Thursday, 19 March 2020

Impact of New Motor Vehicles act, 2019

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Lok Sabha today informed that as per the available information, vehicles accidents in the country are:-

Sr. No.
Name of the State
Number of Vehicle Accidents during 5 months before Implementation of the Act (Apr’19 to Aug’19)
Number of Vehicle Accidents during 5 months after Implementation of the Act (Sept’19 to Jan’20)
Percentage Change
1
Gujarat
7304
6316
-13.52%
2
Uttar Pradesh
18614
16239
-12.75%
3
Manipur
287
277
-3.40%
4
Jammu & Kashmir
2683
2284
-14.87%
5
Andhra Pradesh
NA
NA
-6.40%
6
Chandigarh
134
115
-14.10%
7
Kerala
20103 (for 6 months)
21105 (for 6 months)
+4.90%
8
Assam
4058 (for 6 months)
4352 (for 6 months)
+7.20%
9
Maharashtra
13848
13097
-5.40%
10
Chhattisgarh
5881
5604
-4.70%
11
Haryana
5537 (for 6 months)
5490 (for 6 months)
-1.00%
12
Delhi
2306
2274
-1.80%

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has recently launched “Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) System”. The primary purpose of IRAD is to enhance road safety, and thus endeavors to generate various types of insights through the Analytics Dashboard, Trend Analysis etc. and therefore, decision making by Apex Authorities. The six states identified for piloting the project are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The Ministry implements scheme of publicity measures and awareness campaigns on road safety to create awareness among road users through various media, NGOs etc. Besides, National Road Safety Week is observed every calendar year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety.

Courtesy: pib.gov.in

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