Ministry of Road Transport & HighwaysIndia

Accident prone stretches on National Highways.

Transport Research Wing (TRW), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has collected the Black spot data from States/UTs based on their assessment and forwarded it to concerned agencies NHAI, NHIDCL and DG Roads for further action. “Road Accident black spot is a stretch of National Highway of about 500m in length in which either 5 road accidents (in all three years put together involving fatalities/ grievous injuries) took place during the last 3 calendar years or 10 fatalities (in all three years put together) took place during the last 3 calendar years.”.  The statewise detail of blackspots identified by TRW is enclosed at Annexure-I.

Ministry has identified 5803 blackspots on National Highways based on accident and fatality data of year 2015-2018 in 30 states/UTs. Out of 5803 Black spots, temporary measures have been taken on 5167 black spots and 2923 Black spots have been permanently rectified.

Ministry is taking following steps to rectify blackspots:

  • Blackspots are being rectified by immediate short term measures such as cautionary road signs and markings, transverse bar markings, rumble strips and solar blinkers etc.
  • For long term rectification, measures such as Flyover, Underpasses, Footover Bridges, Service roads etc. are being provided wherever required.
  • Each blackspot location is being inspected by Road Safety Officers of Regional Offices, Project Director of Concerned PIU and Road Safety Expert of the Independent Engineers (IE)/ Authority’s Engineers (AE) /Safety Consultants and recommend the mitigation measures. Based on which approval is being granted by the Regional Officer.
  • NHAI has issued comprehensive guidelines on preparation of proposal, granting sanctions and execution of work for rectification of blackspots vide circular no. 1.1.31/2019 dated 19.12.2019. Under these guidelines, Regional Officers have been delegated financial power of uptoRs. 50 Cr for rectification of blackspots including land acquisition without sending files to HQ for approval.
  • Traffic calming measures such as traffic warning signs, delineators, road studs, bar markings, humps at approach roads, etc. are taken at vulnerable sections of National Highways to reduce road accident fatalities.
  • For rectification of blackspots, progress of rectification is being monitored at NHAI HQ and Ministry through regular meetings.

 

The emergency / medical facilities for the road   accident victims are provided as per the respective contract / concession   agreements signed between NHAI and the contractor / concessionaire. Generally, as part of incident management under operation and maintenance of the NH stretches, assistance in case of emergency / accident on National Highways is extended through ambulances stationed near the toll plazas so that victim can be transported to the nearest appropriate hospital/medical facility run by the State Govt. / Private Entities.

In addition to above, NHAI has recently signed contract agreements   for supply, operation and maintenance of 126 AIS-125 compliant Basic Life Support ambulances across NHs in the country.

As per the information available with TRW, total number of road accidents on National Highways in the country during the last three calendar years from 2018 to 2020 (provisional) is given in the table below:

 

In India 2018 2019 2020

(Prov.)

Road Accidents on National

Highways

140843 137191 116496

 

State-UT wise total number of road accidents on National Highways during the last three calendar years from period from 2018 to 2020 (Prov.) is enclosed at Annexure-II.

 

Annexure – I

Annexure regarding Accident Prone Stretches on National Highways.

Total no. of updated Black Spots available with TRW

Sl. No States/Uts Total no. of Black Spots with

5 road accidents or 10 fatalities on National Highways

 

1 Andhra Pradesh 466
2 Arunachal Pradesh 5
3 Chandigarh 6
4 Goa 29
5 Gujarat 250
6 Haryana 23
7 Himachal Pradesh 116
8 Manipur 5
9 Meghalaya 1
10 Madhya Pradesh 303
11 Nagaland 17
12 Punjab 296
13 Rajasthan 349
14 Tamil Nadu 748
15 Uttarakhand 54
16 West Bengal 701
17 Bihar 64
18 Delhi 113
19 Karnataka 551
20 J&K 64
21 Maharashtra 25
22 Telangana 485
23 Tripura 8
24 Jharkhand 58
25 Chhattisgarh 142
26 Mizoram 2
27 Kerala 243
28 Assam 95
29 Odisha 169
30 UP 405
31 Sikkim 10
  Total 5803

 

 

Annexure – II

Annexure regarding Accident Prone Stretches On National Highways.

Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways*: 2018 to 2020

Sl. No. States/UTs State/UT-Wise Total Number of  Road

Accidents on National Highways during

2018 2019 2020(Prov.)
1 Andhra Pradesh 8122              7682              7167
2 Arunachal Pradesh 89                 95                 67
3 Assam 3963              3988              2963
4 Bihar 4016              4526              4101
5 Chhattisgarh 3995              3811              3463
6 Goa 1425              1244               787
7 Gujarat 3997              3511              3234
8 Haryana 4358              3442              3039
9 Himachal Pradesh 1455              1396              1045
10 Jammu & Kashmir 2118              2081              1512
11 Jharkhand 1616              2074              1772
12 Karnataka 13638            13363            11230
13 Kerala 9161              9459              6594
14 Madhya Pradesh 9967            10440              9866
15 Maharashtra 9355              8360              6501
16 Manipur 329                395               273
17 Meghalaya 118                325               128
18 Mizoram 23                 21                 25
19 Nagaland 244                235               309
20 Odisha 4207              4148              3673
21 Punjab 2821              2423              2032
22 Rajasthan 6726              6883              5764
23 Sikkim 64                 59                 37
24 Tamil Nadu 19583            17633            15269
25 Telangana 6487              7352              6820
26 Tripura 188                248               184
27 Uttarakhand 816                662               524
28 Uttar Pradesh 16198            16181            13695
29 West Bengal 4071              3537              3338
30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 93                 71                 42
31 Chandigarh 46                 36                 15
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0                   0                   0
33 Daman & Diu 0                   0  
34 Delhi 783                857               460
35 Lakshadweep 0                   0                   0
36 Puducherry 771                653               567
Total 140843          137191          116496
* Includes expressways      

 

This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri NitinGadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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