Massive decline in road accidents in Punjab under AAP Govt
Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025
Scientific and data-driven techniques guide Punjab government in improving traffic management & reducing roads accidents[1]
India has witnessed an increase of 9.4% in road fatalities in 2022 vs 2021[2]
-- Neighbouring states of Haryana and Rajasthan had recorded a rise as well[1:1]
IMPACT[3]: 45.55% decline in Road Deaths for Feb - Oct 2024 as compared to Feb-Oct 2023
-- Feb-Oct 2023: 1,686 deaths were reported
-- Feb-Oct 2024: 918 deaths i.e. 768 lives SAVED
¶ Effective measures by AAP Govt
The declining trend is likely to get further pushed with these
- SSF: Road Safety Force Special police team dedicated towards road safety
- Black Spots Elimination & Identification
- Road Safety Research Center
- Accident HiTech Investigation
- Farishtey Punjab FREE treatment to road accident victims within Punjab
¶ Accident Data 2024 vs 2023[3:1]
| Time Period | Deaths due to Road Accidents | Time Period | Deaths due to Road Accidents | IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | 170 | Feb 2024 | ~50 | - |
| Mar 2023 | ~168 | Mar 2024 | 102 | - |
| April 2023 | 190 | April 2024 | ~101 | - |
| May 2023 | ~187 | May 2024 | 116 | - |
| June 2023 | 197 | June 2024 | ~112 | - |
| July 2023 | ~171 | July 2024 | 115 | - |
| Aug 2023 | 167 | Aug 2024 | ~104 | - |
| Sept 2023 | ~201 | Sept 2024 | ~96 | - |
| Oct 2023 | 232 | Oct 2024 | 124 | - |
| Feb - Oct 2023 | 1,686 deaths | Feb - Oct 2024 | 918 deaths | 45.55% Down |
¶ Feb - April Accident Deaths for 5 years
| Time Period | Deaths due to Road Accidents | IMPACT |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Feb - 30 April 2024[4] | 249 | 78% Down |
| Feb - April 2022[5] | 1109 | |
| Feb - April 2021[6] | 1096 | |
| Feb - April 2020[6:1] | 736 | Lockdown period |
| Feb - April 2019[6:2] | 1072 |
¶ Accident Data 2022
India results in HIGHEST road accident deaths in the world[2:1]
-- 180,000 deaths in 2024[7]
-- 1,68,491 deaths in 2022
Punjab 2022
Jan - Dec 2022: Punjab witnessed a decline of 0.24 per cent in road accident fatalities in comparison to 2021[2:2]
-- Despite Motor vehicles registeration in Punjab grew at rate of 7.44%
- Punjab had registered 4,578 road accident fatalities[2:3]
- Over Speeding and Animals remained a leading cause of road accident[2:4]
- 2085 people died due to overspeeding
- 421 due to the involvement of animals
- Road accidents accounted for a loss of Rs 21,517 crores[2:5]
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