Question : Road Accidents on Expressways

(a) the details of expressways built/managed/controlled by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI);
(b) the number of road accidents during the last three years and the current year on these expressways.
(c) whether the Government is aware that the accidents on the expressways are quite fatal and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
(d) whether such expressways have the facilities of number plate readers and speed cameras to check over speeding and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether smart traffic management on such expressways is integrated in the concession agreements development projects and if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) Three Expressways namely Ahmedabad-Vadodara, Eastern peripheral and Delhi-Meerut have been completed. At present, construction work of following expressways is in progress:

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No. Corridor Name Length (km)
1 Delhi - Mumbai EXP 1,382
1.A Delhi – Vadodara 845
1.B Vadodara – Mumbai 446
1.C Delhi - Faridabad – Sohna 90
2 Ahmedabad – Dholera 109
3 Bengaluru – Chennai 262
4 Delhi - Amritsar - Katra 669
5 Kanpur - Lucknow EXP 63
Total 2,485

Another project namely Dwarka Expressway (NH-248BB) of 29 km has also been taken up.

(b) to (e) As per the available information received from police departments of State/UTs, the data regarding total number of road accidents and persons killed on National Highways, including Expressways, in India during the last three calendar years from 2018 to 2020 is given below:
Year Road Accidents Persons killed
2018 1,40,843 54,046
2019 1,37,191 53,872
2020 1,16,496 47,984


Advanced traffic management systems are an integral part of the concession agreement. have been revised recently to include advanced technology-based solutions like incidence detection smart cameras, emergency telephone boxes, CCTV cameras to improve safety of commuters as well as improve the surveillance network for security purposes. In addition, the Ministry is developing way side amenities along the highways to include medical services and also helipads for emergency evacuation in case of medical emergencies are also planned.

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