introduced legislative requirements for insurers of compulsory

third party liability, to invest in road safety. Finland, the Province of Quebec in Canada, and
the State of Victoria in Australia are recognized as pioneers in this respect. The large
amounts of regular income that can be raised for road safety via a small levy on third party
insurance premiums (TPIP) can be illustrated by some examples. The State of Victoria in
Australia, by imposing a levy of 10% of TPIP (equivalent to US$21 per vehicle per year),
raises US$ 56.65 million a year for investment in road safety. Finland imposes a levy of only
1% of TPIP (US$ 3.67 per vehicle per year), raises US$ 8 million per year. East European
countries are also imposing levies of about 8% of TPIP.

As the insurance and premiums are related to road accident costs, it makes sense to use a part
of the premiums to improve road safety and thus facilitate lower total accident and insurance
costs. As the insurance premium usually reflect the individual drivers risk profile would also
provide an incentive to drive safely. However, a basic requirement for this concept to be
effective and accepted by the road users would be for the compulsory insurance to have no
exceptions. The proceeds from a safety fee could finance coordination, information and
awareness campaigns, initiatives to improve traffic safety for children and other special
groups, and to strengthen other efforts when needed, e.g. traffic surveillance and
management as public budgets often are far from sufficient.

The solution thus provides a guaranteed and growing (because funds increase in line with the
increase in numbers of vehicles) source of funds for road safety activity. This reduces
reliance on government grants or funding. All parties involved benefit from the arrangement
and it becomes in everyone’s interest to ensure all motorists have at least third party
insurance. The experience of these countries shows that it is both possible and highly
desirable to harness the potential for funding from the insurance industry and other such
sources. Each of the countries discussed developed its own unique way of funding road
safety activity but all recognized that the motor insurance industry has an important role to
play in investing in safety.

Source: Road Safety Guidelines for the Asian and Pacific Region; Section 4.3: Road
Safety Funding and the Role of the Insurance Industry, Asian Development Bank;
Road Safety Management Information Note 3: Funding Global Road Safety
Partnership

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 Box: 8-Recommendations of the Committee on Road Safety and Traffic Management
relating to setting up of National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board
(NRSTMB)

Creation of an apex body NRSTMB at the national level through an Act of the Parliament called the ‘National
Road Safety and Traffic Management Act. The NRSTMB would have regulatory as well as advisory functions.

Structure of NRSTMB: Consist of a chairperson and 3 to 5 members. Each of the members should be
responsible for one or more functions pertaining to: 1. Road engineering; 2. Automobile engineering; 3.
Traffic laws, operations, management and enforcement; 4. Data collection, reporting and analyses; 5.
Accident related medical care etc.

The primary objective of NRSTMB would be to promote road safety and improve traffic management. It
would be responsible for the following functions:

A. Road related measures – designing, setting standards and conducting audits.

B. Vehicle related measures – prescribing safety features.
C. Road Safety research – institutional linkages and training
D. Traffic laws, operations and management
E. Capacity Building
F. Road user behaviour strategies, public awareness and education.
G. Medical care and rehabilitation.
H. Other functions: to advise the central government on road safety and on the administration of the
provisions relating to safety as contained in the central Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and rules there
under; provide technical assistance to State Boards and other agencies engaged in road safety; liaise
with institutions and agencies in areas related to road safety at the national and international level etc.

Powers: NRSTMB to set standards but also monitor their adoption and implementation. To this end, Board
would empanel auditors to do spot checks and audits on national highways. For mechanically propelled
vehicles the Board could monitor compliance either through the conformity of production (COP) tests carried
out by the testing agencies or through auditors.

National Road Safety Fund (NRSF): A minimum of 1 % of the total proceeds of the cess on diesel and patrol
should be made available to the Road Safety Fund of Centre and the States. Assistance to the States from
NRSF should be released to support road safety activities provided that the States enter into agreements with the
Government of India.

Set up at the State level: The legislation should also contain an enabling chapter for the States to set up Road
Safety and Traffic Management Board.

Advisory Committees: There should be Advisory Committees to advise the National Boards and the State
Boards on matters of policy and approach.

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 Annexure-I

Road Accidents,Persons Killed and Injured: 1970-2008

NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF

NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF
TOTAL NO. OF TOTAL NO. OF TOTAL NO. OF NO. OF PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS
TOTAL NO. OF POPULATION ROAD ACCIDENTS ACCIDENTS PERSONS
PERSONS PERSONS REGD. MOTOR ACCIDENTS KILLED PER KILLED PER INJURED INJURED INJURED PER
Sl.No. YEAR ROAD ACCIDENTS OF INDIA (IN LENGTHS PER TEN PER TEN KILLED PER
KILLED ( IN INJURED (IN VEHICLES ( IN PER LAKH TEN TEN PER LAKH PER TEN TEN
(IN NUMBERS ) THOUSANDS) (IN KMS) THOUSAND THOUSAND LAKH
NUMBERS ) NUMBERS) THOUSANDS ) POPULATION THOUSAND THOUSAND POPULATI THOUSAND THOUSAND
VEHICLES KMS. ROADS POPULATION
VEHICLES KMS. ROADS ON VEHICLES KMS. ROADS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 1970 114100 14500 70100 539000 1401 1188728 21.2 814 959.8 2.7 103.5 122.0 13.0 500 589.7
2 1980 153200 24000 109100 673000 4521 1491873 22.8 339 1026.9 3.6 53.1 160.9 16.2 241 731.3
3 1990 282600 54100 244100 835000 19152 1983867 33.8 148 1424.5 6.5 28.2 272.7 29.2 127 1230.4
4 1991 295131 56278 255000 852250 21374 2331086 34.6 138 1266.1 6.6 26.3 241.4 29.9 119 1093.9
5 1992 275541 60113 267200 869000 23507 2482289 31.7 117 1110.0 6.9 25.6 242.2 30.7 114 1076.4
6 1993 284646 60380 287800 886000 25505 2614662 32.1 112 1088.7 6.8 23.7 230.9 32.5 113 1100.7
7 1994 325864 64463 311500 904000 27660 2890950 36.0 118 1127.2 7.1 23.3 223.0 34.5 113 1077.5
8 1995 351999 70781 323200 924359 30295 2975035 38.1 116 1183.2 7.7 23.4 237.9 35.0 107 1086.4
9 1996 371204 74665 369502 941579 33786 3202515 39.4 110 1159.1 7.9 22.1 233.1 39.2 109 1153.8
10 1997 373671 76977 378361 959792 37332 3298788 38.9 100 1132.8 8.0 20.6 233.3 39.4 101 1147.0
11 1998 385018 79919 390674 978081 41368 3228356 39.4 93 1192.6 8.2 19.3 247.6 39.9 94 1210.1
12 1999 386456 81966 375051 996130 44875 3296650 38.8 86 1172.3 8.2 18.3 248.6 37.7 84 1137.7
13 2000 391449 78911 399265 1014825 48857 3316078 38.6 80 1180.5 7.8 16.2 238.0 39.3 82 1204.0
14 2001 405637 80888 405216 1033249 54991 3346667 39.3 74 1212.1 7.8 14.7 241.7 39.2 74 1210.8
15 2002 407497 84674 408711 1050640 58924 3383344 38.8 69 1204.4 8.1 14.4 250.3 38.9 69 1208.0
16 2003 406726 85998 435122 1068214 67007 3553468 38.1 61 1144.6 8.1 12.8 242.0 40.7 65 1224.5
17 2004 429910 92618 464521 1079887 72718 3621508 39.8 59 1187.1 8.6 12.7 255.7 43.0 64 1282.7
18 2005 439255 94968 465282 1101318 81502 * 39.9 54 * 8.6 11.7 * 42.2 57 *
19 2006 460920 105749 496481 1114202 89618 * 41.4 51 * 9.5 11.8 * 44.6 55 *
20 2007 479216 114444 513340 1131043 * * 42.4 * * 10.1 * * 45.4 * *
21 2008 484704 119860 523193 1144734 * * 42.3 * * 10.5 * * 45.7 * *
*Being compiled
 Annexure - I A

Total Number of Road Accidents in States/UTs in 2005 to 2008 Share of States/UTs in Total Number of Road Accidents, 2005 to 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
States States
1 Andhra Pradesh 37131 43559 44325 42657 1 Andhra Pradesh 8.5 9.5 9.2 8.8
2 Arunachal Pradesh 231 250 240 280 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Assam 4258 4694 4403 4683 3 Assam 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
4 Bihar 3768 5594 7774 8991 4 Bihar 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.9
5 Chhattisgarh 11164 11934 12296 12945 5 Chhattisgarh 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7
6 Goa 3577 3707 4020 4178 6 Goa 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9
7 Gujarat 30515 31547 33623 33671 7 Gujarat 6.9 6.8 7.0 6.9
8 Haryana 9298 10314 11998 11596 8 Haryana 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.4
9 Himachal Pradesh 2797 2727 2955 2756 9 Himachal Pradesh 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
10 Jammu & Kashmir 5664 5593 5864 5326 10 Jammu & Kashmir 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
11 Jharkhand 5013 4980 5285 4985 11 Jharkhand 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
12 Karnataka 40330 43411 46363 46279 12 Karnataka 9.2 9.4 9.7 9.5
13 Kerala 42295 41728 39917 37263 13 Kerala 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.7
14 Madhya Pradesh 35123 38041 41981 43852 14 Madhya Pradesh 8.0 8.3 8.8 9.0
15 Maharashtra 72408 75413 73661 75527 15 Maharashtra 16.5 16.4 15.4 15.6
16 Manipur 600 521 538 573 16 Manipur 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
17 Meghalaya 428 435 300 294 17 Meghalaya 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
18 Mizoram 96 95 77 110 18 Mizoram 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Nagaland 226 194 239 76 19 Nagaland 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Orissa 7593 7729 8213 8181 20 Orissa 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
21 Punjab 4599 4927 5208 5115 21 Punjab 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
22 Rajasthan 23115 23348 23885 23704 22 Rajasthan 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.9
23 Sikkim 189 188 150 196 23 Sikkim 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Tamil Nadu 53866 55145 59140 60409 24 Tamil Nadu 12.3 12.0 12.3 12.5
25 Tripura 657 793 801 767 25 Tripura 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
26 Uttarakhand 1332 1461 1529 1417 26 Uttarakhand 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
27 Uttar Pradesh 18325 19489 21522 25684 27 Uttar Pradesh 4.2 4.2 4.5 5.3
28 West Bengal 12597 11324 11660 12206 28 West Bengal 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.5
UTs UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 205 154 173 191 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Chandigarh 530 517 534 482 2 Chandigarh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 127 103 116 116 3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Daman & Diu 62 57 60 50 4 Daman & Diu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Delhi 9351 9299 8620 8435 5 Delhi 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.7
6 Lakshadweep 5 10 2 12 6 Lakshadweep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Puducherry 1780 1639 1744 1697 7 Puducherry 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Total 439255 460920 479216 484704 Total 100 100 100 100
(P) : Provisional (P) : Provisional
 Annexure-I B
Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents in States/UTs in Share of States/ UTs in Total Number of Persons Injured in Road
2005 to 2008 Accidents, 2005 to 2008

Sl. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) Sl. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)
No. No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
States States
1 Andhra Pradesh 46613 58520 59213 58741 1 Andhra Pradesh 10.0 11.8 11.5 11.2
2 Arunachal Pradesh 330 361 488 425 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Assam 5540 5435 5697 5081 3 Assam 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
4 Bihar 2559 3578 5971 6359 4 Bihar 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.2
5 Chhattisgarh 10378 11208 11735 12873 5 Chhattisgarh 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5
6 Goa 2714 2931 3128 3167 6 Goa 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
7 Gujarat 34901 33984 35768 35722 7 Gujarat 7.5 6.8 7.0 6.8
8 Haryana 8773 9118 10288 10570 8 Haryana 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0
9 Himachal Pradesh 4507 4879 5332 4714 9 Himachal Pradesh 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
10 Jammu & Kashmir 8315 8219 7920 7597 10 Jammu & Kashmir 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5
11 Jharkhand 3520 3707 4369 4373 11 Jharkhand 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8
12 Karnataka 54061 60940 61438 63314 12 Karnataka 11.6 12.3 12.0 12.1
13 Kerala 51217 49799 48246 43857 13 Kerala 11.0 10.0 9.4 8.4
14 Madhya Pradesh 39719 42639 45225 51054 14 Madhya Pradesh 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.8
15 Maharashtra 40838 51024 47342 52780 15 Maharashtra 8.8 10.3 9.2 10.1
16 Manipur 1335 1020 1044 1216 16 Manipur 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
17 Meghalaya 543 379 357 355 17 Meghalaya 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
18 Mizoram 127 149 65 185 18 Mizoram 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Nagaland 307 275 189 245 19 Nagaland 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
20 Orissa 10160 9763 11305 10378 20 Orissa 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0
21 Punjab 4131 4307 4430 4196 21 Punjab 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
22 Rajasthan 29986 29434 31151 30857 22 Rajasthan 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.9
23 Sikkim 436 391 272 246 23 Sikkim 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
24 Tamil Nadu 62006 64342 71099 70251 24 Tamil Nadu 13.3 13.0 13.9 13.4
25 Tripura 1067 1368 1329 1494 25 Tripura 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
26 Uttarakhand 1841 1910 1979 1765 26 Uttarakhand 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
27 Uttar Pradesh 12883 13650 14464 18056 27 Uttar Pradesh 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.5
28 West Bengal 15111 12257 13014 13246 28 West Bengal 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.5
UTs UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 329 222 313 256 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
2 Chandigarh 553 525 530 437 2 Chandigarh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 115 114 94 120 3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Daman & Diu 72 53 63 58 4 Daman & Diu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Delhi 8447 8280 7711 7343 5 Delhi 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4
6 Lakshadweep 5 7 2 7 6 Lakshadweep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Puducherry 1843 1693 1769 1855 7 Puducherry 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Total 465282 496481 513340 523193 Total 100 100 100 100
(P) : Provisional (P) : Provisional
 Annexure-I C

Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accident in Share of States/UTs in Total Number of Persons Killed in
States/UTs in 2005 to 2007 Road Accidents, 2005 to 2007
l. No. State 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) Sl. No. State 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
States States
1 Andhra Pradesh 10534 12761 13549 13812 1 Andhra Pradesh 11.1 12.1 11.8 11.5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 87 129 95 134 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Assam 1544 1841 1604 1807 3 Assam 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.5
4 Bihar 1588 2396 3482 3940 4 Bihar 1.7 2.3 3.0 3.3
5 Chhattisgarh 2258 2374 2607 2966 5 Chhattisgarh 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.5
6 Goa 242 303 322 318 6 Goa 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
7 Gujarat 5642 6161 6915 7070 7 Gujarat 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.9
8 Haryana 3379 4012 4415 4494 8 Haryana 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7
9 Himachal Pradesh 812 867 979 848 9 Himachal Pradesh 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7
10 Jammu & Kashmir 884 989 958 950 10 Jammu & Kashmir 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
11 Jharkhand 1919 1914 2081 1979 11 Jharkhand 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7
12 Karnataka 6904 7973 8777 8814 12 Karnataka 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.4
13 Kerala 3161 3627 3778 3901 13 Kerala 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3
14 Madhya Pradesh 5327 5318 6671 6670 14 Madhya Pradesh 5.6 5.0 5.8 5.6
15 Maharashtra 10259 11343 11212 12397 15 Maharashtra 10.8 10.7 9.8 10.3
16 Manipur 137 159 114 151 16 Manipur 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
17 Meghalaya 126 165 127 123 17 Meghalaya 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
18 Mizoram 59 64 50 63 18 Mizoram 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
19 Nagaland 52 68 89 70 19 Nagaland 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
20 Orissa 2549 2755 3000 3079 20 Orissa 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6
21 Punjab 2793 3052 3363 3206 21 Punjab 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7
22 Rajasthan 6793 7154 8145 8388 22 Rajasthan 7.2 6.8 7.1 7.0
23 Sikkim 77 70 52 79 23 Sikkim 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
24 Tamil Nadu 9758 11009 12036 12784 24 Tamil Nadu 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.7
25 Tripura 209 196 223 221 25 Tripura 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
26 Uttarakhand 868 975 992 1073 26 Uttarakhand 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
27 Uttar Pradesh 9955 10851 11398 13165 27 Uttar Pradesh 10.5 10.3 10.0 11.0
28 West Bengal 4727 4600 4745 4789 28 West Bengal 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.0
UTs UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 22 23 22 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Chandigarh 135 142 151 148 2 Chandigarh 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 55 45 66 65 3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
4 Daman & Diu 24 27 29 29 4 Daman & Diu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Delhi 1862 2169 2141 2093 5 Delhi 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7
6 Lakshadweep 0 1 0 0 6 Lakshadweep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Puducherry 226 217 255 212 7 Puducherry 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Total 94968 105749 114444 119860 Total 100 100 100 100
(P) : Provisional (P) : Provisional
 Annexure-II A
Total Number of Road Accidents and Number of Road Accidents per one lakh population & ten thousand
vehicles in States/UTs in 2005 to 2008
Sl. No.States/UTs Total Road Accidents Road Accidents per
Road Accidents per lakh ten thousand
population vehicles

2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006(P)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 37131 43559 44325 42657 46.3 54.2 54.5 51.8 57.5 60.3
2 Arunachal Pradesh 231 250 240 280 19.9 21.4 20.3 23.4 105.8 113.1
3 Assam 4258 4694 4403 4683 15.0 16.2 14.9 15.9 52.2 51.4
4 Bihar 3768 5594 7774 8991 4.2 6.2 8.4 9.6 27.9 39.1
5 Chhattisgarh 11164 11934 12296 12945 49.9 52.2 52.9 55.6 81.2 77.5
6 Goa 3577 3707 4020 4178 244.5 241.3 254.3 261.8 74.2 70.1
7 Gujarat 30515 31547 33623 33671 56.1 57.6 60.5 59.5 39.0 36.6
8 Haryana 9298 10314 11998 11596 40.4 44.8 51.3 48.0 32.6 33.4
9 Himachal Pradesh 2797 2727 2955 2756 43.6 42.4 45.5 41.8 93.0 81.8
10 Jammu & Kashmir 5664 5593 5864 5326 52.3 48.2 49.0 47.3 118.5 106.8
11 Jharkhand 5013 4980 5285 4985 17.3 17.1 17.9 16.5 36.9 33.1
12 Karnataka 40330 43411 46363 46279 72.2 77.3 81.7 80.4 74.2 69.8
13 Kerala 42295 41728 39917 37263 127.8 124.3 117.7 110.2 135.5 117.3
14 Madhya Pradesh 35123 38041 41981 43852 53.5 56.9 61.7 63.8 83.9 82.5
15 Maharashtra 72408 75413 73661 75527 69.8 72.4 69.8 70.0 72.9 68.8
16 Manipur 600 521 538 573 26.2 20.3 20.7 24.2 52.4 42.0
17 Meghalaya 428 435 300 294 17.5 17.6 12.0 11.6 46.5 41.8
18 Mizoram 96 95 77 110 10.2 9.9 8.0 11.3 20.6 18.3
19 Nagaland 226 194 239 76 10.8 9.1 11.1 3.5 13.1 10.6
20 Orissa 7593 7729 8213 8181 19.7 19.8 20.8 20.6 44.3 40.0
21 Punjab 4599 4927 5208 5115 17.8 19.0 19.8 19.1 11.9 12.2
22 Rajasthan 23115 23348 23885 23704 37.6 37.4 37.6 36.7 54.3 49.1
23 Sikkim 189 188 150 196 33.1 32.4 25.6 33.2 96.7 85.4
24 Tamil Nadu 53866 55145 59140 60409 83.1 84.5 89.8 91.4 58.2 54.8
25 Tripura 657 793 801 767 19.4 23.2 23.1 22.0 90.3 75.0
26 Uttarakhand 1332 1461 1529 1417 14.6 15.9 16.3 14.9 23.2 22.7
27 Uttar Pradesh 18325 19489 21522 25684 10.1 10.6 11.5 13.5 25.0 24.4
28 West Bengal 12597 11324 11660 12206 14.9 13.2 13.4 14.0 47.0 39.4
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Isla 205 154 173 191 50.0 39.1 42.9 42.5 55.1 37.7
2 Chandigarh 530 517 534 482 49.7 51.0 51.5 39.3 8.6 8.0
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 127 103 116 116 49.4 41.5 45.5 38.8 31.8 23.1
4 Daman & Diu 62 57 60 50 29.7 31.8 32.8 21.0 12.3 10.3
5 Delhi 9351 9299 8620 8435 59.5 57.9 52.0 49.7 22.3 20.7
6 Lakshadweep 5 10 2 12 7.0 15.2 3.0 16.2 10.1 16.0
7 Puducherry 1780 1639 1744 1697 166.4 157.4 164.8 140.9 51.3 42.7
Total 439255 460920 479216 484704 39.9 41.4 42.4 42.3 53.9 51.4
P: Provisional , * Exludes 9.5 lakh km. of roads under PMGS Yojana and JR Yojana.
 Annexure-II B
Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accident and Persons Injured per lakh of population & ten thousand vehicles in States/UTs in
2005 to 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs Total Number of Persons Injured No. of Persons Injured Per Lakh No. of Persons
of Population Injured Per Ten
Thousand Vehicles

2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006(P)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 46613 58520 59213 58741 58.2 72.8 72.8 71.3 72.2 81.1
2 Arunachal Pradesh 330 361 488 425 28.4 30.9 41.2 35.5 151.2 163.3
3 Assam 5540 5435 5697 5081 19.5 18.7 19.3 17.3 68.0 59.5
4 Bihar 2559 3578 5971 6359 2.9 3.9 6.5 6.8 18.9 25.0
5 Chhattisgarh 10378 11208 11735 12873 46.4 49.0 50.5 55.3 75.5 72.7
6 Goa 2714 2931 3128 3167 185.5 190.8 197.8 198.4 56.3 55.4
7 Gujarat 34901 33984 35768 35722 64.1 62.0 64.3 63.1 44.6 39.4
8 Haryana 8773 9118 10288 10570 38.1 39.6 43.9 43.7 30.7 29.5
9 Himachal Pradesh 4507 4879 5332 4714 70.3 75.9 82.2 71.5 149.8 146.3
10 Jammu & Kashmir 8315 8219 7920 7597 76.7 70.8 66.1 67.5 174.0 157.0
11 Jharkhand 3520 3707 4369 4373 12.1 12.7 14.8 14.5 25.9 24.6
12 Karnataka 54061 60940 61438 63314 96.8 108.6 108.2 110.0 99.5 98.0
13 Kerala 51217 49799 48246 43857 154.8 148.3 142.3 129.7 164.0 139.9
14 Madhya Pradesh 39719 42639 45225 51054 60.5 63.8 66.5 74.3 94.8 92.5
15 Maharashtra 40838 51024 47342 52780 39.4 49.0 44.9 48.9 41.1 46.5
16 Manipur 1335 1020 1044 1216 58.3 39.8 40.2 51.4 116.6 82.2
17 Meghalaya 543 379 357 355 22.2 15.3 14.3 14.0 58.9 36.4
18 Mizoram 127 149 65 185 13.5 15.6 6.7 19.1 27.3 28.7
19 Nagaland 307 275 189 245 14.6 12.9 8.8 11.3 17.8 15.0
20 Orissa 10160 9763 11305 10378 26.3 25.0 28.6 26.2 59.2 50.5
21 Punjab 4131 4307 4430 4196 16.0 16.6 16.9 15.7 10.7 10.7
22 Rajasthan 29986 29434 31151 30857 48.7 47.1 49.0 47.8 70.4 61.9
23 Sikkim 436 391 272 246 76.4 67.4 46.3 41.6 223.1 177.6
24 Tamil Nadu 62006 64342 71099 70251 95.7 98.6 108.0 106.3 67.0 64.0
25 Tripura 1067 1368 1329 1494 31.6 40.0 38.3 42.8 146.7 129.3
26 Uttarakhand 1841 1910 1979 1765 20.2 20.7 21.1 18.6 32.1 29.7
27 Uttar Pradesh 12883 13650 14464 18056 7.1 7.4 7.7 9.5 17.5 17.1
28 West Bengal 15111 12257 13014 13246 17.9 14.3 15.0 15.2 56.4 42.7
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 329 222 313 256 80.2 56.3 77.7 57.0 88.4 54.4
2 Chandigarh 553 525 530 437 51.8 51.8 51.1 35.6 9.0 8.1
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 115 114 94 120 44.7 46.0 36.9 40.1 28.8 25.5
4 Daman & Diu 72 53 63 58 34.4 29.6 34.4 24.4 14.2 9.6
5 Delhi 8447 8280 7711 7343 53.7 51.5 46.6 43.3 20.2 18.5
6 Lakshadweep 5 7 2 7 7.0 10.6 3.0 9.5 10.1 11.2
7 Puducherry 1843 1693 1769 1855 172.2 162.6 167.2 154.1 53.1 44.1
Total 465282 496481 513340 523193 42.2 44.6 45.4 45.7 57.1 55.4

P: Provisional, * Excludes 9.5 lakh km. of roads under PMGS Yojana and JR Yojana.
 Annexure-II C
Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accident and Persons Killed per lakh of population & per ten thousand vehicles in
States/UTs in 2005 to 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs Number of Persons Killed Number of Persons Killed Per Lakh Number of Persons
Population Killed per ten thousand
Vehicles

2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006(P)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 10534 12761 13549 13812 13.1 15.9 16.7 16.8 16.3 17.7
2 Arunachal Pradesh 87 129 95 134 7.5 11.0 8.0 11.2 39.9 58.4
3 Assam 1544 1841 1604 1807 5.4 6.3 5.4 6.1 18.9 20.1
4 Bihar 1588 2396 3482 3940 1.8 2.6 3.8 4.2 11.7 16.7
5 Chhattisgarh 2258 2374 2607 2966 10.1 10.4 11.2 12.7 16.4 15.4
6 Goa 242 303 322 318 16.5 19.7 20.4 19.9 5.0 5.7
7 Gujarat 5642 6161 6915 7070 10.4 11.2 12.4 12.5 7.2 7.1
8 Haryana 3379 4012 4415 4494 14.7 17.4 18.9 18.6 11.8 13.0
9 Himachal Pradesh 812 867 979 848 12.7 13.5 15.1 12.9 27.0 26.0
10 Jammu & Kashmir 884 989 958 950 8.2 8.5 8.0 8.4 18.5 18.9
11 Jharkhand 1919 1914 2081 1979 6.6 6.6 7.0 6.6 14.1 12.7
12 Karnataka 6904 7973 8777 8814 12.4 14.2 15.5 15.3 12.7 12.8
13 Kerala 3161 3627 3778 3901 9.6 10.8 11.1 11.5 10.1 10.2
14 Madhya Pradesh 5327 5318 6671 6670 8.1 8.0 9.8 9.7 12.7 11.5
15 Maharashtra 10259 11343 11212 12397 9.9 10.9 10.6 11.5 10.3 10.3
16 Manipur 137 159 114 151 6.0 6.2 4.4 6.4 12.0 12.8
17 Meghalaya 126 165 127 123 5.1 6.7 5.1 4.9 13.7 15.8
18 Mizoram 59 64 50 63 6.3 6.7 5.2 6.5 12.7 12.3
19 Nagaland 52 68 89 70 2.5 3.2 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.7
20 Orissa 2549 2755 3000 3079 6.6 7.1 7.6 7.8 14.9 14.3
21 Punjab 2793 3052 3363 3206 10.8 11.7 12.8 12.0 7.2 7.6
22 Rajasthan 6793 7154 8145 8388 11.0 11.5 12.8 13.0 15.9 15.0
23 Sikkim 77 70 52 79 13.5 12.1 8.9 13.4 39.4 31.8
24 Tamil Nadu 9758 11009 12036 12784 15.1 16.9 18.3 19.3 10.5 10.9
25 Tripura 209 196 223 221 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.3 28.7 18.5
26 Uttarakhand 868 975 992 1073 9.5 10.6 10.6 11.3 15.1 15.2
27 Uttar Pradesh 9955 10851 11398 13165 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.9 13.6 13.6
28 West Bengal 4727 4600 4745 4789 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.5 17.6 16.0
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 22 23 22 5.6 5.6 5.7 4.9 6.2 5.4
2 Chandigarh 135 142 151 148 12.7 14.0 14.6 12.1 2.2 2.2
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 55 45 66 65 21.4 18.1 25.9 21.7 13.8 10.1
4 Daman & Diu 24 27 29 29 11.5 15.1 15.8 12.2 4.7 4.9
5 Delhi 1862 2169 2141 2093 11.8 13.5 12.9 12.3 4.4 4.8
6 Lakshadweep 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
7 Puducherry 226 217 255 212 21.1 20.8 24.1 17.6 6.5 5.6
Total 94968 105749 114444 119860 8.6 9.5 10.1 10.5 11.7 11.8

P: Provisional, * Excludes 9.5 lakh km. of roads under PMGS Yojana and JR Yojana
 Annexure-III A
Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways* and length of National Highways in 2005 to 2008

Sl. States/UTs Total Number of Road Accidents Length of National Highways as on 31st
No. as on 31st December March (in km)
2005 2006 2007 2008(P) 2005 2006 2007 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 9799 15188 13040 12327 4472 4472 4472 4472
2 Arunachal Pradesh 17 109 67 101 392 392 392 1992
3 Assam 2533 2758 2334 2683 2836 2836 2836 2836
4 Bihar 1688 2695 3159 3862 3537 3537 3642 3642
5 Chhattisgarh 4167 4608 3421 4001 2184 2184 2184 2184
6 Goa 1254 1225 1398 1593 269 269 269 269
7 Gujarat 7846 7030 7253 7025 2871 2871 3245 3245
8 Haryana 3217 3492 4042 3990 1468 1468 1512 1512
9 Himachal Pradesh 1178 1086 1947 1080 1208 1208 1208 1409
10 Jammu & Kashmir 2035 2013 2385 2365 823 823 1245 1245
11 Jharkhand 1739 1849 1718 1860 1805 1805 1805 1805
12 Karnataka 13106 13212 13310 12949 3843 3843 3843 3843
13 Kerala 11585 10619 11000 9997 1440 1440 1440 1457
14 Madhya Pradesh 6420 11216 10468 10359 5200 5200 4670 4670
15 Maharashtra 13643 14448 13563 13866 4176 4176 4176 4176
16 Manipur 391 310 307 292 959 959 959 959
17 Meghalaya 244 294 153 186 810 810 810 810
18 Mizoram 43 32 23 58 927 927 927 927
19 Nagaland 90 98 121 36 494 494 494 494
20 Orissa 3305 3589 3699 3635 3704 3704 3704 3704
21 Punjab 1884 1811 2240 1903 1557 1557 1557 1557
22 Rajasthan 7728 7960 8218 7811 5585 5585 5585 5585
23 Sikkim 41 51 38 47 62 62 62 62
24 Tamil Nadu 17695 17763 19910 19158 4183 4183 4462 4628
25 Tripura 307 383 445 270 400 400 400 400
26 Uttarakhand 623 647 788 818 1991 1991 5874 5874
27 Uttar Pradesh 9156 7892 8105 9795 5599 5599 1991 2042
28 West Bengal 6296 5082 4343 4621 2325 2325 2377 2578
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 15 0 0 37 300 300 300 300
2 Chandigarh 67 86 99 89 24 24 24 24
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 1057 1826 956 875 72 72 72 72
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 825 786 372 306 53 53 53 53
Total 129994 140158 138922 137995 65569 65569 66590 68826

* Includes Expressways
 Annexure- III B

Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents on National Highways* in

2005 to 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 3284 5034 4370 4172
2 Arunachal Pradesh 7 55 23 28
3 Assam 1041 1199 983 1245
4 Bihar 749 1198 1555 1868
5 Chhattisgarh 814 749 790 1002
6 Goa 112 113 143 134
7 Gujarat 1474 1661 1812 1857
8 Haryana 1309 1615 1765 1775
9 Himachal Pradesh 296 354 585 258
10 Jammu & Kashmir 306 377 404 487
11 Jharkhand 847 592 746 882
12 Karnataka 2467 2828 2921 2838
13 Kerala 1216 1309 1453 1403
14 Madhya Pradesh 1005 1697 1857 1909
15 Maharashtra 3193 3567 3148 3662
16 Manipur
M i 102 100 63 81
17 Meghalaya 73 110 77 73
18 Mizoram 19 22 12 35
19 Nagaland 18 40 49 31
20 Orissa 1051 1322 1389 1472
21 Punjab 1217 1140 1346 1149
22 Rajasthan 2734 3028 3059 3495
23 Sikkim 16 20 12 15
24 Tamil
T il Nadu
N d 3659 3982 4430 4417
25 Tripura 103 92 124 65
26 Uttarakhand 492 510 504 634
27 Uttar Pradesh 5040 4492 4580 5210
28 West Bengal 2365 1951 2026 2115
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 6
2 Chandigarh 28 29 45 36
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli … 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 274 518 286 278
6 Lakshadweep … 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 128 116 55 38
Total 35439 39820 40612 42670
(P): Provisional
*: Includes Expressways
 Annexure- III C

Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents on National Highways*

in 2005 to 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 13787 19494 17263 15600
2 Arunachal Pradesh 36 136 110 128
3 Assam 3285 3143 3351 2840
4 Bihar 951 1630 2306 2520
5 Chhattisgarh 3778 2620 3058 3850
6 Goa 879 1028 1179 1263
7 Gujarat 7173 7051 7445 7239
8 Haryana 3051 3171 3571 3701
9 Himachal Pradesh 1891 1925 2955 1697
10 Jammu & Kashmir 2915 3346 4390 3112
11 Jharkhand 1032 1083 898 609
12 Karnataka 17697 17334 16704 17682
13 Kerala 12954 12162 13369 12104
14 Madhya Pradesh 6327 12294 10706 11566
15 Maharashtra 11186 13613 11440 13061
16 Manipur 966 609 582 614
17 Meghalaya 403 182 258 256
18 Mizoram 31 40 18 125
19 Nagaland 99 130 99 153
20 Orissa 4294 4235 5082 4296
21 Punjab 1805 1372 1828 1156
22 Rajasthan 10258 9999 10240 10273
23 Sikkim 106 68 40 36
24 Tamil Nadu 23720 21173 24330 22059
25 Tripura 552 677 760 511
26 Uttarakhand 836 877 1045 896
27 Uttar Pradesh 6219 5552 5939 6820
28 West Bengal 7555 5287 4607 4400
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 33 27 0 55
2 Chandigarh 53 98 132 83
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli … 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 895 1566 800 697
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 815 885 375 291
Total 145582 152807 154880 149693
(P): Provisional
*: Includes Expressways
 Annexure- IV A

Total Number of Road Accidents on State Highways in 2005 to 2008

Sl. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

No.

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 10026 10953 9979 10634
2 Arunachal Pradesh 111 82 88 115
3 Assam 947 946 1010 849
4 Bihar 1076 1702 1971 1499
5 Chhattisgarh 3543 3356 3265 3814
6 Goa 400 421 536 610
7 Gujarat 10133 9071 9630 10167
8 Haryana 2917 3202 3752 3611
9 Himachal Pradesh 787 792 845 597
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1060 1286 745 971
11 Jharkhand 1580 1438 1766 968
12 Karnataka 8062 10004 15034 15723
13 Kerala 7669 5444 7215 6452
14 Madhya Pradesh 9454 12115 10645 9875
15 Maharashtra 11831 11957 13402 13307
16 Manipur 100 111 137 173
17 Meghalaya 105 109 79 79
18 Mizoram 9 26 36 31
19 Nagaland 77 54 58 19
20 Orissa 1466 2088 2198 1964
21 Punjab 1147 1434 1047 1497
22 Rajasthan 2380 2175 2870 2581
23 Sikkim 101 34 26 36
24 Tamil Nadu 17042 17013 17848 24912
25 Tripura 73 211 306 438
26 Uttarakhand 416 464 335 269
27 Uttar Pradesh 4975 5961 7396 8130
28 West Bengal 5040 3591 3170 3237
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0
2 Chandigarh 0 0 0 100
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 1300 1592 1133 919
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 0 0 386 395
Total 103827 107632 116908 123972
(P): Provisional
 Annexure- IV B

Total Number of Persons Killed on State Highways in 2005 to 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 3208 3399 3345 3742
2 Arunachal Pradesh 38 43 38 78
3 Assam 274 293 315 276
4 Bihar 385 709 814 962
5 Chhattisgarh 650 577 726 862
6 Goa 17 40 47 49
7 Gujarat 2026 2105 2575 2539
8 Haryana 1168 1375 1525 1550
9 Himachal Pradesh 201 213 338 157
10 Jammu & Kashmir 165 238 125 141
11 Jharkhand 563 473 679 376
12 Karnataka 1571 1963 2885 3000
13 Kerala 651 489 778 767
14 Madhya Pradesh 1719 1534 1789 1628
15 Maharashtra 2972 3389 3971 4056
16 Manipur 12 25 30 49
17 Meghalaya 32 33 34 34
18 Mizoram 5 13 25 20
19 Nagaland 11 19 19 18
20 Orissa 538 710 803 625
21 Punjab 659 780 747 846
22 Rajasthan 842 774 1077 1035
23 Sikkim 40 8 8 12
24 Tamil Nadu 2862 3418 3731 5165
25 Tripura 27 46 74 128
26 Uttarakhand 201 261 194 150
27 Uttar Pradesh 2821 3258 3456 4210
28 West Bengal 1890 1667 1162 1210
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0
2 Chandigarh 0 0 0 28
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 330 463 319 307
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 0 0 59 61
Total 25878 28315 31688 34081
(P): Provisional
 Annexure- IV C

Total Number of Persons Injured on State Highways in 2005 to 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 12799 14857 13760 15045
2 Arunachal Pradesh 161 130 228 163
3 Assam 1262 1173 1084 1018
4 Bihar 708 1097 1620 1498
5 Chhattisgarh 3015 2259 2969 3696
6 Goa 278 332 360 480
7 Gujarat 11411 10527 10881 11218
8 Haryana 2977 3097 3497 3577
9 Himachal Pradesh 1100 1289 1145 1145
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1101 1939 1148 1333
11 Jharkhand 1378 1210 1128 355
12 Karnataka 11652 15474 20673 21671
13 Kerala 8936 6678 8186 7395
14 Madhya Pradesh 10331 12123 11111 11731
15 Maharashtra 12154 13209 13880 14886
16 Manipur 224 203 322 378
17 Meghalaya 112 170 78 78
18 Mizoram 10 47 35 31
19 Nagaland 99 86 49 32
20 Orissa 2238 2931 3093 2631
21 Punjab 969 1486 1156 1707
22 Rajasthan 3359 2465 3860 3442
23 Sikkim 232 41 20 17
24 Tamil Nadu 21598 20324 22021 28192
25 Tripura 30 335 474 870
26 Uttarakhand 620 615 373 314
27 Uttar Pradesh 3600 3991 4506 5966
28 West Bengal 6045 3921 5196 3567
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0
2 Chandigarh 0 0 0 87
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 1150 1402 1002 730
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 0 0 404 455
Total 119549 123411 134259 143708
(P): Provisional
 Annexure-V
Total Number of Road Accidents in States/UTs Classified According to Cause of Accidents in 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs Fault of Driver Fault of Cyclist Fault of Pedestrian

Total No. of No. of Persons Total No. of No. of Persons Total No. of No. of Persons
Accidents Killed Injured Accidents Killed Injured Accidents Killed Injured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andhra Pradesh 31727 9608 42221 291 106 620 735 211 649
2 Arunachal Pradesh 78 42 127 0 0 0 5 2 3
3 Assam 4425 1688 4964 70 39 31 126 62 56
4 Bihar 4583 2058 3079 194 112 124 162 53 132
5 Chhattisgarh 8154 1774 8342 209 11 213 195 45 184
6 Goa 3019 259 2193 102 3 73 113 9 102
7 Gujarat 29437 6267 31569 940 138 836 2266 447 2072
8 Haryana 8966 3482 8279 159 85 199 142 85 170
9 Himachal Pradesh 2390 757 4171 12 6 18 38 9 48
10 Jammu & Kashmir 4279 813 6169 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 3544 1384 2940 10 2 7 25 16 18
12 Karnataka 41251 7516 56130 144 33 170 232 42 193
13 Kerala 36604 3778 43256 17 2 15 119 16 107
14 Madhya Pradesh 39673 6065 45578 339 40 399 612 80 769
15 Maharashtra 59837 10528 44064 368 82 379 351 79 299
16 Manipur 305 58 643 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 179 71 278 18 6 9 10 4 8
18 Mizoram 95 59 160 0 0 0 1 1 0
19 Nagaland 13 7 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Orissa 4755 1821 5873 60 28 61 122 81 110
21 Punjab 3818 2336 2939 38 26 29 9 3 5
22 Rajasthan 22732 8071 29615 55 52 111 69 19 74
23 Sikkim 56 30 74 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 53467 11071 62952 742 152 692 1126 271 1301
25 Tripura 556 158 1189 7 7 1 0 0 0
26 Uttarakhand 1165 824 1395 25 24 35 0 0 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 11860 5861 7086 1098 664 857 904 547 705
28 West Bengal 5555 2519 3528 322 172 197 410 156 441
UTs
1 A & N Islands 185 22 248 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 Chandigarh 477 145 435 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 116 65 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 46 25 57 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lakshadweep 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 1661 198 1832 5 2 3 9 6 3

Total 385018 89360 421537 5225 1792 5079 7782 2244 7450
 Annexure-V ( contd)
Total Number of Road Accidents in States/UTs Classified According to Cause of Accidents in 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs Defect in Condition of Motor Vehicle Defect in Road Condition Weather Condition All Other Causes *
Total No. of No. of Persons Total No. No. of Persons Total No. No. of Persons Total No. No. of Persons
Accidents Killed Injured of Killed Injured of Killed Injured of Killed Injured
1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1 Andhra Pradesh 715 181 1218 1108 412 1449 657 246 866 7424 3048 11718
2 Arunachal Pradesh 67 21 121 37 15 41 30 18 29 63 36 104
3 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 18 30
4 Bihar 521 202 409 382 196 338 151 72 120 2998 1247 2157
5 Chhattisgarh 706 146 657 206 51 171 264 82 207 3211 857 3099
6 Goa 84 1 52 20 1 19 10 0 11 830 45 717
7 Gujarat 118 22 155 75 12 138 32 6 34 803 178 918
8 Haryana 189 64 182 167 55 142 184 88 178 1789 635 1420
9 Himachal Pradesh 43 17 80 24 7 27 3 0 2 246 52 368
10 Jammu & Kashmir 11 3 4 48 8 105 1 0 1 987 126 1318
11 Jharkhand 377 106 316 80 50 76 22 10 16 927 411 1000
12 Karnataka 396 84 450 308 102 489 220 39 289 3728 998 5593
13 Kerala 317 70 254 25 11 19 0 0 0 181 24 206
14 Madhya Pradesh 625 105 853 308 43 506 243 32 279 2052 305 2670
15 Maharashtra 895 183 598 528 86 358 52 18 38 13496 1421 7044
16 Manipur 126 42 234 14 21 56 66 16 154 62 14 129
17 Meghalaya 12 1 8 1 0 1 11 14 0 63 27 51
18 Mizoram 11 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
19 Nagaland 24 22 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 41 150
20 Orissa 589 224 764 740 288 988 323 119 402 1592 518 2180
21 Punjab 64 39 70 87 56 61 71 48 52 1028 698 1040
22 Rajasthan 14 2 12 158 50 192 13 1 35 663 193 818
23 Sikkim 60 21 81 0 0 0 22 9 15 58 19 76
24 Tamil Nadu 486 116 782 498 143 458 120 28 155 3970 1003 3911
25 Tripura 34 10 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 170 46 238
26 Uttarakhand 43 53 74 35 61 40 18 10 22 131 101 199
27 Uttar Pradesh 1103 659 920 668 218 438 738 316 813 9313 4900 7237
28 West Bengal 832 355 487 578 220 511 778 214 715 3731 1153 7367
UTs
1 A & N Islands 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3
2 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1
5 Delhi # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8435 2093 7343
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
7 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 17

Total 8463 2752 8945 6095 2106 6623 4030 1386 4434 68091 20220 69125

* : Includes Fault of Driver of other vehicles, Fault of Passengers, Poor light condition, Falling of boulders,
Neglect of civic bodies, Stray animals, other causes and causes not known.
#: Data pertaining to Delhi is clubbed with All Other Causes due to non-submission of break-up.
 Annexure-VI

Accidents Caused due to Over-loading/Over-Crowding/Load Protruding, 2008

Sl. No. State Accidents caused due to Accidents Caused due to Total Accidents in the State/UT
Overloading/Overcrowding Load Protruding
No. of No. of Persons No. of No. of Persons No. of No. of Persons
Accidents Accidents Accidents
Total Killed Injured Total Killed Injured Total Killed Injured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andhra Pradesh 11815 3306 16960 4784 1592 6768 42657 13812 58741
2 Arunachal Pradesh 53 17 62 0 0 0 280 134 425
3 Assam 1157 422 1421 83 27 112 4683 1807 5081
4 Bihar 3194 1522 1641 8 166 579 8991 3940 6359
5 Chhattisgarh 1843 469 1895 1074 216 1131 12945 2966 12873
6 Goa 158 33 77 118 13 63 4178 318 3167
7 Gujarat 2700 627 3231 1418 255 1538 33671 7070 35722
8 Haryana 3600 1580 3799 364 124 416 11596 4494 10570
9 Himachal Pradesh 1974 582 3492 144 47 203 2756 848 4714
10 Jammu & Kashmir 2192 324 2140 488 96 823 5326 950 7597
11 Jharkhand 1015 409 700 78 24 70 4985 1979 4373
12 Karnataka 10395 2194 15047 4149 770 5349 46279 8814 63314
13 Kerala 962 93 1018 191 21 215 37263 3901 43857
14 Madhya Pradesh 14298 2231 15546 2955 414 3574 43852 6670 51054
15 Maharashtra 9368 2618 8676 2901 784 3029 75527 12397 52780
16 Manipur 253 77 510 114 12 229 573 151 1216
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 12 16 9 294 123 355
18 Mizoram 45 36 77 5 6 0 110 63 185
19 Nagaland 9 3 36 0 0 0 76 70 245
20 Orissa 2625 964 3383 752 304 1116 8181 3079 10378
21 Punjab 1692 1039 1293 814 581 706 5115 3206 4196
22 Rajasthan 2739 1049 3917 313 135 491 23704 8388 30857
23 Sikkim 50 28 34 59 26 107 196 79 246
24 Tamil Nadu 18825 3266 22303 1325 192 1704 60409 12784 70251
25 Tripura 587 176 1131 180 45 363 767 221 1494
26 Uttarakhand 362 268 529 488 325 456 1417 1073 1765
27 Uttar Pradesh 6415 3101 4024 2941 1613 2218 25684 13165 18056
28 West Bengal 2888 978 3772 734 200 546 12206 4789 13246
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 89 14 113 8 0 9 191 22 256
2 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 482 148 437
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli# 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 65 120
4 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 29 58
5 Delhi# 0 0 0 0 0 0 8435 2093 7343
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 7
7 Puducherry 13 2 13 0 0 0 1697 212 1855
Total 101316 27428 116840 26500 8004 31824 484704 119860 523193
# : Break-up not available.
 Annexure-VII

Road Accidents classified according to types of vehicles and objects primarily responsible, 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs Two-Wheelers Auto-Rickshaws Cars, Jeeps, Taxis
Total Fatal Killed Injured Total Fatal Killed Injured Total Fatal Killed Injured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 7896 1922 2157 8072 7739 1580 1958 11095 6194 1394 1655 6735
2 Arunachal Pradesh 51 14 15 48 17 3 5 20 99 33 48 123
3 Assam 619 223 232 488 218 33 43 299 985 304 330 1023
4 Bihar 1009 383 399 664 262 82 91 208 1936 680 823 1625
5 Chhattisgarh 3346 494 550 3393 295 36 36 378 2514 360 442 2684
6 Goa 1816 157 162 1417 74 2 2 74 782 29 33 554
7 Gujarat 6854 1042 1128 6562 3613 479 566 4634 5807 995 1212 6531
8 Haryana 1225 286 335 1570 457 127 177 356 2882 877 1010 2549
9 Himachal Pradesh 603 83 95 839 52 3 2 87 951 202 300 1696
10 Jammu & Kashmir 919 119 119 1005 170 12 14 254 992 117 139 1276
11 Jharkhand 1024 292 334 915 137 46 51 144 1031 314 364 977
12 Karnataka 11118 1803 1824 12344 4132 453 506 5622 8606 1115 1254 10595
13 Kerala 12327 903 929 12082 5163 236 253 6244 8902 925 1002 10971
14 Madhya Pradesh 12893 1027 1095 13986 1786 100 101 2226 9421 1106 1333 11073
15 Maharashtra 15602 2307 2231 9455 6201 575 670 4389 19662 1822 2357 10552
16 Manipur 145 22 22 203 25 3 3 55 113 19 26 194
17 Meghalaya 33 10 11 31 5 2 2 16 85 16 18 85
18 Mizoram 16 5 5 18 5 2 2 6 26 9 16 92
19 Nagaland 6 5 4 6 8 7 3 16 12 10 3 5
20 Orissa 1617 491 502 1669 320 84 88 461 1424 390 487 1934
21 Punjab 706 355 379 561 95 49 49 95 1173 571 629 1036
22 Rajasthan 5150 1187 1296 5563 704 147 178 991 6507 1741 2052 7838
23 Sikkim 15 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 95 16 26 124
24 Tamil Nadu 12276 1974 2092 13933 3299 456 491 4480 9132 1569 1738 11277
25 Tripura 79 24 24 62 111 22 25 135 194 37 52 552
26 Uttarakhand 187 71 86 166 21 10 14 20 408 189 295 619
27 Uttar Pradesh 4347 1926 2231 2892 470 166 275 543 5361 2288 2666 3940
28 West Bengal 1497 643 699 1078 551 170 113 591 2129 648 628 2414
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 61 6 6 69 26 1 1 26 51 4 4 44
2 Chandigarh 94 21 22 80 27 6 6 26 233 48 50 237
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 40 24 25 25 5 3 3 3 11 3 3 33
4 Daman & Diu 11 6 6 8 3 2 2 16 10 3 3 13
5 Delhi 1157 144 147 1161 250 29 29 267 2261 223 238 2342
6 Lakshadweep 8 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 741 64 66 927 122 4 4 159 245 28 28 225
Total 105488 18034 19230 101307 36365 4930 5763 43937 100235 18085 21264 101968
 Annexure-VII (contd.)

Road Accidents classified according to types of vehicles and objects* primarily responsible, 2008
Buses Trucks, Tempos/MAVs & Tractors Other Motor Vehicles Other Vehicles/Objects
Total Fatal Killed Injured Total Fatal Killed Injured Total Fatal Killed Injured Total a Fatal Killed Injured
1 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 3052 1064 1130 4873 10569 3958 4396 13038 4116 1420 1560 10729 3091 895 956 4199
2 Arunachal Pradesh 18 6 15 69 40 16 26 75 55 18 25 90 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 968 357 387 1481 1193 434 476 968 442 162 220 705 258 128 119 117
4 Bihar 988 354 419 931 3120 1293 1489 1917 1398 589 624 874 278 133 95 140
5 Chhattisgarh 864 185 213 1241 3525 925 1031 3030 1804 485 569 1595 597 115 125 552
6 Goa 278 13 24 293 567 20 22 385 70 2 2 72 591 71 73 372
7 Gujarat 1777 356 475 2406 9233 1943 2251 9279 2153 558 635 2157 4234 759 803 4153
8 Haryana 698 296 328 696 3218 1248 1415 2770 1397 583 589 1544 1719 654 640 1085
9 Himachal Pradesh 311 54 130 846 537 139 197 829 299 84 121 414 3 3 3 3
10 Jammu & Kashmir 612 94 212 1533 1257 184 242 1601 1375 167 223 1928 1 1 1 0
11 Jharkhand 561 238 249 445 1652 739 766 1207 478 158 168 630 102 42 47 55
12 Karnataka 5056 960 1136 9387 12729 2526 2939 19329 3262 725 866 4332 1376 266 289 1705
13 Kerala 4996 706 786 7813 4075 563 617 4821 1635 278 293 1774 165 21 21 152
14 Madhya Pradesh 3663 539 681 6156 11069 2256 2556 12963 3303 623 691 3066 1717 210 213 1584
15 Maharashtra 3898 446 550 3736 15649 3102 3044 12271 8713 929 1528 5897 5802 1608 2017 6480
16 Manipur 77 20 24 319 154 33 59 321 59 12 17 124 0 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 33 8 11 144 82 46 53 47 32 5 11 19 24 16 17 13
18 Mizoram 36 22 25 40 6 6 6 9 21 9 9 20 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 19 13 38 151 13 8 8 35 11 8 14 24 7 6 0 8
20 Orissa 861 277 318 1952 3051 1274 1329 3267 633 199 220 782 275 123 135 313
21 Punjab 601 325 387 645 1552 901 1042 1219 601 424 478 244 387 215 242 396
22 Rajasthan 2154 670 834 6096 6882 2557 2995 7587 2288 935 1028 2756 19 4 5 26
23 Sikkim 1 1 0 25 36 9 5 10 49 5 46 77 0 0 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 7002 1545 1740 9427 9716 2189 2523 11278 4907 1315 1411 5457 14077 2765 2789 14399
25 Tripura 74 20 23 175 141 41 45 320 165 46 52 248 3 0 0 2
26 Uttarakhand 186 99 249 368 448 262 322 426 145 79 98 126 22 7 9 40
27 Uttar Pradesh 2150 920 1012 1714 7170 3478 3693 4598 2878 1325 1398 1823 3308 1549 1890 2546
28 West Bengal 1841 553 768 3082 3695 1497 1612 3563 1537 667 623 1911 956 493 346 607
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 20 1 1 76 27 7 7 28 6 3 3 13 0 0 0 0
2 Chandigarh 45 20 20 37 58 33 34 43 24 16 16 13 1 0 0 1
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 7 4 4 9 44 22 24 40 9 6 6 10 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 1 0 0 2 19 14 14 12 6 4 4 7 0 0 0 0
5 Delhi 865 249 255 738 1579 504 547 1229 178 41 44 154 2145 825 833 1452
6 Lakshadweep 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Puducherry 179 50 51 158 407 61 63 386 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Total 43893 10465 12495 67065 113513 32288 35848 118901 44049 11880 13592 49615 41161 10909 11668 40400

Note: Cars includes jeeps & taxis, Two-Wheelers includes Motor cycle, Scooter & Moped.
Other Vehicles/Objects incluses Cycle, Cycle rickshaws, Hand drawn vehicle, Pedestrian, Animal, Tree, Level crossing & Other fixed objects
 Annexure - VIII

Accidents caused due to Intake of Alcohol/Drugs and Exceeding Lawful Speed by drivers in States/Uts 2008

Sl. State Accidents caused due to intake of Accident caused due to Exceeded Lawful
No. alcohol/drugs Speed
No. of No. of Persons No. of No. of Persons
Accidents Accidents
Total Killed Injured Total Killed Injured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Andhra Pradesh 1591 619 2283 23445 7471 30831
2 Arunachal Pradesh 25 15 30 49 32 160
3 Assam 530 414 438 2849 843 3429
4 Bihar 1944 839 1400 2380 1008 1928
5 Chhattisgarh 855 222 910 6149 1347 6186
6 Goa 42 0 28 2977 271 2216
7 Gujarat 540 64 468 19922 4373 21656
8 Haryana 427 181 399 6541 2580 6444
9 Himachal Pradesh 34 9 81 1373 388 2207
10 Jammu & Kashmir 378 48 492 3228 603 4441
11 Jharkhand 725 296 683 1348 633 1130
12 Karnataka 513 156 648 28646 5678 40190
13 Kerala 67 11 68 20663 2317 24129
14 Madhya Pradesh 1899 277 2025 24049 4034 29830
15 Maharashtra 2169 896 3172 46821 8704 38680
16 Manipur 105 6 199 108 22 181
17 Meghalaya 9 3 13 144 69 205
18 Mizoram 18 7 43 56 35 77
19 Nagaland 9 5 5 27 25 96
20 Orissa 819 333 814 3225 1330 4369
21 Punjab 130 101 98 2242 1478 2077
22 Rajasthan 1132 353 1325 12350 4736 16911
23 Sikkim 52 19 78 90 28 126
24 Tamil Nadu 363 88 308 25909 5703 30949
25 Tripura 23 6 69 570 175 1111
26 Uttarakhand 9 22 25 883 575 895
27 Uttar Pradesh 4155 2021 2753 5363 2803 4156
28 West Bengal 1555 668 2223 3803 1670 4280
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 2 31 97 15 135
2 Chandigarh 4 0 0 65 20 52
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 116 65 120
4 Daman & Diu 1 1 0 6 5 8
5 Delhi# 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 8 0 5
7 Puducherry 4 - 1 1687 210 1847
Total 20150 7682 21110 247189 59246 281057
This Table is to be used in conjunction with Table V
 ANNEXURE -IX
Percentage share in Total Registered Motor Vehicles in India as on 31st
March
1 2 3 4
States/UT 2004 2005 2006
Andhra Pradesh 7.9 7.9 8.1
Arunachal Pradesh 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assam 1.0 1.0 1.0
Bihar 1.0 1.7 1.6
Chhattisgarh 1.7 1.7 1.7
Goa 0.6 0.6 0.6
Gujarat 9.7 9.6 9.6
Haryana 3.5 3.5 3.4
Himachal Pradesh 0.4 0.4 0.4
Jammu & Kashmir 0.6 0.6 0.6
Jharkhand 1.7 1.7 1.7
Karnataka 5.5 6.7 6.9
Kerala 3.8 3.8 4.0
Madhya Pradesh 5.2 5.1 5.1
Maharashtra 12.3 12.2 12.2
Manipur 0.1 0.1 0.1
Meghalaya 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mizoram 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nagaland 0.2 0.2 0.2
Orissa 2.1 2.1 2.2
Punjab 4.9 4.8 4.5
Rajasthan 5.3 5.2 5.3
Sikkim 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tamil Nadu 11.8 11.4 11.2
Tripura 0.1 0.1 0.1
Uttarakhand 0.7 0.7 0.7
Uttar Pradesh 8.9 9.0 8.9
West Bengal 3.5 3.3 3.2
TOTAL STATES 92.8 93.5 93.7
A & N Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chandigarh 0.8 0.8 0.7
D & N Haveli 0.0 0.0 0.0
Daman & Diu 0.1 0.1 0.1
Delhi 5.8 5.1 5.0
Lakshadweep 0.0 0.0 0.0
Puducherry 0.4 0.4 0.4
TOTAL Uts 7.2 6.5 6.3
Total 100 100 100
 Annexure-X
Total Number of Fatal Road Accidents in States/UTs in 2005 to 2008

Sl. No. States/UTs 2005 2006 2007 2008(P)

1 2 3 4 5 6
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 9126 11378 11885 12233
2 Arunachal Pradesh 63 87 81 90
3 Assam 1420 1627 1483 1641
4 Bihar 1462 2315 3074 3514
5 Chhattisgarh 2049 2288 2496 2600
6 Goa 220 290 300 294
7 Gujarat 4922 5435 5958 6132
8 Haryana 3010 3483 3980 4071
9 Himachal Pradesh 549 577 659 568
10 Jammu & Kashmir 660 646 717 694
11 Jharkhand 1784 1784 2078 1829
12 Karnataka 6093 7092 7875 7848
13 Kerala 2956 3390 3465 3632
14 Madhya Pradesh 4620 4846 5457 5861
15 Maharashtra 8867 9796 9802 10789
16 Manipur 115 127 103 109
17 Meghalaya 106 125 107 103
18 Mizoram 52 53 44 53
19 Nagaland 48 60 74 57
20 Orissa 2279 2456 2726 2838
21 Punjab 2447 2724 2664 2840
22 Rajasthan 5815 6252 7036 7241
23 Sikkim 53 40 31 32
24 Tamil Nadu 8843 10055 11034 11813
25 Tripura 188 187 195 190
26 Uttarakhand 622 758 773 717
27 Uttar Pradesh 8832 9592 10256 11652
28 West Bengal 4073 3896 4232 4671
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 17 18 21 22
2 Chandigarh 133 134 142 144
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 51 43 61 62
4 Daman & Diu 21 24 29 29
5 Delhi 1771 2129 2081 2015
6 Lakshadweep 0 1 0 0
7 Puducherry 224 209 242 207
Total 83491 93917 101161 106591
(P) : Provisional
 Annexure- XI
Total Number of Accidents , Number of Persons Killed and Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents
in Urban & Rural Areas, 2008
Sl. No. States/UTs Urban Rural Total
Total Killed Injured Total Killed Injured Total Killed Injured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 15320 4659 18890 27337 9153 39851 42657 13812 58741
2 Arunachal Pradesh 212 104 337 68 30 88 280 134 425
3 Assam 2776 1023 2723 1907 784 2358 4683 1807 5081
4 Bihar 3661 1488 2604 5330 2452 3755 8991 3940 6359
5 Chhattisgarh 5849 1047 5417 7096 1919 7456 12945 2966 12873
6 Goa 1935 150 1372 2243 168 1795 4178 318 3167
7 Gujarat 14500 2139 14741 19171 4931 20981 33671 7070 35722
8 Haryana 4043 1450 2966 7553 3044 7604 11596 4494 10570
9 Himachal Pradesh 1077 231 1641 1679 617 3073 2756 848 4714
10 Jammu & Kashmir 2874 423 3577 2452 527 4020 5326 950 7597
11 Jharkhand 2044 853 1841 2941 1126 2532 4985 1979 4373
12 Karnataka 21713 3210 24061 24566 5604 39253 46279 8814 63314
13 Kerala 14561 1618 17181 22702 2283 26676 37263 3901 43857
14 Madhya Pradesh 22927 2803 24088 20925 3867 26966 43852 6670 51054
15 Maharashtra 46895 4512 20556 28632 7885 32224 75527 12397 52780
16 Manipur 409 117 863 164 34 353 573 151 1216
17 Meghalaya 117 32 137 177 91 218 294 123 355
18 Mizoram 67 45 146 43 18 39 110 63 185
19 Nagaland 54 43 125 22 27 120 76 70 245
20 Orissa 3820 1343 4810 4361 1736 5568 8181 3079 10378
21 Punjab 1942 1119 1561 3173 2087 2635 5115 3206 4196
22 Rajasthan 8582 2405 9856 15122 5983 21001 23704 8388 30857
23 Sikkim 68 18 46 128 61 200 196 79 246
24 Tamil Nadu 24302 6318 32197 36107 6466 38054 60409 12784 70251
25 Tripura 218 52 296 549 169 1198 767 221 1494
26 Uttarakhand 704 435 679 713 638 1086 1417 1073 1765
27 Uttar Pradesh 11611 6006 8349 14073 7159 9707 25684 13165 18056
28 West Bengal 5813 2756 6258 6393 2033 6988 12206 4789 13246
UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 120 12 176 71 10 80 191 22 256
2 Chandigarh 416 133 369 66 15 68 482 148 437
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 30 8 34 86 57 86 116 65 120
4 Daman & Diu 13 6 20 37 23 38 50 29 58
5 Delhi 8435 2093 7343 0 0 0 8435 2093 7343
6 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 12 0 7 12 0 7
7 Puducherry 901 67 944 796 145 911 1697 212 1855
Total 228009 48718 216204 256695 71142 306989 484704 119860 523193