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Rajasthan Road Safety Action Plan
Context
In a positive development, Rajasthan will shortly become the first State in the country to adopt an action plan for road safety for the next 10 years. The action plan, to be accompanied by a government policy, will be aimed at reducing road accidents in the State by 50% till 2030.
Key-highlights of the Plan
As per the draft,
- Phase 1 (2025 till 2027): The focus will be on institutional strengthening, capacity building, and completion of action plan interim targets.
- Phase 2 (2028 till 2030): The focus will be on reduction of 50% of road accident fatalities in line with UN’s Second Decade of Action for Road Safety.
- Phase 3 (2031 till 2033): The plan will focus on reduction of 75% of road accidents fatalities.
Reason behind increasing road accidents
- As per the “Annual Report on ‘Road Accidents in India-2022” published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India saw 4.6 trillion accidents, and 168,000 deaths and over 400,000 seriously injured people in these mishaps. It’s a 12 per cent jump in accident numbers and a 10 per cent spike in deaths.
- Factors responsible:
- inadequate infrastructure
- inadequate law enforcement of traffic laws
- inadequate engineering practices
- lack of public awareness about safe driving practices
- unsatisfactory quality of detailed project reports (DPRs)
- lack of fear regarding legal repercussions
Impact of Road Accidents
- Road accidents’ impact goes far beyond the immediate tragedy. They result in an economic loss equivalent to 3.18% of the GDP.
- The workforce also suffers from lost productivity due to fatalities and disabilities.
- These accidents also incur immense financial burdens from medical costs, vehicle repairs, and infrastructure damage.
Good GovernanceKerala achieved zero deaths in the network of roads, including the narrow hill stretches, leading to the Sabarimala temple. Kerala’s interventions saw zero road accident deaths for two consecutive years, beginning 2019-20, owing to sustained intervention by the state government—a first in India. |
Required Measures:
- Integration of smart infrastructure, like
- intelligent traffic management systems
- real-time data analytics
- Emerging technologies also hold immense promise in minimizing human errors and enhancing collision avoidance capabilities, such as
- vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication
- autonomous driving systems
- India has set a target to halve the number of road accidents by 2030.
Fact Box:
Government Initiatives on road safety
Global initiatives on road safety
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