Question : DRUNKEN DRIVING



(a) whether a number of road accidents due to drunken driving an over speeding have been reported in the NCT of Delhi;

(b) if so, the number of such case reported, persons injured/died during each of the last three years and the current year; and

(c) the corrective steps taken by the Delhi Police to control such cases in future?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) to (b): The number of road accidents due to drunken driving reported for the year 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 (up to 28.2.2013) are as under:-

Year	Non-injury	Simple	Fatal	Total	Persons	Persons	accident	Accidents	Accidents	Accidents	Injured	Killed
2010	6	24	12	42	60	16
2011	4	34	7	45	62	8
2012	5	49	6	60	67	6
2013	0	2	1	3	4	2
(upto 28.2. 13)
However, no separate data is collated by Delhi Police regarding road accidents due to over speeding of vehicles.

(c): The details of steps/ initiatives taken by Delhi Police to check and reduce road accidents in Delhi are annexed as Annexure ’A’.