Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Transport ) Department ROAD

Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Transport ) Department

ROAD ACCIDENT ANALYSIS IN TAMILNADU

AUGUST 2020

TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY COMMISSIONER,

EZHILAGAM, CHEPAUK, CHENNAI-600 005

PREFACE

I am happy to inform you that this is the second road accident analysis of this year 2020 (Upto August 2020) in Tamil Nadu. This analysis report contains the target fixed for total accidents and accident deaths to be reduced during this year. During the year 2020 (upto August) all districts except Perambalur and Karur has controlled the total accidents as per the target fixed and all districts except Salem , Chennai City,. Perambalur, Tirunelveli and Pudukottai districts has controlled the total deaths as per the target. The total accidents during August 2020 is decreased by 10.32 percent when compared to the previous year August 2019. Suggestions and recommendations are welcome for the improvement of Road Accident analysis.

Tenkasi S Jawahar, Additional Chief Secretary/ Road Safety Commissioner/ Transport Commissiioner

INDEX Sl. No Item Page No. 1. Introduction 1 2. Districtwise Total Accidents during the Month of August 2020 1-2 3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of August 2020 2-3 4. The Districtwise Grievous /Minor injuries during the month of August 2020 3-4 5 The Districtwise/monthwise total accidents during 2020 4-5 6 The Districtwise/monthwise total deaths during 2020 6-7 7. Target fixed for Number of Accidents/Deaths during /upto 7-8 August 2020 8. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between August 2019 and August 2020 9-10 9. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between 2019 and 2020 (Upto August ) 10-12 10 Accidents in Major Cities 12 11(a) Accidents in Tamil Nadu - Overview 12 11(b) Accident Comparison August 2019 and August 2020 in Tamil Nadu 12-13 11(c) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison between August 14 2019 and August 2020 in Tamil Nadu 12 Accidents according to type of vehicles August 2020 14-15 13(a) Deaths caused due to non wearing of helmets in two wheelers 15 13(b) District wise deaths due to non wearing of helmets (in numbers) 15-16 14. Accidents according to vehicles- 17 Comparison between 2019 and 2020 (Upto August ) 15(a) Accidents and deaths according to roads- in August 2020 17-18 15(b) Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads upto August 2019 and August 18 2020 16. Accidents According to Causes 19 17(a) Action taken on Supreme Court Committee on Road safety 19 17(b) Details of Driving Licences suspended for traffic violations 20 17(c) Check reports issued to drivers not wearing Helmets and not wearing Seatbelts 20 17(d) Target fixed for reduction of traffic violations 20-21 18. Accident details in Tamil Nadu from 2004 – 2020 21-22 19. Highlights 22 20. Conclusion 22 21. Annexure-I -II 23-24

1. Introduction

Expansion in road network, motorization and urbanization in the State has been accompanied by a rise in road accidents leading to road traffic injuries and fatalities as a major public health concern. Today road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of deaths, disabilities and hospitalizations with severe socio economics costs across the world. Consequently road safety has become an issue of concern both at national and International level. Various Road Safety awareness programme and Due to the lockdown against the prevention and spread of COVID-19 there is a reduction in road accidents and road fatlities during this year 2020. The accident data for the month August 2020 is analysed in this report.

2. Districtwise Total Accidents during the month of August 2020

Sl. No. Name of the District Total Accidents Sl. No. Name of the District Total Accidents 1 CHENNAI CITY 382 20 TIRUNELVELI 93 2 TIRUPPUR 256 21 RAMANATHAPURAM 92 3 COIMBATORE 216 22 TENKASI 90 4 SALEM 214 23 TIRUVANNAMALAI 89 5 MADURAI 194 24 SIVAGANGAI 87 6 CUDDALORE 191 25 KARUR 84 7 VILLUPURAM 166 26 THOOTHUKUDI 78 8 ERODE 160 27 THENI 77 9 DINDIGUL 153 28 KALLKURICHI 66 10 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 153 29 TIRUPATHUR 62 11 NAMAKKAL 149 30 KANCHEEPURAM 58 12 KRISHNAGIRI 120 31 NAGAPATTINAM 55 13 VIRUDHUNAGAR 119 32 PERAMBALUR 48 14 PUDUKKOTTAI 114 33 THIRUVARUR 46 15 KANNIYAKUMARI 110 34 VELLORE 46 16 THANJAVUR 110 35 RANIPET 42 17 DHARMAPURI 108 36 ARIYALUR 34 18 THIRUVALLUR 106 37 THE NILGIRIS 11 19 CHENGALPATTU 96 TOTAL 4275 Source:SCRB

The top 10 districts in total accidents are Chennai City, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Salem, Madurai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Erode, Dindigul and Tiruchirapalli.

3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of August 2020

Sl. Sl. No. Name of the District Name of the District Total deaths No. Total deaths 1 CHENNAI CITY 93 20 DHARMAPURI 17 2 COIMBATORE 57 21 KANNIYAKUMARI 17 3 SALEM 41 22 TIRUPATHUR 17 4 TIRUPPUR 39 23 KANCHEEPURAM 15 5 KALLKURICHI 33 24 NAMAKKAL 15 6 CHENGALPATTU 29 25 SIVAGANGAI 15 7 DINDIGUL 29 26 THANJAVUR 15 8 VILLUPURAM 29 27 THENI 15 9 VIRUDHUNAGAR 29 28 ERODE 12 10 CUDDALORE 27 29 TENKASI 11 11 THIRUVALLUR 25 30 NAGAPATTINAM 10 12 THOOTHUKUDI 25 31 PERAMBALUR 8 13 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 24 32 KARUR 7 14 TIRUNELVELI 24 33 THIRUVARUR 7 15 KRISHNAGIRI 22 34 VELLORE 7 16 TIRUVANNAMALAI 20 35 ARIYALUR 5 17 RAMANATHAPURAM 19 36 RANIPET 4 18 MADURAI 18 37 THE NILGIRIS 2 19 PUDUKKOTTAI 18 TOTAL 800 Source:SCRB

The top 10 districts in total deaths are Chennai City, Coimbatore, Salem,Tiruppur,

Kallakurichi, Chenglepet, Dindigul, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Cuddalore during the month of August 2020. In seven districts, Perambalur, Karur, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Ariyalur, Ranipet and The Nilgiris less than 10 fatalities were occurred during the month of August 2020.

4. The Districtwise Grievous /Minor injuries during the month of August 2020

Minor Sl. NO. District/City Grieviously Injured Injured 1 CHENNAI CITY 81 274 2 COIMBATORE 47 140 3 NAMAKKAL 29 132 4 KANNIYAKUMARI 17 100 5 KARUR 14 70 6 SALEM 14 209 7 CUDDALORE 12 177 8 VIRUDHUNAGAR 12 117 9 KRISHNAGIRI 11 143 10 THOOTHUKUDI 6 70 11 DHARMAPURI 4 112 12 RAMANATHAPURAM 4 94 13 TENKASI 4 105 14 THIRUVARUR 4 47 15 VELLORE 4 53 16 TIRUNELVELI 3 102 17 THANJAVUR 2 120 18 DINDIGUL 1 170 19 MADURAI 1 206 20 NAGAPATTINAM 1 47 21 SIVAGANGAI 1 95 22 THE NILGIRIS 1 10 23 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 1 187 24 TIRUPPUR 1 288 25 ARIYALUR 0 46 26 CHENGALPATTU 0 86 27 ERODE 0 210 28 KALLKURICHI 0 51 29 KANCHEEPURAM 0 60 30 PERAMBALUR 0 73 31 PUDUKKOTTAI 0 144 32 RANIPET 0 50 33 THENI 0 97 34 THIRUVALLUR 0 102 35 TIRUPATHUR 0 66 36 TIRUVANNAMALAI 0 97

Minor Sl. NO. District/City Grieviously Injured Injured 37 VILLUPURAM 0 189 TOTAL 275 4339 Source:SCRB

During the month of August 2020, there are no persons grievously injured in thirteen districts viz., Ariyalur, Chengalpattu, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ranipet, Theni, Tiruvallur, Tirupathur, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram. 81 of grieviouly injured persons were from Chennai city.

Only one person got grievously injured in four districts namely Dindigul, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Sivagangai, The Nilgiris, Tiruchirapalli and Tiruppur. In the remaining districts, except Chennai city and Coimbatore District, the number of grievously injured persons are less than 25.

The top 10 districts the number of persons minor injured are Tiruppur, Chennai city, Erode, Salem, Madurai, Villupuram, Tiruchirapalli, Cuddalore, Dindigul and Pudukottai.

5. The Districtwise/monthwise total accidents during 2020

UPTO Sl.No. DISTRICT/CITY Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Aug 2020 1 CHENNAI CITY 472 476 456 85 201 189 291 382 2552 2 CUDDALORE 277 259 268 44 135 189 180 191 1543 3 COIMBATORE 225 256 207 32 137 163 183 216 1419 4 TIRUPPUR 163 180 184 27 138 179 202 256 1329 5 SALEM 228 228 189 25 110 148 157 214 1299 6 MADURAI 224 169 181 26 95 131 120 194 1140 7 ERODE 137 153 132 24 70 105 134 160 915 8 NAMAKKAL 141 147 125 18 75 106 114 149 875 9 VILLUPURAM 193 162 102 19 36 62 115 166 855 10 DINDIGUL 166 134 105 17 79 95 103 153 852

UPTO Sl.No. DISTRICT/CITY Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Aug 2020 11 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 113 106 82 21 107 127 135 153 844 12 KRISHNAGIRI 127 112 101 17 99 120 106 120 802 13 CHENGALPATTU 173 161 123 18 47 58 70 96 746 14 THANJAVUR 122 101 80 18 62 103 103 110 699 15 KANNIYAKUMARI 138 105 84 17 66 70 83 110 673 16 PUDUKKOTTAI 107 101 72 19 53 84 86 114 636 17 TIRUNELVELI 108 124 88 11 52 64 68 93 608 18 THOOTHUKUDI 124 97 76 20 63 58 65 78 581 19 DHARMAPURI 81 56 58 9 66 102 88 108 568 20 RAMANATHAPURAM 100 100 70 19 51 63 68 92 563 21 TIRUVANNAMALAI 119 58 66 19 57 63 83 89 554 22 VIRUDHUNAGAR 74 91 65 10 52 66 69 119 546 23 KARUR 76 99 74 10 56 76 64 84 539 24 THIRUVALLUR 70 67 89 16 47 54 78 106 527 25 SIVAGANGAI 93 87 53 19 48 59 70 87 516 26 TENKASI 70 91 69 8 40 52 58 90 478 27 THENI 76 77 72 10 47 57 49 77 465 28 KALLKURICHI 101 63 48 14 40 45 51 66 428 29 KANCHEEPURAM 67 81 74 14 36 32 54 58 416 30 NAGAPATTINAM 81 81 52 8 33 37 56 55 403 31 TIRUPATHUR 76 61 68 10 32 36 53 62 398 32 VELLORE 87 73 57 11 36 45 31 46 386 33 THIRUVARUR 59 63 66 20 35 45 41 46 375 34 RANIPET 93 78 67 18 22 16 32 42 368 35 PERAMBALUR 64 40 40 8 22 41 29 48 292 36 ARIYALUR 33 46 37 4 25 30 28 34 237 37 THE NILGIRIS 17 24 10 3 8 15 6 11 94 TOTAL 4675 4407 3790 688 2378 2985 3323 4275 26521 Source:SCRB

6. The Districtwise/monthwise total deaths during 2020

UPTO Aug- DISTRICT/CITY Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug Sl.No. 20 2020

1 CHENNAI CITY 89 86 78 16 48 44 70 93 524 2 COIMBATORE 34 34 34 1 33 21 42 57 256 3 SALEM 32 46 28 3 25 29 31 41 235 4 TIRUPPUR 30 46 21 3 19 28 32 39 218 5 KRISHNAGIRI 31 30 26 3 32 32 32 22 208 6 CHENGALPATTU 35 43 32 4 9 15 17 29 184 7 CUDDALORE 28 23 25 7 23 24 22 27 179 8 MADURAI 35 23 23 3 18 25 24 18 169 9 DINDIGUL 36 24 20 4 14 13 17 29 157 10 NAMAKKAL 20 21 24 4 23 20 25 15 152 11 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 19 20 14 4 18 16 24 24 139 12 TIRUVANNAMALAI 22 16 17 8 16 14 21 20 134 13 THOOTHUKUDI 21 21 13 8 12 17 15 25 132 14 RAMANATHAPURAM 20 21 14 3 18 15 17 19 127 15 VIRUDHUNAGAR 21 23 11 3 10 16 14 29 127 16 VILLUPURAM 19 18 11 0 9 16 24 29 126 17 TIRUNELVELI 21 20 17 5 8 11 9 24 115 18 KALLKURICHI 21 11 8 3 11 12 11 33 110 19 KANCHEEPURAM 19 16 13 2 10 9 15 15 99 20 THIRUVALLUR 16 10 11 3 6 8 20 25 99 21 KANNIYAKUMARI 19 14 15 2 11 6 11 17 95 22 TENKASI 20 15 14 4 11 8 12 11 95 23 DHARMAPURI 11 9 12 3 10 15 15 17 92 24 SIVAGANGAI 18 18 4 3 10 7 14 15 89 25 PERAMBALUR 24 10 13 4 7 11 9 8 86 26 PUDUKKOTTAI 11 14 11 3 7 12 10 18 86 27 TIRUPATHUR 14 8 17 2 6 5 11 17 80 28 ERODE 8 12 12 2 9 10 12 12 77 29 THENI 9 7 12 0 11 9 11 15 74 30 THANJAVUR 12 17 5 1 4 6 11 15 71 31 NAGAPATTINAM 10 10 9 5 7 10 9 10 70 32 RANIPET 18 10 18 1 3 3 3 4 60

UPTO Aug- DISTRICT/CITY Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug Sl.No. 20 2020

33 KARUR 7 15 6 0 5 4 5 7 49 34 VELLORE 13 10 3 1 2 5 3 7 44 35 THIRUVARUR 4 4 5 1 5 6 2 7 34 36 ARIYALUR 3 6 11 0 1 5 2 5 33 37 THE NILGIRIS 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 10 TOTAL 771 732 610 119 472 509 622 800 4635

7. Target fixed for Number of Accidents/Deaths upto August 2020

TOTAL ACCIDENTS ( Upto August 2020) TOTAL DEATHS ( Upto August 2020) Yearly target Yearly target for total for total accidents deaths Target Total Target Total NAME OF THE should not should not should not accidents should not deaths Sl.No. DISTRICT exceed exceed exceed occurred Difference exceed occurred Difference 1 SALEM 2360 152 1632 1299 -333 106 235 129 2 CHENNAI CITY 5842 592 4041 2552 -1489 416 524 108 3 PERAMBALUR 369 28 256 292 36 19 86 67 4 TIRUNELVELI 1951 94 1350 608 -742 67 115 48 5 PUDUKKOTTAI 1054 92 728 636 -92 65 86 21 6 VIRUDHUNAGAR 845 183 584 546 -38 128 127 -1 7 TIRUVANNAMALAI 1212 196 838 554 -284 137 134 -3 8 RAMANATHAPURAM 861 192 595 563 -32 135 127 -8 9 KRISHNAGIRI 1378 312 952 802 -150 217 208 -9 10 KANNIYAKUMARI 1208 148 836 673 -163 104 95 -9 11 CUDDALORE 2393 285 1654 1543 -111 201 179 -22 12 ARIYALUR 394 81 273 237 -36 56 33 -23 13 THENI 801 139 553 465 -88 98 74 -24 14 NAGAPATTINAM 934 136 647 403 -244 95 70 -25 15 THOOTHUKUDI 1034 227 715 581 -134 159 132 -27 16 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 1250 239 864 844 -20 168 139 -29 17 NAMAKKAL 1565 260 1082 875 -207 184 152 -32 18 TIRUPPUR 2278 356 1576 1329 -247 250 218 -32 19 DHARMAPURI 1051 186 727 568 -159 131 92 -39 20 THANJAVUR 1365 171 943 699 -244 119 71 -48

TOTAL ACCIDENTS ( Upto August 2020) TOTAL DEATHS ( Upto August 2020) Yearly target Yearly target for total for total accidents deaths Target Total Target Total NAME OF THE should not should not should not accidents should not deaths Sl.No. DISTRICT exceed exceed exceed occurred Difference exceed occurred Difference 21 DINDIGUL 1481 331 1025 852 -173 233 157 -76 22 KARUR 756 189 524 539 15 133 49 -84 23 MADURAI 2178 368 1506 1140 -366 258 169 -89 24 COIMBATORE 2444 524 1691 1419 -272 368 256 -112 25 THIRUVALLUR 1092 310 756 527 -229 217 99 -118 26 ERODE 1720 294 1190 915 -275 208 77 -131 27 THE NILGIRIS 146 242 100 94 -6 170 10 -160 28 SIVAGANGAI 830 399 574 516 -58 280 89 -191 29 VILLUPURAM 2399 458 1659 855 -804 322 126 -196 30 VELLORE 2036 439 1408 386 -1022 309 44 -265 31 KANCHEEPURAM 2674 529 1849 416 -1433 371 99 -272 32 THIRUVARUR 739 464 511 375 -136 327 34 -293 33 CHENGALPATTU 746 184 34 KALLKURICHI 428 110 35 RANIPET 368 60 36 TENKASI 478 95 37 TIRUPATHUR 398 80 TOTAL 48640 8616 33639 26521 -9536 6051 4635 -1945

(Note: Sl.No.33 to 37 are newly formed districts) The fatalities have to be controlled in Districts viz., Salem, Chennai city, Perambalur, Tirunelveli and Pudukottai . The total accidents have to be controlled in Perambalur and Karur Districts

The status of achievement upto August 2020 is as follows Description Yearly Proportionate Actual No. Difference target fixed target fixed occurred should not should not exceed exceed (upto August) Total 48640 33639 26521 -9536 Accidents Total deaths 8616 6051 4635 -1945

8. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between August 2019 and August 2020 DISTRICT/CITY TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % of % of AUG AUG increase AUG AUG increase 2019 2020 or 2019 2020 or Sl.No decrease decrease 1 THIRUVARUR 70 46 -34.29 1 7 600.00 2 THENI 72 77 6.94 8 15 87.50 3 VIRUDHUNAGAR 73 119 63.01 17 29 70.59 4 ARIYALUR 31 34 9.68 3 5 66.67 5 THIRUVALLUR 110 106 -3.64 19 25 31.58 6 SALEM 199 214 7.54 32 41 28.13 7 TIRUPPUR 209 256 22.49 32 39 21.88 8 THOOTHUKUDI 96 78 -18.75 23 25 8.70 9 VILLUPURAM 241 166 -31.12 28 29 3.57 10 CHENNAI CITY 520 382 -26.54 96 93 -3.13 11 DINDIGUL 151 153 1.32 30 29 -3.33 12 PUDUKKOTTAI 98 114 16.33 19 18 -5.26 13 SIVAGANGAI 98 87 -11.22 16 15 -6.25 14 COIMBATORE 266 216 -18.80 61 57 -6.56 15 NAGAPATTINAM 76 55 -27.63 11 10 -9.09 16 DHARMAPURI 123 108 -12.20 19 17 -10.53 17 KANNIYAKUMARI 131 110 -16.03 20 17 -15.00 18 KRISHNAGIRI 129 120 -6.98 30 22 -26.67 19 CUDDALORE 265 191 -27.92 37 27 -27.03 20 TIRUNELVELI 196 93 -52.55 33 24 -27.27 21 RAMANATHAPURAM 76 92 21.05 27 19 -29.63 22 TIRUVANNAMALAI 124 89 -28.23 29 20 -31.03 23 THANJAVUR 144 110 -23.61 22 15 -31.82 24 THE NILGIRIS 20 11 -45.00 3 2 -33.33 25 ERODE 168 160 -4.76 19 12 -36.84 26 PERAMBALUR 35 48 37.14 13 8 -38.46 27 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 132 153 15.91 43 24 -44.19 28 KARUR 73 84 15.07 13 7 -46.15 29 MADURAI 207 194 -6.28 37 18 -51.35 30 NAMAKKAL 154 149 -3.25 32 15 -53.13 31 VELLORE 203 46 -77.34 32 7 -78.13 9

Sl.No DISTRICT/CITY TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS 32 KANCHEEPURAM 277 58 -79.06 73 15 -79.45 33 CHENGALPATTU 96 29 34 KALLKURICHI 66 33 35 RANIPET 42 4 36 TENKASI 90 11 37 TIRUPATHUR 62 17 TOTAL 4767 4275 878 800 Source:SCRB

(Note: Sl.No.33 to 37 are newly formed districts)

During the month of August 2020, the total accidents have been increased in eleven districts Virudhunagar, Perambalur, Tiruppur, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai, Tiruchirappalli , Karur, Ariyalur, Salem, Theni and Dindigul when compared to August 2019. The fatalities have been increased in nine districts i.e. Tiruvarur, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ariyalur, Thiruvallur, Salem, Tiruppur, Thoothukudi and Villupuram Districts when compared to previous year August 2019. In Dindigul, Pudukottai, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli and Karur Districts the fatalities have come down inspite of increase in total accidents. Eventhough the total accidents are in decreasing trend, the fatalities have been increased in Tiruvarur, Tiruvallur, Thoothukudi and Villupuram Districts when compared to previous year August 2019. The Chenglepet, Kallakurichi, Ranipet,Tenkasi and Tirupathur are newly formed districts.

9.Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between 2019 (Upto August ) and 2020 (Upto August )

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % of % of Upto Upto increase Upto Upto increase August August or August August or Sl.No DISTRICT/CITY 2019 2020 decrease 2019 2020 decrease 1 PERAMBALUR 298 292 -2.01 64 86 34.38 2 THE NILGIRIS 94 94 0.00 8 10 25.00 3 RAMANATHAPURAM 675 563 -16.59 134 127 -5.22 4 VIRUDHUNAGAR 726 546 -24.79 137 127 -7.30 5 SALEM 1863 1299 -30.27 273 235 -13.92

6 KRISHNAGIRI 1205 802 -33.44 258 208 -19.38 7 DHARMAPURI 862 568 -34.11 119 92 -22.69 8 NAGAPATTINAM 792 403 -49.12 102 70 -31.37 9 TIRUVANNAMALAI 900 554 -38.44 200 134 -33.00 10 THOOTHUKUDI 808 581 -28.09 198 132 -33.33 11 ARIYALUR 314 237 -24.52 50 33 -34.00 12 TIRUPPUR 1753 1329 -24.19 335 218 -34.93 13 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 977 844 -13.61 214 139 -35.05 14 KANNIYAKUMARI 963 673 -30.11 150 95 -36.67 15 NAMAKKAL 1254 875 -30.22 248 152 -38.71 16 COIMBATORE 1947 1419 -27.12 419 256 -38.90 17 DINDIGUL 1240 852 -31.29 260 157 -39.62 18 ERODE 1522 915 -39.88 133 77 -42.11 19 CHENNAI CITY 4921 2552 -48.14 906 524 -42.16 20 THIRUVARUR 640 375 -41.41 59 34 -42.37 21 CUDDALORE 1959 1543 -21.24 313 179 -42.81 22 PUDUKKOTTAI 825 636 -22.91 151 86 -43.05 23 THANJAVUR 1149 699 -39.16 125 71 -43.20 24 MADURAI 1744 1140 -34.63 307 169 -44.95 25 THENI 631 465 -26.31 142 74 -47.89 26 THIRUVALLUR 953 527 -44.70 194 99 -48.97 27 SIVAGANGAI 681 516 -24.23 194 89 -54.12 28 VILLUPURAM 1899 855 -54.98 318 126 -60.38 29 TIRUNELVELI 1536 608 -60.42 327 115 -64.83 30 KARUR 610 539 -11.64 177 49 -72.32 31 VELLORE 1567 386 -75.37 256 44 -82.81 32 KANCHEEPURAM 2263 416 -81.62 629 99 -84.26 33 CHENGALPATTU 746 184 34 KALLKURICHI 428 110 35 RANIPET 368 60 36 TENKASI 478 95 37 TIRUPATHUR 398 80 TOTAL 39571 26521 7400 4635 Source:SCRB (Note: Sl.No.33 to 37 are newly formed districts)

In Perambalur and The Nilgiris Districts fatalities are in increasing trend inspite of total accidents are in decreasing trend when compared to previous year upto August 2019. In the 11

remaining districts, the decrease in both total accidents and total deaths upto August 2020 is due to the lockdown from 25th March 2020 against the prevention and spread of COVID-19. The Chenglepet, Kallakurichi, Ranipet,Tenkasi and Tirupathur are newly formed districts.

10. Accidents in Major cities

The road accident report for the following major cities upto the month of August 2020 are furnished below:-

DISTRICTWISE ROAD ACCIDENTS REPORT UPTO THE MONTH AUGUST 2020 GRIEVOUS MINOR NON DISTRICT/CITY FATAL INJURY INJURY INJURY TOTAL NA NPK NA NPI NA NPI NA NA CHENNAI CITY 510 523 534 613 1443 1798 63 2550 COIMBATORE CITY 39 39 142 179 226 247 15 422 MADURAI CITY 47 51 6 6 263 290 5 321 SALEM CITY 48 48 51 64 276 309 0 375 TIRUCHIRAPALLI CITY 42 42 0 0 199 265 6 247 TIRUNELVELI CITY 24 24 33 38 126 146 0 183 TIRUPPUR CITY 25 46 2 2 350 389 3 380

NA=NO. OF ACCIDENTS NPK=NO. OF PERSONS KILLED NPI=NO. OF PERSONS INJURED SOURCE: SCRB

More number of accidents occurred in Chennai city (2550) followed by Coimbatore (422),

Tiruppur City (380) and Salem city (375) .

11(a) . Accidents in TamilNadu–Overview During August 2020, there are 4275 road accidents have been reported in the State. The comparison of accidents between August 2019 and August 2020 are as follows:-

11(b) Accident Comparison 2019 and 2020 (upto August) in Tamilnadu

% of % of % of increase increase increase MONTH Total Accidents or Fatal Accidents or Fatalities or decrease decrease decrease

2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 January 5173 4675 -9.63 915 711 -22.30 993 771 -22.36 February 4749 4407 -7.20 799 667 -16.52 856 732 -14.49

March 5122 3790 -26.01 853 568 -33.41 925 610 -34.05 April 4776 688 -85.59 856 113 -86.80 922 119 -87.09 May 4962 2378 -52.08 893 449 -49.72 954 472 -50.52 5209 2985 -42.70 934 478 -48.82 983 509 -48.22 June

July 4813 3323 -30.96 814 590 -27.52 889 622 -30.03 4767 4275 -10.32 808 755 -6.56 878 800 -8.88 August 39571 26521 -32.98 6872 4331 -36.98 7400 4635 -37.36 Total -13050 -2541 -2765 DIFF Source:SCRB The total accidents during August 2020 is decreased by (-) 10.32 percent when compared to the previous year August 2019. It is in increasing trend when compared to previous month. Significantly, the number of persons killed in road accidents during August 2020 are decreased by (-)6.56 per cent comparing to the previous year. During this year 2020 (upto August ) 13050 accidents were reduced when compared to previous year ( upto August 2019). Similarly, 2765 fatalities were reduced when compared to previous year upto August 2019. One of the reason may be the lockdown against the prevention and spread of COVID-19 on sundays. During the month August 2019, 800 persons killed out of 755 fatal accidents. More than one person died in some accidents.

5500 4767 5000 4275 4500 Total accidents 4000 3500 Total deaths 3000 2500 2000 (INNUMBERS 1500 878 800 1000 500 0 Aug-19 Aug-20 MONTH

11(c ) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison between August 2019 and August 2020 in Tamilnadu

% of No. of persons increase or No.of persons Minor % of increase MONTH Grievously injured decrease injured or decrease 2019 2020 2019 2020 January 461 448 -2.82 5638 5150 -8.66 February 415 361 -13.01 5051 4820 -4.57 March 485 302 -37.73 5586 4047 -27.55 April 426 58 -86.38 5079 675 -86.71 May 354 195 -44.92 5612 2300 -59.02 June 432 199 -53.94 5711 3038 -46.80 July 406 224 -44.83 5142 3315 -35.53 August 349 275 -21.20 5218 4339 -16.85 Total 3328 2062 -38.04 43037 27684 -35.67 DIFF -1266 -15353 Source:SCRB The percentage of number of persons grievously injured are decreased by (-) 21.20 percent when compared to previous year August 2019. Similarly, the percentage of number of persons minor injured are decreased by (-) 16.85% comparing the previous year august 2019.

12.Accidents according to type of vehicles August 2020

TOTAL % OF FATAL % OF % OF Types of Vehicles FATALITIES ACCIDENTS SHARE ACCIDENTS SHARE SHARE Bus : GOVT 1 0.02 0 0.00 0 0.00 Bus:PRIVATE 18 0.42 8 1.06 8 1.00 Truck / Lorry 528 12.35 143 18.94 157 19.63 Car / Jeep / Taxi 1121 26.22 187 24.77 203 25.38 / Tempo Two wheelers 2102 49.17 301 39.87 315 39.38 Three wheelers 151 3.53 21 2.78 21 2.63 Others 354 8.28 95 12.58 96 12.00 Total 4275 100.00 755 100.00 800 100.00

Source:SCRB

During August 2020, the maximum accidents are caused by the two wheelers

(49.17% of total accidents) and the four wheelers like car, jeep, etc(26.62% of total accidents) stands second .The maximum fatalities are by two wheelers (39.38% ) followed by four wheelers like car, jeep, etc (25.38% ) and third by Goods carriages (21.22%).The maximum fatalities are caused by two wheelers due to non wearing of helmets. 13(a) Deaths caused due to non wearing of helmets in two wheelers

DEATHS DUE TO DEATHS BY MONTH NON WEARING OF TWO WHEELERS HELMETS Jan 2020 253 110 Feb 2020 216 121 March 2020 208 108 April 2020 42 24 May 2020 196 90 June 2020 205 106 July 2020 266 102 August 2020 315 112 Total 1701 773 Source: Health Systems Project

45.44% Percent of the Death in two wheelers were occurred due to non wearing of helmets. When compared to previous year 2019 (upto August) death caused due to non wearing of helmet was 1402, which has been decreased by 44%.

13(b) District wise Deaths due to non wearing of helmets (in numbers) Sl.No. District Jan'20 Feb'20 Mar'20 Apr'20 May 20 June 20 July 20 Aug-20 TOTAL 1 ARIYALUR 1 2 2 1 6 2 CHENGALPATTU 1 8 6 5 9 29 3 CHENNAI 4 8 7 2 3 3 3 3 33 4 COIMBATORE 6 9 7 1 4 6 6 7 46 5 CUDDALORE 1 1 1 4 5 4 16 6 DHARMAPURI 2 4 3 3 3 5 2 22 7 DINDIGUL 8 4 5 1 8 3 6 3 38 8 ERODE 1 1 4 9 8 4 6 33 15

Sl.No. District Jan'20 Feb'20 Mar'20 Apr'20 May 20 June 20 July 20 Aug-20 TOTAL 9 KALLAKURICHI 1 3 2 4 10 10 KANCHEEPURAM 15 11 13 1 3 3 2 48 11 KANYAKUMARI 1 2 3 1 1 1 9 12 KARUR 2 2 1 1 6 13 KRISHNAGIRI 5 2 5 1 6 6 8 6 39 14 MADURAI 8 5 8 1 3 4 3 32 15 MAYILADUTHURAI 3 3 16 NAGAPATTINAM 1 2 4 1 1 9 17 NAMAKKAL 3 3 4 5 2 11 1 29 18 PERAMBALUR 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 12 19 PUDUKOTTAI 1 5 1 2 1 4 14 20 RAMANATHAPURAM 3 5 4 1 2 2 17 21 RANIPET 1 2 3 22 SALEM 3 6 4 1 5 8 4 3 34 23 SIVAGANGAI 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 10 24 TENKASI 2 2 4 25 THANJAVUR 6 7 2 2 5 15 4 5 46 26 THE NILGIRIS 1 1 27 THENI 2 1 2 5 28 THIRUVALLUR 8 6 6 2 1 2 2 2 29 29 THIRUVANNAMALAI 2 4 3 2 1 5 3 20 30 THIRUVARUR 2 2 1 2 2 9 31 THOOTHUKUDI 1 4 3 1 1 5 15 32 TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 2 5 3 2 2 3 4 6 27 33 TIRUNELVELI 6 4 2 1 2 1 3 19 34 TIRUPATTUR 1 1 3 5 35 TIRUPUR 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 5 22 36 VELLORE 4 4 3 4 4 2 21 37 VILLUPURAM 6 4 4 3 3 3 7 30 38 VIRUDHUNAGAR 4 2 3 1 6 2 4 22 Grand Total 110 121 108 24 90 106 102 112 773 Source: Health Systems Project

The highest death due to non wearing of helmet was happened at Kanchipuram (48) followed by Thanjavur (46), Coimbatore (46), and Krishnagiri (39).

14.Accidents according to vehicles-Comparison between 2019 and 2020(upto August )

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % OF % OF Type of Sl.No UPTO UPTO INCREASE UPTO UPTO INCREASE vehicles Aug Aug OR Aug Aug OR 2019 2020 DECREASE 2019 2020 DECREASE 1. Government Buses 1290 445 -65.50 403 136 -66.25 Private Buses 1607 527 -67.21 355 108 -69.58 2. Truck / Lorry 4224 2984 -29.36 1157 866 -25.15 3. Car / Jeep / Taxi / Tempo 10928 7134 -34.72 1861 1160 -37.67 4. Two wheelers 16384 12266 -25.13 2524 1701 -32.61 5. Three wheelers 1883 994 -47.21 212 112 -47.17 6. Others 3255 2171 -33.30 888 552 -37.84 Total 39571 26521 -32.98 7400 4635 -37.36 Source:SCRB According to vehicles accidents by the Government and private buses have been reduced by 65.50% and 66.25% respectively comparing the previous year. This decrease is due to the lockdown from 25th March 2020 against the prevention and spread of COVID-19, the buses were not operated . Total accidents by three wheelers reduced by (-)47.21% when comparing to the previous year upto August2019. Total accidents by two wheelers have been decreased by 25.13% and by other vehicles by 33.30%. Accordingly, Death by Government /Private buses have been reduced by 66.25% and 69.58% respectively when comparing to previous year upto August 2019. 15(a) Accidents and deaths according to roads- in August 2020

Total % of % of % of Sl.No. Types of Vehicles Fatal Accident Fatalities Accidents share share share 1. National Highways 1342 31.39 273 36.16 292 36.50 2. State Highways 1474 34.48 243 32.19 260 32.50 3. Other Dist. Roads 913 21.36 157 20.79 163 20.38 4. Other Village 546 12.77 82 10.86 85 10.63 Roads Total 4275 100.00 755 100.00 800 100.00 Source:SCRB

From the above table it reveals that the most number of accidents occurs in State Highways (34.48%) followed by National Highways(31.39%) , other district roads 21.36% and other village roads 12.77%. According to Death, Death occurs in National Highways (36.50%) and State Highways (32.50%) in Tamilnadu. 15(b).Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads during 2019 and 2020 (Upto August )

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % OF % OF Sl.No. Types of Roads UPTO INCREASE UPTO UPTO INCREASE Aug UPTO Aug OR Aug Aug OR 2019 2020 DECREASE 2019 2020 DECREASE 1. National Highways 12177 8186 -32.77 2810 1515 -46.09

2. State Highways 13201 8961 -32.12 2378 1456 -38.77

3. Other Dist. Roads 8876 5926 -33.24 1484 954 -35.71

4. Other Village Roads 5317 3448 -35.15 728 497 -31.73

Total 39571 26521 -32.98 7400 4422 -40.24 Source:SCRB Accidents according to other village roads has been reduced by 35.15 per cent when compared to previous year upto August 2019. Accidents according to State highways has been reduced by 32.12 per cent and National Highways by 32.77 per cent when compared to previous year upto August 2019. Similarly accident deaths in State Highways has been reduced by 38.77 percent when compared to previous year upto August 2019. Accident deaths in National Highways has been reduced by 46.09 percent when compared to previous year upto August 2019. Accident deaths by other village roads have been decreased by 31.73 per cent when compared to previous year upto August 2019.

16. Accidents according to causes upto August 2020

Sl.No. Non- Fatal Grevious Injury Minor injury Total Types of Causes injury Accidents N.A N.P.K N.A N.P.I N.A N.P.I N.A 4266 4570 1618 2044 20072 27414 234 26190 1. Fault of Driver Fault of Passenger 2. 4 4 3 3 10 11 0 17 Other than Driver 14 14 9 9 59 59 0 82 3. Fault of Pedestrian 1 1 0 0 4 6 0 5 4. Fault of Mechanical Defect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5. Bad Road 5 5 1 2 5 6 0 11 6. Bad Weather 41 41 4 4 171 188 0 216 7. Others 4331 4635 1635 2062 20321 27684 234 26521 Total

N A-No. of Accidents. N P K –No. of persons killed. N P I –No. of persons injured Source: SCRB,Chennai The major cause for the accidents were fault of driver (98.75%) which may be due to over speed, aggressive driving, use of Cell phone etc.,

17. (a) Action taken on Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety

The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety has given directions to suspend the driving licences of the drivers who commit the following traffic violations a) Over Speeding. b) Over Loading of goods c) Over loading of persons in goods carriages. d) Drunken Driving. e) Red Light Jumping. f) Using Mobile Phone While driving.

17(b) .Details of DrivingLicences suspended for traffic violations No. of Driving Licences suspended/blocked Jan-20 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 and Apr-20 2020 May 2020 June July 2020 July2020 20August Grand Total 962 756 6376 1 Over Speeding. 995 1504 1320 269 570 Over Loading of 259 252 2809 581 708 627 175 207 2 goods Carrying 2208 1361 15929 3 passengers in 2648 3387 3755 851 1719 goods carriages. 450 554 5761 4 Drunken Driving. 1299 1272 1514 360 312 Red Light 1857 1727 12389 1639 2606 2112 714 1734 5 Jumping. Using Mobile 2411 1896 21315 6 Phone While 3288 5575 4483 1680 1982 driving 8147 6546 64578 TOTAL 10450 15052 13811 4049 6524

Source: ZONAL JTCS/DTCS

As on August 2020, around 64578 licences were suspended for violation of six offences identified by Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. 17(c) Check reports issued to drivers non wearing Helmets and non wearing Seatbelts No. of check reports issued (Upto August 2020) Without wearing helmets 740 Without wearing seat belts 314

17(d) Target fixed for reduction of traffic violations The target has been fixed for reduction of traffic violations due to non wearing of helmets, seatbelt and using of mobile phone while driving to District Collectors vide this office proceedings R.No.33609/C1/2014 dated 29/3/2019.(Annexure – III,IV and V)

target Target for Ist 2nd Upto June % of Description upto the year Quarter Quarter 2020 achievement 30/6/2020

Driving without Helmet 7818144 3909072 2454767 2689125 5143892 131.59

W/o Seat belt 1906212 953106 743510 421371 1164881 122.22

Using cellphone 536916 268458 236519 158206 394725 147.03

Source: STPC/ADGP

18. Accident details in Tamilnadu from 2004 – 2020 Total Fatal Non No. of persons YEAR Fatalities Accidents Accidents Fatal injured 2004 52508 8733 43775 9507 57283 2005 53878 8844 45034 9760 61967 2006 55145 10055 45090 11009 64341 2007 59140 11034 48106 12036 71099 2008 60409 11813 48596 12784 70251 2009 60794 12727 48067 13746 70504 2010 64996 14241 50755 15409 75445 2011 65873 14359 51514 15422 74245 2012 67757 15072 52685 16175 94523 2013 66238 14504 51734 15563 75681 2014 67250 14165 53085 15190 77725 2015 69059 14524 54535 15642 79701 2016 71431 16092 55339 17218 99381 2017 65562 15061 50501 16157 74572 2018 63920 11375 52545 12216 74537 2019 57228 9813 47415 10525 67137 2020 (upto August 26521 4331 22190 4635 29746 2020) Source:SCRB

80000 64996 65873 67757 66238 67250 69059 71431 65562 63920 60794 70000 60409 59140 57228 60000 50000 Total Accidents 40000 30000 26521 Fatalities 17218 16175 16157 15642 15563 15409 15422 15190 (IN (IN NUMBERS) 13746 12784 12216 12036

20000 10525

10000 4635 0 … 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 YEAR

A total of 26521 road accidents have been reported by the State in the calendar year 2020(upto August), claiming 4635 lives and causing injuries to 29746 persons. The Accidental death has reduced around 37.36 percent during the year 2020 (upto August) and total accidents have been decreased by 32.98 comparing the previous year 2019 (upto August).

19. Highlights

o In Tamil Nadu , around 156 accidents and 28 fatalities were occurred every day during 2019 which has been reduced to 108 accidents (approximately) and 19 fatalities (approx.) were occurred every day during 2020 (upto August 2020) o The maximum accidents and fatalities are caused by the two wheelers

20. Conclusion

Necessary stringent action has been taken by enforcement authorities of the Stake Holder departments Transport, Police, Highways, Health and Education of the State along with District Collectors to achieve the Goal. Apart from this, due to lockdown from 25/3/2020 for preventing pandemic COVID-19, both total accidents and total fatalities have been reduced during the year 2020 (upto august ) by 32.98 percent and 37.36 percent respectively when compared to previous year 2019(upto August).

ANNEXURE - I TARGET FOR TOTAL ACCIDENTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED DURING THE YEAR 2020 TOTAL for the DISTRICT/ CITY Year Jul-20 Jul-20 Oct-20 Oct-20 Jan-20 Jan-20 Apr-20 Feb-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Nov-20 Nov-20 May-20 May-20 Aug-20 2020 ARIYALUR 36 33 35 33 34 36 33 33 32 32 29 28 394 CHENNAI CITY 528 485 523 488 507 532 491 487 472 481 433 415 5842 COIMBATORE 221 203 219 204 212 222 206 204 198 201 181 173 2444 CUDDALORE 216 199 214 200 207 218 201 199 193 197 179 170 2393 DHARMAPURI 95 87 94 88 91 96 88 88 85 86 78 75 1051 DINDIGUL 134 123 133 124 128 135 125 123 120 122 110 104 1481 ERODE 155 143 154 144 149 157 145 143 139 141 128 122 1720 KANCHEEPURAM 242 222 239 223 232 243 225 223 216 220 199 190 2674 KANNIYAKUMARI 109 100 108 101 105 110 102 101 98 99 90 85 1208 KARUR 68 63 68 63 66 69 64 63 61 62 56 53 756 KRISHNAGIRI 125 114 123 115 119 125 116 115 111 113 103 99 1378 MADURAI 197 181 195 182 189 198 183 181 176 179 162 155 2178 NAGAPATTINAM 84 78 84 78 81 85 79 78 75 77 70 65 934 NAMAKKAL 141 130 140 131 136 142 132 130 127 129 117 110 1565 PERAMBALUR 33 31 33 31 32 34 31 31 30 30 27 26 369 PUDUKKOTTAI 95 87 94 88 91 96 89 88 85 87 78 76 1054 RAMANATHAPURAM 78 71 77 72 75 78 72 72 70 71 64 61 861 SALEM 213 196 211 197 205 215 198 197 191 194 176 167 2360 SIVAGANGAI 75 69 74 69 72 76 70 69 67 68 62 59 830 THANJAVUR 123 113 122 114 118 124 115 114 110 112 102 98 1365 THE NILGIRIS 13 12 13 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 146 THENI 72 66 72 67 69 73 67 67 65 66 60 57 801 THIRUVALLUR 99 91 98 91 95 99 92 91 88 90 81 77 1092 THIRUVARUR 67 61 66 62 64 67 62 62 60 61 55 52 739 THOOTHUKUDI 93 86 93 86 90 94 87 86 84 85 77 73 1034 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 113 104 112 104 108 114 105 104 101 103 93 89 1250 TIRUNELVELI 176 162 175 163 169 178 164 163 158 161 145 137 1951 TIRUPPUR 206 189 204 190 198 207 192 190 184 187 170 161 2278 TIRUVANNAMALAI 110 101 108 101 105 110 102 101 98 100 90 86 1212 VELLORE 184 169 182 170 177 185 171 170 165 167 152 144 2036 VILLUPURAM 217 199 215 200 208 218 202 200 194 197 179 170 2399 VIRUDHUNAGAR 76 70 76 71 73 77 71 70 68 70 63 60 845 TOTAL 4394 4038 4354 4062 4218 4426 4092 4055 3933 4000 3620 3448 48640

ANNEXURE - II TARGET FOR TOTAL DEATHS SHOULD NOT EXCEED DURING THE YEAR 2020 TOTAL for the DISTRICT/ CITY Year Jul-20 Jul-20 Oct-20 Oct-20 Jan-20 Jan-20 Apr-20 Feb-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Nov-20 Nov-20 May-20 May-20 Aug-20 2020 ARIYALUR 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 81 CHENNAI CITY 56 48 52 52 54 55 50 49 48 49 38 41 592 COIMBATORE 49 43 46 46 47 49 44 44 42 43 35 36 524 CUDDALORE 27 23 25 25 26 27 24 24 23 23 18 20 285 DHARMAPURI 18 15 16 16 17 17 16 16 15 15 12 13 186 DINDIGUL 31 27 29 29 30 31 28 28 27 27 21 23 331 ERODE 28 24 26 26 27 27 25 25 24 24 19 19 294 KANCHEEPURAM 50 43 46 46 48 49 45 44 43 44 34 37 529 KANNIYAKUMARI 14 12 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 12 10 10 148 KARUR 18 15 17 17 17 18 16 15 15 16 12 13 189 KRISHNAGIRI 29 25 27 27 28 29 26 26 25 26 22 22 312 MADURAI 35 30 32 32 33 34 31 31 30 30 25 25 368 NAGAPATTINAM 13 11 12 12 12 13 11 11 11 11 10 9 136 NAMAKKAL 25 21 23 23 24 24 22 22 21 21 17 17 260 PERAMBALUR 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 28 PUDUKKOTTAI 9 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 8 6 6 92 RAMANATHAPURAM 18 16 17 17 17 18 16 16 16 16 12 13 192 SALEM 14 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 12 13 10 11 152 SIVAGANGAI 38 32 35 35 36 37 34 33 32 33 26 28 399 THANJAVUR 16 14 15 15 15 16 14 14 14 14 12 12 171 THE NILGIRIS 23 20 21 21 22 23 20 20 20 20 15 17 242 THENI 13 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 11 11 9 10 139 THIRUVALLUR 29 25 27 27 28 29 26 26 25 26 21 21 310 THIRUVARUR 44 38 41 41 42 43 39 39 37 38 30 32 464 THOOTHUKUDI 21 18 20 20 21 21 19 19 18 19 15 16 227 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 23 19 21 21 22 22 20 20 19 20 15 17 239 TIRUNELVELI 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 7 94 TIRUPPUR 34 29 31 31 32 33 30 30 29 29 23 25 356 TIRUVANNAMALAI 18 16 17 17 18 18 17 16 16 16 13 14 196 VELLORE 41 36 39 38 40 41 37 37 35 36 29 30 439 VILLUPURAM 43 37 40 40 42 43 39 38 37 38 29 32 458 VIRUDHUNAGAR 17 15 16 16 17 17 15 15 15 15 12 13 183 TOTAL 813 699 754 753 782 803 727 720 695 709 564 597 8616

Associated with this Publication

1. Thiru V.Sathyanarayanan

Joint Transport Commissioner (Road Safety)

2. Thiru N. Ravichandran,

Deputy Transport Commisisoner II

3. Thiru G. Ashokkumar, Assistant Secretary-I

4. Tmt.K.Geetha, Statistical Inspector

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