Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued guidelines for regular safety audit of all National Highways (NHs) at design, construction, pre-opening stage of NH projects as well as on existing NHs for ensuring road safety.

Government envisages deployment of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) with the objective of improving road safety and reducing accidents, on National Highways. ATMS includes AI-based Video Incident Detection and Enforcement Systems (VIDES), Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, Pan to Zoom (PTZ) cameras and surveillance cameras for electronic monitoring, enforcement, early detection of incidents and real-time field response. The details of standalone ATMS corridors are placed at Annexure-I.

Government has notified National Road Safety Board Rules, 2025 vide GSR 795(E) dated 27.10.2025.

For immediate rectification of identified black spots, powers have been delegated to the field officers to take short term measures within a time span of 03 months.

Variable Message Signs (VMS) displays live traffic updates, congestion and incident alerts. Integration with weather warning systems further enables advance dissemination of fog, low-visibility and heavy rainfall related alerts, thereby improving driver awareness and safety.