Check Out: Accident Prone Stretches on National Highways in India
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 black spots, 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 the 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(rov.)Road Accidents on National Highways
140843137191
116496State-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 regarding Accident Prone Stretches on National Highways
Total no. of updated Black Spots available with TRW
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
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-II 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, NitinGadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.