Road accidents in India 2016

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ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA – 2016

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
TRANSPORT RESEARCH WING
NEW DELHI
www.morth.nic.in
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA – 2016

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

I.D.A BUILDING JAMNAGAR HOUSE,
NEW DELHI-110001
Website: www.morth.nic.in

List of Contents

S. No. Section Page No.
1. Executive Summary 1-3
Section I: Road Transport & Accidents on Indian Roads
2. 4-6
Section II: Profile and Trends of Road Accidents
3. 7-14
4. Section III: Accidents by Road Category & Road Feature 15-18
5. Section IV: Road Accidents by Vehicle Type 19-21
6. Section V: Road Accidents by Road Users Category 22-25
7. Section VI: Causes of Road Accidents 26-29
8. Section VII: Inter State Comparison 30-33
9. Section VIII: Million Plus Cities & Road Accidents 34-35
10. Section IX: Spatial & Inter temporal Distribution of Road Accidents 36-38
11. Section X: International Comparison 39-40
12. Section XI: Road Safety Initiatives by the Government of India 41-47
13. Section XII: Road Accidents Mitigation Measures taken by MoRTH in recent past 48-50

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List of Tables

S. No. Tables Page No.
1 Table 1.1: Road Length, Motors Vehicles and Road Accidents (2005-2016) 4
2 Table 2.1: Road Accident Parameters: 2015 and 2016 7
3 Table 2.2: Profile of Road Accidents: 2005-16 7
Table 2.3: Year-wise percentage change in Total Number of Road Accidents, Total
4 9
Number of Persons Killed and Injured over previous year during 1997-2016.
5 Table 2.4: Type of Road Accidents : 2005 to 2016 11
Table 3.1: Total Number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed & Injured as per Road
6 15
Category (2016)
Table 3.2: Percentage Share of National Highways, State Highways and Other
7 Roads in Total Number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured: 2005 to 16
2016
Table 3.3: Total number of Road Accidents, Persons killed and Injured based on
8 17
Junction Type (2016)
Table 3.4: Total Number of Road Accidents at various Traffic Controlled areas
9 18
Table 4.1: Total number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured based on
10 19
the involvement by vehicle type during 2016
Table 4.2: Total number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured based on
11 21
Age of Vehicles (2016)
Table 5.1: Persons killed in Road Accidents in terms of Road Users Categories in
12 22
2015 & 2016
Table 5.2: Age profile of Road Accident Victims (Passengers as well as drivers)
13 24
during 2016
14 Table 5.3: Age of Persons Killed (Gender wise)in Road Accidents during 2016 24
15 Table 6.1: Factors responsible for Road Accidents : 2016 26
16 Table 6.2 : Responsibilities of Drivers: 2016 27
Table 6.3 : Total Number of Road Accidents Classified based on Type of Licence
17 28
during 2016
Table 7.1: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Road Accidents (in percentage)
18 30
during the calendar year 2016.
Table 7.2: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Persons Killed in Road
19 31
Accidents (in percentage) in 2016
Table 7.3: Top 13 States: Share in Total Number of Persons Injured in Road
20 32
Accidents (in percentage) in 2016
Table 8.1: Percentage Share of 50 Million Plus Cities in Road Accidents
21 34
Table 8.2: Total Number of Road Accidents, Total Number of Persons Killed &
22 35
Injured in Million Plus Cities in 2016
Table 9.1: Total Number of Road Accidents, Total Number of Persons Killed and
23 36
Injured in Rural & Urban Areas during 2016
Table 9.2: Month-Wise classification of Road Accidents
24 37
25 Table 9.5: Road Accidents as per the Time of Occurrence (2016) 38
Table 10.1: Cross Country Comparison of Incidence of Road related Deaths and
26 39
Injury Accidents in 2014
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List of Charts

Chart No. Chart Page No.
Map 1.1: Distribution of Total Number of Road Accidents amongst
1 6
all States/UTs
Chart 2.1: Total number of Road Accidents, Number of Persons
2 8
Killed & Injured during 2005-2016
Chart 2.2(a): Percentage change in Road Accidents over the
3 10
previous years
Chart 2.2(b): Percentage change in number of Persons Killed in
4 10
Road Accidents over the previous years.
Chart 2.2(c): Percentage change in number of Persons
5 10
Injured in Road Accidents over the previous years.
Chart 2.3: Number of Road Accidents per Lakh Population (1970-
6 12
2016)
Chart 2.4: Number of Road Accidents per Ten Thousand Vehicles
7 12
(1970-2016)
Chart 2.5: Number of Road Accidents per Ten Thousand Kms of
8 12
Road Length (1970-2016)
Chart 2.6: Number of Persons Killed Per Lakh Population 13
9
(1970-2016)
Chart 2.7: Number of Persons Killed Per Ten Thousand Vehicles
10 13
(1970-2016)
Chart 2.8: Number of Persons Killed per Ten Thousand Kms of
11 14
Road Length (1970-2016)
Chart 3.1: Percentage share of Accidents, Persons killed & Injured
12 15
as per Road Classification (2016)
Chart 3.3: Percentage wise distribution of Road Accidents Classified
13 17
according to Type of Junctions during the calendar year 2016
Chart 3.4: Percentage wise distribution of Road Accidents at
14 18
various Traffic Controlled areas during the calendar year 2016
Chart 4.1: Share in Total Road Accidents by Type of Motor
15 20
Vehicle Involved: 2016
Chart 4.2: Share in Road Accidents Classified According to Age of
16 21
Vehicles (2016)
Chart 5.1: Share of Total Number of Persons Killed in Road
17 23
Accidents in terms of Road User Categories: 2016
Chart 5.2: Percentage share of Road Accident Victims (Passengers
18 24
as well as drivers) as per age profile
Chart 5.3: Age wise number of Persons killed in Road Accidents
19 25
during the calendar year 2016
Chart 6.1: Share of Road Accidents based on Type of Licence
20 28
holders during 2016
Chart 7.1: Percentage Share of top 13 States in Total Number of
21 31
Road Accidents, 2016
Chart 7.2: Percentage Share of top 13 States in Total Number of
22 32
Persons Killed in Road Accidents, 2016
Chart 7.3: Percentage Share of top 13 States in Total Number of
23 33
Persons Injured in Road Accidents, 2016
Chart 7.4: Share of top 5 States (in percentage) in Total Number of
24 33
Road Accidents & Fatalities
25 Chart 8.1: Top Five Cities with Higher Road Accidents 34
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Chart 9.1: Total Road Accidents, Number of Persons Killed and
26 36
Injured in Urban & Rural Areas during 2016
Chart 9.2: Month - Wise Total Number of Road Accidents during
27 37
the calendar year 2016
Chart 9.3: Month - Wise Total Number of Persons Killed in Road
28 37
Accidents during the calendar year 2016
Chart 9.4: Month - Wise Total Number of Persons Injured in Road
29 37
Accidents during the calendar year 2016
Chart 9.5: Distribution of Total Number. of Road Accidents as per
30 38
Time of Occurrence: 2016
Chart 10.1: Country-wise Number of Persons Killed per 100,000
31 40
Population

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Annexure

Annexure Annexure Page Nos.
Number
I. Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured: 1970-2016 48
II. Total Number of Road Accidents in India: 2013 to 2016 49
Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents in India: 2013 to
III. 50
2016
Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents in India: 2013 to
IV. 51
2016
V. Total Number of Fatal Road Accidents in States/UTs: 2013-2016 52
VI. Severity of Road Accidents in India (State/UT-wise): 2013 to 2016 53
VII. Type of Road Accidents in States/ UTs in 2016 54
Total number of Grievous and Minor Injured Persons in Road
VIII. 55
Accidents during the calendar year 2016
IX. Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways: 2013 to 2016 56
Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents on National
X. 57
Highways: 2013 to 2016
Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents on National
XI. 58
Highways: 2013 to 2016
XII. Total Number of Road Accidents on State Highways: 2013 to 2016 59
Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents on State Highways:
XIII. 60
2013 to 2016
Total Number of Persons Injured in Road Accidents on State
XIV. 61
Highways: 2013 to 2016
Total number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured on Other
XV. 62
Roads during the calendar years 2015 & 2016
Accidents Classified according to Type of Junctions during the
XVI. 63
calendar year 2016
Accidents Classified according to Type of Traffic Control during the
XVII. 64
calendar year 2015
Accidents classified according to Road Conditions during the calendar
XVIII A 65-66
year 2016
Accidents classified according to Road Features during the calendar
XVIII B 67
year 2016
Total Number of Road Accidents in India classified according to Type
XIX 68-71
of vehicles and objects primarily responsible : 2016
Total number of Road Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured by Non
XX 72
- Motorized vehicle during the calendar year 2016
Road Accidents Classified according to Age of Vehicles during the
XXI 73
calendar year 2016
Male and Female Persons Killed in Road Accidents in terms of Road
XXII 74-76
User categories in 2016
Accidents Victims (Drivers/Passengers) Killed according to
XXIII 77
classification of age, 2016
Persons Killed in Road Accidents (Gender-Wise) during the calendar
XXIV year 2016 according to classification of age (Drivers as well as 78
Passengers)
Total Number of Road Accidents in India classified according to Cause
XXV 79-81
of Accidents: 2016
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Accidents classified according to Type of Location during the calendar
XXVI 82-84
year 2016
Accidents Classified according to Responsibilities of Driver during the
XXVII calendar year 2016 85-86
Number of Road Accidents during the calendar year 2016 according
XXVIII 87
to classification of Age of Driver
Accidents Classified According to Educational Qualifications of
XXIX 88
Drivers: 2016
XXX Persons killed due to Non-use of Safety Devices 89
Accidents classified according to Nature of Accidents during the
XXXI 90-91
calendar year 2016
Accidents Classified according to Type of Weather Condition during
XXXII 92-93
the calendar year 2016
Accidents classified according to Vehicular Defect during the calendar
XXXIII 94
year 2016
Accidents Caused due to Over-Loading/Over-Crowding/Load
XXXIV 95
Protruding: 2016
Accidents classified according to Type of licence during the calendar
XXXV 96
year 2016
Total Number of Accidents, Number of Persons Killed and Number
XXXVI 97
of Persons Injured in Road Accidents in Urban & Rural Areas: 2016
Fatal Road Accidents in Rural and Urban Areas during the calendar
XXXVII 98
year 2016
Month-Wise Total number of Accidents, Persons Killed and Injured
XXXVIII 99-101
during the calendar year 2016
XXXIX Road Accidents as per the Time of Occurrence 2016 102
Percentage share in Total Registered Motor Vehicles in India as on 31st
XL 103
March

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