As per the information received from police department of States/UTs, thenumber of road accidentsunder the drunken driving category of traffic violationduring last three calendar years i.e.2015 to 2017is as under:-
|
Year
|
Road Accidents due to Intake of Alcohol
|
Total number of Road
Accidents
|
% share of total road accident
|
|
2015
|
16,298
|
5,01,423
|
3.3
|
|
2016
|
14,894
|
4,80,652
|
3.1
|
|
2017
|
14,071
|
4,64,910
|
3.0
|
State-wise details of the same is given below:
|
S.No
|
States/UTs
|
Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2015
|
Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2016
|
Road Accidents under drunken driving category 2017
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
490
|
128
|
2064
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
22
|
15
|
19
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
611
|
352
|
373
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
1457
|
593
|
0
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
227
|
145
|
86
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
361
|
64
|
65
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
1092
|
529
|
180
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
50
|
72
|
214
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
375
|
47
|
1
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
1518
|
543
|
801
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
298
|
396
|
169
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
49
|
133
|
133
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2665
|
3083
|
1049
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
1345
|
226
|
863
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
0
|
71
|
44
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
137
|
35
|
132
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
15
|
27
|
16
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
2
|
13
|
157
|
|
20
|
Orissa
|
972
|
1255
|
1533
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
118
|
317
|
129
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
667
|
673
|
421
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
30
|
12
|
32
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
818
|
531
|
1833
|
|
25
|
Telangana
|
42
|
202
|
163
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
13
|
5
|
11
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
6
|
40
|
56
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2403
|
4633
|
3336
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
413
|
462
|
16
|
|
30
|
A & N Islands
|
30
|
27
|
13
|
|
31
|
Chandigarh
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
32
|
D & N Haveli
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
|
33
|
Daman & Diu
|
7
|
7
|
12
|
|
34
|
Delhi
|
40
|
164
|
124
|
|
35
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
36
|
Puducherry
|
5
|
82
|
5
|
|
|
Total
|
16298
|
14894
|
14071
|
Following steps have been initiated by the Government to curb the number of road accidents caused by drunken driving: -
(i) Section 185 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides for punishment of imprisonment or fine or both for the offence of drunken driving cases.
(ii) Allthe State Government/UTs have been requested to ensure that no license is issued to liquor vendors along National Highways. Further they have also been requested to review cases where licence has already been given for liquor vendors along National Highways and to take corrective action.
(iii) Ministry undertakes campaigns through print and electronic media to spread awareness among road uses about dangers of drunken driving.
(iv) Enforcement of various provisions of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is the responsibility of State Governments. This Ministry has issued instructions to all State Governments to invoke Section 185 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 which provides for punishment of imprisonment or fine or both for the offence of drunken driving.
(v) The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways provided financial assistant to States for procurement of breath analysers.
This information was given by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways in response to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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