road accidents in india - 2015

123 Pages·2016·7.9 MB·English

by  Asstt. Director

ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA - 2015

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
TRANSPORT RESEARCH WING
NEW DELHI
www.morth.nic.in
TEN GOLDEN RULES FOR ROAD SAFETY

1. STOP OR SLOW DOWN : Allow pedestrians to cross first at uncontrolled
zebra crossings.
2. BUCKLE UP :So that your family and you are safe in the car. Seat Belts
reduce the chances of death of a car occupant in accidents.
3. OBEY TRAFFIC RULES AND SIGNS :To prevent road accidents.
4. OBEY SPEED LIMITS :For your own safety and that of others. In residential
areas and market places, ideal speed should be 20 kmph and the maximum
speed limit is 30 kmph.
5. KEEP VEHICLE FIT : To prevent breakdown and accidents on road.
6. NEVER USE MOBILE WHILE DRIVING :To avoid distractions that
largely lead to accidents.
7. WEAR HELMET : To protect your head while riding a two wheeler. A good
quality helmet reduces the chances of severe head injury.
8. NEVER DRIVE DANGEROUSLY :To ensure your own safety and that of
other road users.
9. BE COURTEOUS : Share the road with all and be considerate. Never rage on
the road.
10. NEVER MIX DRINKING AND DRIVING : Be Responsible... Don’t drink
whiledriving.
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA
2015

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
TRANSPORT RESEARCH WING

I.D.A. BUILDING, JAMNAGAR HOUSE,
NEW DELHI-110 001
Tel:[phone]
Website:www.morth.nic.in

List of Contents

S.No. Title Page No.
1. Executive Summary 1-5
2. Section - I Accidents on Indian Roads – 2015 6-8
3. Section - II Normalized Indicators of Road Accidents, Injuries &
9-12
Fatalities: All India Averages
4. Section - IIIInter State comparison of Top Thirteen States 13-16
5. Section – IV Type of Road Accidents 17-18
6. Section–V Road Accidents, Deaths, Injuries and Severity in Million Plus
19-21
Cities
7. Section – VI Accidents, Deaths and Injuries in terms of classification of
22-23
Roads
8.
Section – VII Month-Wise Classification of Accidents 24
9. Section -VIII Time of Occurrence of Road Accidents 25
10. Section – IX Spatial Distribution of Road Accidents(Urban vis-a-vis
26
Rural)
11. Section - XBased on Accidents classified in terms of Involvement by
27-29
Vehicle type
12. Section - XI Nature and Causes of Road Accidents 30-32
13. Section –XII Classification based on Age of Vehicles 33
14. Section – XIII Classification based on Age of Persons Killed (Gender
34
wise) in Road Accidents
15. Section – XIV Age profile of Road Accident victims (Passengers and
35
drivers)
16. Section – XV Accidents based on classification of Junction Type 36
17. Section – XVI Accidents at Traffic/ Police Controlled Areas 37
18. Section – XVII Classification based on Persons Driving the Vehicle and
38-39
Type of Licence
19. Section - XVIII International Comparison 40-41
20.
Section- XIX Road Safety Initiatives by the Government of India. 42-49

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List of Charts

Chart No. Name of Charts Page No.
1.1 Compound Annual Growth Rate 1994-2004 and 2005-2015 7
1.2 Total number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed & Persons Injured 8
during 2005-2015
2.1 Total number of Road Accidents, per lakh population(1970-2015) 9
2.2 Number of Road Accidents per Ten Thousand Vehicles (1970-2013) 10
2.3 Number of Road Accidents per Ten Thousand Kilometres of Road 10
Length (1970-2013)
2.4 Number of Persons Killed per lakh population(1970-2015) 11
2.5 Number of Persons Killed per Ten Thousand Vehicles (1970 – 2013) 11
2.6 Number of Persons Killed per Ten Thousand Kilometres of Road 12
Length (1970-2013)
3.1 Percentage Share in Total Number of Road Accidents, 2015 14
3.2 Percentage Share in Total Number of Persons Killed in Road 15
Accidents, 2015
3.3 Percentage Share in Total Number of Persons Injured in Road 16
Accidents, 2015
4.1 Severity of Road Accidents across States/UTs during 2015 18
5.1 Accident Severity in Million Plus Cities 2015 21
6.1 Percentage Share of Accidents, Persons Killed & Injured as per Road 23
Classification (2015)
7.1 Month - Wise Total Number of Accidents (2015) 24
7.2 Month - Wise Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents 24
(2015)
7.3 Month - Wise Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents 24
(2015)
8.1 Distribution of Total No. of Road Accidents as per time of 25
Occurrence: 2015
9.1 Total Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured in Urban & Rural Areas 26
(2015)
10.1 Per cent Share in Total Road Accidents by Type of Motor Vehicle 28
Involved : 2015
10.2 Percentage share in total road accidents, persons killed and injured 28
due to Non-Motorised vehicles : 2015
10.3 Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents in terms of Road 29
User Categories: 2015
11.1 Causes of Road Accidents: 2015 31
12.1 Accidents classified according to the Age of Vehicles (2015) 33
13.1 Age of Persons (Gender-wise) killed in road accidents (2015) 34
14.1 Age Profile of Road Accidents Victims (Passengers as well as 35
Drivers)
15.1 Accidents Classified according to Type of Junctions (2015) 36
16.1 Accidents at Various Traffic Controlled Areas (2015) 37
17.1 Accidents classified based on Persons Driving the Vehicles 38
17.2 Accidents classified based on Type of Licence 39
18.1 Country-wise Number of Persons Killed per 100,000 Population 40

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List of Tables

S.No. Tables Page No.
1 Table 1.1 : Road Accident Parameters: 2014 and 2015 6
2 Table 1.2: Number of Road Accidents and Number of Persons affected: 7
2005-2015
3 Table 3.1: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Road Accidents (in 13
%) during the calendar year 2015
4 Table 3.2: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Persons Killed in 14
Road Accidents (in %) in 2015
5 Table 3.3: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Persons Injured in 15
Road Accidents (in %) in 2015
6 Table 5.1 : Percentage Share of 50 Million Plus Cities in Road 19
Accidents, 2015
7 Table 5.2 : Road Accident Profile of Million Plus Cities (2015) 20
8 Table 6.1 : Percentage Share of National Highways, State Highways 22
and Other Roads in Total Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured:
2005 to 2015
9 Table 6.2 : Number of Accidents, Persons Killed & Injured as per Road 23
Classification (2015)
10 Table 7.1: Month-Wise classification of Accidents 24
11 Table 8.1 : Road Accidents as per the Time of Occurrence(2015) 25
12 Table 9.1 : Total Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured in Rural & 26
Urban Areas during 2015
13 Table 10.1: Total number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured based 27
on the involvement by vehicle type
14 Table 11.1: Accidents classified according to Causes: 2015 30
15 Table 12.1 Total number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured based 33
on Age of Vehicles (2015)
16 Table 13.1: Age of Persons Killed (Gender wise) during 2015 34
17 Table 14.1: Age Profile of Road Accidents Victims (Passengers as well 35
as Drivers)
18 Table 15.1 Total number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured based 36
on Junction Type (2015)
19 Table 16.1 : Total Number of Road Accidents at various Traffic 37
Controlled Areas
20 Table 17.1 : Total Number of Road Accidents Classified based on 38
Persons Driving the Vehicle
21 Table 17.2 : Total Number of Road Accidents Classified based on Type 39
of Licence
22 Table 18.1: Cross Country Comparison of Incidence of Road related 41
Deaths and Injury Accidents in 2013
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Annexures

Annexure Name of Annexures Page Nos.
Number
I. Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured: 1970-2015 50
II. Month-wise Total Number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured 51-53
during 2015
III. Total Number of Road Accidents in India: 2012 to 2015 54
IV. Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents in India: 2012 to 55
2015
V. Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents in India: 2012 to 56
2015
VI. 57
Type of Road Accidents in States/ UTs in 2015
VII. 58
Severity of Road Accidents in India (State/UT-wise): 2012 to 2015
VIII. Total Number of Fatal Road Accidents in States/UTs: 2012 to 2015 59
IX. Total Number of Persons Injured (Grievous and Minor) during the 60
calendar year 2015
X. Total number of Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured in Road 61
Accidents in Urban and Rural areas 2015
XI. Fatal accidents in Rural and Urban area 62
XII. Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways: 2012 to 2015 63
XIII. Total Number of Persons killed in Road Accidents on National 64
Highways: 2012 to 2015
XIV. Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents on National 65
Highways: 2012 to 2015
XV. Total Number of Road Accidents on State Highways: 2012 to 2015 66
XVI. Total Number of persons killed in Road Accidents on State Highways: 67
2012 to 2015
XVII. Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents on State 68
Highways: 2012 to 2015
XVIII. Total Number of Road Accidents, Persons killed and Injured on Other 69
Roads during the calendar year 2015
XIX. Accidents classified according to Type of Location during the calendar 70-72
year 2015
XX. Road Accidents as per the Time of Occurrence 73
XXI. Percentage Share in Total Registered Motor Vehicles in India as on 74
st
31 March, 2013
XXII. Accidents classified according to Weather Condition during the 75-76
calendar year 2015
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XXIII. Total number of Road Accidents in India classified according to Type 77
of Vehicles and Objects primarily responsible 2015
XXIV. Total number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured by Non- 78
Motorized Vehicle
XXV. Accidents classified according to Age of Vehicles 79
XXVI. Accidents classified according to Nature of Accidents 80-81
XXVII. Total number of Road Accidents in India Classified according to Cause 82-84
of Accidents
XXVIII. Persons killed in Road Accidents (Gender-wise) according to 85-86
classification of age (Drivers as well as Passengers)
XXIX. Accident Victims (Drivers and Passengers)killed according to 87
classification of age
XXX. Accidents classified according to Educational Qualifications of Drivers 88
XXXI. Accidents, Persons killed and Injured according to type of Manoeuvre 89-91
XXXII. Accidents classified according to Responsibility of Driver 92-95
XXXIII. Accidents classified according to Vehicular Defect 96
XXXIV. Number of Accidents, Persons killed and Injured by Commercial 97
Vehicle or Non-Commercial Vehicles
XXXV. Accidents caused due to Over-loading/ Over-Crowding/ Load 98
Protruding
XXXVI. Male and Female Persons killed in Road Accidents in terms of road 99-100
User Categories
XXXVII. Total Number of Persons killed in Road Accidents in terms of road 101
User Categories
XXXVIII. Accidents classified according to Road Condition 102-106
XXXIX. Accidents classified according to Road Features 107
XL. Accidents classified according to Type of Junctions 108-109
XLI. Accidents classified according to Type of Traffic Control 110
XLII. Owner of type of Vehicles and Type of Licence 111
XLIII. Total Number of Road Accidents, Killed & Injured in Million Plus 112
Cities

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