Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Transport ) Department ROAD ACCIDENT ANALYSIS in TAMILNADU SEPTEMBER 2020

Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Transport ) Department

ROAD ACCIDENT ANALYSIS IN TAMILNADU

SEPTEMBER 2020

TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY COMMISSIONER,

EZHILAGAM, CHEPAUK, CHENNAI-600 005

PREFACE

I am happy to inform that this is the 3rd road accident analysis of this year 2020 (Upto September 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 Sep) The fatalities have to be controlled in Districts viz., Chennai city, Salem, Cuddalore, Pudukottai, Tirunelvlei, Kanniyakumari, Perambalur and Thanjavur and the total accidents have to be controlled in Perambalur, Karur, Tiruchirapalli and Ramanathapuram Districts as against the target fixed. 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 September 2020 1-2 3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of September 2020 2 4. The Districtwise Grievous /Minor injuries during the month of September 3-4 2020 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 September 2020 8. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between September 2019 and 9-10 September 2020 9. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between 2019 and 2020 (Upto 10-12 September ) 10 Accidents in Major Cities 12 11(a) Accidents in Tamil Nadu - Overview 12 11(b) Accident Comparison September 2019 and September 2020 in Tamil Nadu 12-13 11(c) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison between 14-15 September 2019 and September 2020 in Tamil Nadu 12 Accidents according to type of vehicles September 2020 15 13(a) Deaths caused due to non wearing of helmets in two wheelers 15-16 13(b) District wise deaths due to non wearing of helmets (in numbers) 16-17 14. Accidents according to vehicles- 17-18 Comparison between 2019 and 2020 (Upto September ) 15(a) Accidents and deaths according to roads- in September 2020 18-19 15(b) Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads upto September 2019 and 19 September 2020 16. Accidents According to Causes 19-20 17(a) Action taken on Supreme Court Committee on Road safety 20 17(b) Details of Driving Licences suspended for traffic violations 20-21 17(c) Check reports issued to drivers not wearing Helmets and not wearing Seatbelts 21 17(d) Target fixed for reduction of traffic violations 21 18. Accident details in Tamil Nadu from 2004 – 2020 22 19. Highlights 23 20. Conclusion 23 21. Annexure-I -II 24-25 3

1. Introduction

Road accidents are one of the significant causes of diability, injury and death in the world. The trauma caused by road accidents is unimaginable, physical, mental, financial and many time irrevocable. It is possible to reduce road accident rate and severity by adopting and enforcing proper safety measures. Road safety is a major public health concern. Due to the lockdown against the prevention and spread of COVID-19 and strict implementation of raod safety measures reduces road accident injuries and fatalities. The accident data for the month

September 2020 is analysed in this report.

2. Districtwise Total Accidents during the month of Sep 2020

Sl. No. Name of the District Total Accidents Sl. No. Name of the District Total Accidents 1 CHENNAI CITY 447 20 CHENGALPATTU 102 2 COIMBATORE 245 21 TIRUNELVELI 99 3 TIRUPPUR 236 22 TIRUVANNAMALAI 96 4 CUDDALORE 209 23 VIRUDHUNAGAR 95 5 SALEM 204 24 SIVAGANGAI 91 6 MADURAI 202 25 DHARMAPURI 90 7 VILLUPURAM 195 26 KALLKURICHI 87 8 ERODE 171 27 THENI 84 9 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 164 28 TIRUPATHUR 83 10 DINDIGUL 151 29 THIRUVARUR 75 11 NAMAKKAL 139 30 TENKASI 72 12 THANJAVUR 125 31 NAGAPATTINAM 70 13 PUDUKKOTTAI 123 32 VELLORE 60 14 KRISHNAGIRI 110 33 KANCHEEPURAM 59 15 RAMANATHAPURAM 110 34 PERAMBALUR 50 16 KARUR 109 35 RANIPET 45 17 KANNIYAKUMARI 108 36 ARIYALUR 44 18 THOOTHUKUDI 107 37 THE NILGIRIS 16 19 THIRUVALLUR 104 TOTAL 4577 Source:SCRB

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

3. Districtwise Total Deaths during the month of Sep 2020

Sl. Sl. No. Name of the District Name of the District Total deaths No. Total deaths 1 CHENNAI CITY 83 20 ERODE 18 2 COIMBATORE 49 21 TIRUPATHUR 18 3 SALEM 42 22 PERAMBALUR 17 4 CUDDALORE 40 23 SIVAGANGAI 17 5 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 39 24 VIRUDHUNAGAR 17 6 TIRUPPUR 37 25 DINDIGUL 15 7 MADURAI 34 26 NAGAPATTINAM 15 8 KARUR 29 27 THANJAVUR 15 9 VILLUPURAM 29 28 KANCHEEPURAM 14 10 NAMAKKAL 27 29 KANNIYAKUMARI 14 11 PUDUKKOTTAI 27 30 ARIYALUR 13 12 THIRUVALLUR 27 31 DHARMAPURI 13 13 THOOTHUKUDI 27 32 THIRUVARUR 11 14 RAMANATHAPURAM 26 33 THENI 10 15 CHENGALPATTU 24 34 RANIPET 8 16 KALLKURICHI 24 35 TENKASI 7 17 TIRUVANNAMALAI 24 36 VELLORE 4 18 KRISHNAGIRI 22 37 THE NILGIRIS 1 19 TIRUNELVELI 21 TOTAL 858 Source:SCRB

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

Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur, Madurai, Karur, Villupuram and Namakkal during the month of

Sep 2020. In four districts, Ranipet, Tenkasi, Vellore and The Nilgiris less than 10 fatalities were occurred during the month of September 2020. The average fatalities of the State is 23 during the month of Sep 2020.

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

Grieviously Sl. NO. District/City Injured Minor Injured 1 CHENNAI CITY 97 363 2 COIMBATORE 48 191 3 NAMAKKAL 32 106 4 CUDDALORE 19 193 5 KANNIYAKUMARI 17 89 6 VIRUDHUNAGAR 16 84 7 KRISHNAGIRI 14 122 8 SALEM 11 183 9 TIRUNELVELI 7 100 10 THOOTHUKUDI 6 115 11 NAGAPATTINAM 5 56 12 THANJAVUR 5 143 13 THIRUVARUR 5 77 14 DHARMAPURI 4 89 15 CHENGALPATTU 3 116 16 ERODE 2 209 17 MADURAI 2 231 18 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 2 174 19 KARUR 1 113 20 TIRUPATHUR 1 76 21 TIRUPPUR 1 278 22 VELLORE 1 65 23 ARIYALUR 0 56 24 DINDIGUL 0 194 25 KALLKURICHI 0 87 26 KANCHEEPURAM 0 58 27 PERAMBALUR 0 63 28 PUDUKKOTTAI 0 115 29 RAMANATHAPURAM 0 110 30 RANIPET 0 54 31 SIVAGANGAI 0 95 32 TENKASI 0 75 33 THE NILGIRIS 0 36 34 THENI 0 123 35 THIRUVALLUR 0 100

Grieviously Sl. NO. District/City Injured Minor Injured 36 TIRUVANNAMALAI 0 92 37 VILLUPURAM 0 215 TOTAL 299 4646 Source:SCRB

During the month of September 2020, there are no persons grievously injured in thirteen districts viz., Ariyalur, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Ranipet, Sivagangai, Tenkasi, The Nilgiris, Theni, Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram. 97 persons were grieviouly injured from Chennai city.

Only one person got grievously injured in four districts namely Karur, Thirupathur.Tiruppur and Vellore.

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 Sep-20 Sep 2020 1 CHENNAI CITY 472 476 456 85 201 189 291 382 447 2999 2 CUDDALORE 277 259 268 44 135 189 180 191 209 1752 3 COIMBATORE 225 256 207 32 137 163 183 216 245 1664 4 TIRUPPUR 163 180 184 27 138 179 202 256 236 1565 5 SALEM 228 228 189 25 110 148 157 214 204 1503 6 MADURAI 224 169 181 26 95 131 120 194 202 1342 7 ERODE 137 153 132 24 70 105 134 160 171 1086 8 VILLUPURAM 193 162 102 19 36 62 115 166 195 1050 9 NAMAKKAL 141 147 125 18 75 106 114 149 139 1014 10 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 113 106 82 21 107 127 135 153 164 1008 11 DINDIGUL 166 134 105 17 79 95 103 153 151 1003 12 KRISHNAGIRI 127 112 101 17 99 120 106 120 110 912 13 CHENGALPATTU 173 161 123 18 47 58 70 96 102 848

UPTO Sl.No. DISTRICT/CITY Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Sep 2020 14 THANJAVUR 122 101 80 18 62 103 103 110 125 824 15 KANNIYAKUMARI 138 105 84 17 66 70 83 110 108 781 16 PUDUKKOTTAI 107 101 72 19 53 84 86 114 123 759 17 TIRUNELVELI 108 124 88 11 52 64 68 93 99 707 18 THOOTHUKUDI 124 97 76 20 63 58 65 78 107 688 19 RAMANATHAPURAM 100 100 70 19 51 63 68 92 110 673 20 DHARMAPURI 81 56 58 9 66 102 88 108 90 658 21 TIRUVANNAMALAI 119 58 66 19 57 63 83 89 96 650 22 KARUR 76 99 74 10 56 76 64 84 109 648 23 VIRUDHUNAGAR 74 91 65 10 52 66 69 119 95 641 24 THIRUVALLUR 70 67 89 16 47 54 78 106 104 631 25 SIVAGANGAI 93 87 53 19 48 59 70 87 91 607 26 TENKASI 70 91 69 8 40 52 58 90 72 550 27 THENI 76 77 72 10 47 57 49 77 84 549 28 KALLKURICHI 101 63 48 14 40 45 51 66 87 515 29 TIRUPATHUR 76 61 68 10 32 36 53 62 83 481 30 KANCHEEPURAM 67 81 74 14 36 32 54 58 59 475 31 NAGAPATTINAM 81 81 52 8 33 37 56 55 70 473 32 THIRUVARUR 59 63 66 20 35 45 41 46 75 450 33 VELLORE 87 73 57 11 36 45 31 46 60 446 34 RANIPET 93 78 67 18 22 16 32 42 45 413 35 PERAMBALUR 64 40 40 8 22 41 29 48 50 342 36 ARIYALUR 33 46 37 4 25 30 28 34 44 281 37 THE NILGIRIS 17 24 10 3 8 15 6 11 16 110 TOTAL 4675 4407 3790 688 2378 2985 3323 4275 4577 31098 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 Sep-20 Sep Sl.No. 20 2020

1 CHENNAI CITY 89 86 78 16 48 44 70 93 83 607 2 COIMBATORE 34 34 34 1 33 21 42 57 49 305 3 SALEM 32 46 28 3 25 29 31 41 42 277 4 TIRUPPUR 30 46 21 3 19 28 32 39 37 255 5 KRISHNAGIRI 31 30 26 3 32 32 32 22 22 230 6 CUDDALORE 28 23 25 7 23 24 22 27 40 219 7 CHENGALPATTU 35 43 32 4 9 15 17 29 24 208 8 MADURAI 35 23 23 3 18 25 24 18 34 203 9 NAMAKKAL 20 21 24 4 23 20 25 15 27 179 10 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 19 20 14 4 18 16 24 24 39 178 11 DINDIGUL 36 24 20 4 14 13 17 29 15 172 12 THOOTHUKUDI 21 21 13 8 12 17 15 25 27 159 13 TIRUVANNAMALAI 22 16 17 8 16 14 21 20 24 158 14 VILLUPURAM 19 18 11 0 9 16 24 29 29 155 15 RAMANATHAPURAM 20 21 14 3 18 15 17 19 26 153 16 VIRUDHUNAGAR 21 23 11 3 10 16 14 29 17 144 17 TIRUNELVELI 21 20 17 5 8 11 9 24 21 136 18 KALLKURICHI 21 11 8 3 11 12 11 33 24 134 19 THIRUVALLUR 16 10 11 3 6 8 20 25 27 126 20 KANCHEEPURAM 19 16 13 2 10 9 15 15 14 113 21 PUDUKKOTTAI 11 14 11 3 7 12 10 18 27 113 22 KANNIYAKUMARI 19 14 15 2 11 6 11 17 14 109 23 SIVAGANGAI 18 18 4 3 10 7 14 15 17 106 24 DHARMAPURI 11 9 12 3 10 15 15 17 13 105 25 PERAMBALUR 24 10 13 4 7 11 9 8 17 103 26 TENKASI 20 15 14 4 11 8 12 11 7 102 27 TIRUPATHUR 14 8 17 2 6 5 11 17 18 98 28 ERODE 8 12 12 2 9 10 12 12 18 95 29 THANJAVUR 12 17 5 1 4 6 11 15 15 86 30 NAGAPATTINAM 10 10 9 5 7 10 9 10 15 85 31 THENI 9 7 12 0 11 9 11 15 10 84 32 KARUR 7 15 6 0 5 4 5 7 29 78 9

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

33 RANIPET 18 10 18 1 3 3 3 4 8 68 34 VELLORE 13 10 3 1 2 5 3 7 4 48 35 ARIYALUR 3 6 11 0 1 5 2 5 13 46 36 THIRUVARUR 4 4 5 1 5 6 2 7 11 45 37 THE NILGIRIS 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 11 TOTAL 771 732 610 119 472 509 622 800 858 5493

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

TOTAL ACCIDENTS ( Upto Sep 2020) TOTAL DEATHS ( Upto Sep 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 CHENNAI CITY 5842 592 4513 2999 -1514 464 607 143 2 SALEM 2360 152 1823 1503 -320 118 230 112 3 CUDDALORE 2393 285 1847 1752 -95 224 305 81 4 PUDUKKOTTAI 1054 92 813 759 -54 72 144 72 5 TIRUNELVELI 1951 94 1508 707 -801 74 136 62 6 KANNIYAKUMARI 1208 148 934 781 -153 116 153 37 7 PERAMBALUR 369 28 286 342 56 21 46 25 8 THANJAVUR 1365 171 1053 824 -229 133 155 22 9 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 1250 239 965 1008 43 187 178 -9 10 THENI 801 139 618 549 -69 109 98 -11 11 ARIYALUR 394 81 305 281 -24 63 45 -18 12 NAGAPATTINAM 934 136 722 473 -249 106 84 -22 13 TIRUPPUR 2278 356 1760 1565 -195 279 255 -24 14 ERODE 1720 294 1329 1086 -243 232 208 -24 15 RAMANATHAPURAM 861 192 665 673 8 151 126 -25 16 NAMAKKAL 1565 260 1209 1014 -195 205 179 -26 17 DHARMAPURI 1051 186 812 658 -154 146 113 -33 18 VIRUDHUNAGAR 845 183 652 641 -11 143 106 -37 19 KARUR 756 189 585 648 63 148 109 -39 20 TIRUVANNAMALAI 1212 196 936 650 -286 153 113 -40

TOTAL ACCIDENTS ( Upto Sep 2020) TOTAL DEATHS ( Upto Sep 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 THOOTHUKUDI 1034 227 799 688 -111 177 134 -43 22 MADURAI 2178 368 1682 1342 -340 288 219 -69 23 KRISHNAGIRI 1378 312 1063 912 -151 242 159 -83 24 DINDIGUL 1481 331 1145 1003 -142 260 172 -88 25 COIMBATORE 2444 524 1889 1664 -225 410 277 -133 26 THIRUVALLUR 1092 310 844 631 -213 242 105 -137 27 VILLUPURAM 2399 458 1853 1050 -803 359 203 -156 28 THE NILGIRIS 146 242 112 110 -2 190 11 -179 29 SIVAGANGAI 830 399 641 607 -34 312 103 -209 30 VELLORE 2036 439 1573 446 -1127 344 68 -276 31 THIRUVARUR 739 464 571 450 -121 364 78 -286 32 KANCHEEPURAM 2674 529 2065 475 -1590 414 85 -329 33 CHENGALPATTU 848 158 34 KALLKURICHI 515 95 35 RANIPET 413 48 36 TENKASI 550 102 37 TIRUPATHUR 481 86 TOTAL 48640 8616 37572 31098 -9281 6746 5493 -1742

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

The status of achievement upto Sep 2020 is as follows Description Yearly Proportionate Actual No. Difference target fixed target fixed occurred should not should not exceed exceed (upto Sep) Total 48640 37572 31098 -9281 Accidents Total deaths 8616 6746 5493 -1742

8. Comparison of Accidents and Fatalities between Sep 2019 and Sep 2020 DISTRICT/CITY TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % of % of SEP SEP increase SEP SEP increase 2019 2020 or 2019 2020 or Sl.No decrease decrease 1 PUDUKKOTTAI 89 96 7.87 8 27 237.50 2 KARUR 72 75 4.17 10 29 190.00 3 RAMANATHAPURAM 79 108 36.71 12 26 116.67 4 THIRUVALLUR 96 110 14.58 15 27 80.00 5 PERAMBALUR 31 91 193.55 10 17 70.00 6 NAGAPATTINAM 79 59 -25.32 10 15 50.00 7 THANJAVUR 144 83 -42.36 10 15 50.00 8 CUDDALORE 228 202 -11.40 27 40 48.15 9 ARIYALUR 43 50 16.28 9 13 44.44 10 ERODE 152 87 -42.76 14 18 28.57 11 TIRUVANNAMALAI 121 102 -15.70 21 24 14.29 12 THOOTHUKUDI 99 110 11.11 24 27 12.50 13 COIMBATORE 219 209 -4.57 44 49 11.36 14 THIRUVARUR 59 44 -25.42 10 11 10.00 15 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 124 164 32.26 36 39 8.33 16 SIVAGANGAI 87 95 9.20 16 17 6.25 17 MADURAI 214 195 -8.88 33 34 3.03 18 SALEM 225 245 8.89 42 42 0.00 19 THE NILGIRIS 22 16 -27.27 1 1 0.00 20 TIRUPPUR 257 236 -8.17 39 37 -5.13 21 VIRUDHUNAGAR 77 123 59.74 19 17 -10.53 22 VILLUPURAM 235 125 -46.81 34 29 -14.71 23 THENI 78 70 -10.26 12 10 -16.67 24 CHENNAI CITY 512 447 -12.70 100 83 -17.00 25 DHARMAPURI 94 104 10.64 16 13 -18.75 26 NAMAKKAL 156 139 -10.90 35 27 -22.86 27 KANNIYAKUMARI 115 109 -5.22 25 14 -44.00 28 KRISHNAGIRI 143 204 42.66 41 22 -46.34 29 TIRUNELVELI 191 99 -48.17 44 21 -52.27

Sl.No DISTRICT/CITY TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS 30 DINDIGUL 145 151 4.14 41 15 -63.41 31 KANCHEEPURAM 242 90 -62.81 64 14 -78.13 32 VELLORE 198 45 -77.27 28 4 -85.71 33 CHENGALPATTU 171 24 34 KALLKURICHI 107 24 35 RANIPET 60 8 36 TENKASI 72 7 37 TIRUPATHUR 84 18 TOTAL 4626 4577 -1.06 850 858 0.94 Source:SCRB

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

During the month of Sep 2020, both the total accidents and fatalities have been increased in nine districts Perambalur, Ramanathapuram,Tiruchirappli, Ariyalur, Thiruvallur,Thoothukudi, Sivagangai, Pudukottai and Karur when compared to September 2019.

The fatalities have been increased in eight districts inspite of total accidents are in decreasing trend i.e. Coimbatore, Madurai, Cuddalore, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvaruru, Thanajvaur and Erode Districts when compared to previous year Sep 2019. Eventhough the fatalities are in decreasing trend, the total accidents have been increased in Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem and Dindigul when compared to previous year Sep 2019. The Chenglepet, Kallakurichi, Ranipet,Tenkasi and Tirupathur are newly formed districts.

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

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % of % of Upto Upto increase Upto Upto increase Sep Sep or Sep Sep or Sl.No DISTRICT/CITY 2019 2020 decrease 2019 2020 decrease 1 ERODE 1674 1086 -35.13 147 208 41.50 2 THE NILGIRIS 116 110 -5.17 9 11 22.22 3 THANJAVUR 1293 824 -36.27 135 155 14.81 13

4 THIRUVARUR 699 450 -35.62 69 78 13.04 5 PUDUKKOTTAI 914 759 -16.96 159 144 -9.43 6 CUDDALORE 2187 1752 -19.89 340 305 -10.29 7 KANNIYAKUMARI 1078 781 -27.55 175 153 -12.57 8 RAMANATHAPURAM 754 673 -10.74 146 126 -13.70 9 DHARMAPURI 956 658 -31.17 135 113 -16.30 10 ARIYALUR 357 281 -21.29 59 45 -23.73 11 NAGAPATTINAM 871 473 -45.69 112 84 -25.00 12 SALEM 2088 1503 -28.02 315 230 -26.98 13 TIRUCHIRAPALLI 1101 1008 -8.45 250 178 -28.80 14 TIRUPPUR 2010 1565 -22.14 374 255 -31.82 15 VIRUDHUNAGAR 803 641 -20.17 156 106 -32.05 16 MADURAI 1958 1342 -31.46 340 219 -35.59 17 THENI 709 549 -22.57 154 98 -36.36 18 NAMAKKAL 1410 1014 -28.09 283 179 -36.75 19 PERAMBALUR 329 342 3.95 74 46 -37.84 20 THOOTHUKUDI 907 688 -24.15 222 134 -39.64 21 CHENNAI CITY 5433 2999 -44.80 1006 607 -39.66 22 COIMBATORE 2166 1664 -23.18 463 277 -40.17 23 KARUR 682 648 -4.99 187 109 -41.71 24 VILLUPURAM 2134 1050 -50.80 352 203 -42.33 25 DINDIGUL 1385 1003 -27.58 301 172 -42.86 26 KRISHNAGIRI 1348 912 -32.34 299 159 -46.82 27 TIRUVANNAMALAI 1021 650 -36.34 221 113 -48.87 28 THIRUVALLUR 1049 631 -39.85 209 105 -49.76 29 SIVAGANGAI 768 607 -20.96 210 103 -50.95 30 TIRUNELVELI 1727 707 -59.06 371 136 -63.34 31 VELLORE 1765 446 -74.73 284 68 -76.06 32 KANCHEEPURAM 2505 475 -81.04 693 85 -87.73 33 CHENGALPATTU 848 158 34 KALLKURICHI 515 95 35 RANIPET 413 48 36 TENKASI 550 102 37 TIRUPATHUR 481 86 44197 31098 -29.64 8250 5493 -33.42 TOTAL Source:SCRB (Note: Sl.No.33 to 37 are newly formed districts)

Total accidents upto Sep 2020 are in increasing trend in Perambalur District when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. In Erode, The Nilgiris, Thanjvaur and Thiruvarur Districts the total fatalities are in increasing tend inspite of total accidents are in decreasing trend when compared to previous year upto September 2019. In the remaining districts, the decrease in both total accidents and total deaths upto Sep 2020 which is due to the lockdown 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 September

2020 are furnished below:-

DISTRICTWISE ROAD ACCIDENTS REPORT UPTO THE MONTH SEP 2020 GRIEVOUS MINOR NON DISTRICT/CITY FATAL INJURY INJURY INJURY TOTAL NA NPK NA NPI NA NPI NA NA CHENNAI CITY 592 606 616 710 1716 2161 73 2997 COIMBATORE CITY 48 48 177 221 257 283 17 499 MADURAI CITY 51 55 8 8 303 338 5 367 SALEM CITY 59 59 58 72 323 365 0 440 TIRUCHIRAPALLI CITY 59 59 0 0 216 293 8 283 TIRUNELVELI CITY 26 26 33 38 151 174 0 210 TIRUPPUR CITY 29 50 3 3 394 444 4 430

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

More number of accidents occurred in Chennai city (2997) followed by Coimbatore (499),

Salem city (440) and Tiruppur city (430) .

11(a) . Accidents in TamilNadu–Overview During Sep 2020, there are 4577 road accidents have been reported in the State. The comparison of accidents between Sep 2019 and SEp 2020 are as follows:-

11(b) Accident Comparison 2019 and 2020 (upto Sep) 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 4813 3323 -30.96 814 590 -27.52 889 622 -30.03 July

August 4767 4275 -10.32 808 755 -6.56 878 800 -8.88 4626 4577 -1.06 794 805 1.39 850 858 0.94 Sep 44197 31098 -29.64 7666 5136 -33.00 8250 5493 -33.42 Total -13099 -2530 -2757 DIFF Source:SCRB The total accidents during Sep 2020 is decreased by (-) 1.06 percent when compared to the previous year September 2019. It is in increasing trend when compared to previous months after the completion of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandamic. i.e. % of % of Total No. increase increase Total Months of over over fatalities accidents previous previous month month July 2020 3323 622 August 2020 4275 28.65 800 28.62 Sep 2020 4577 7.06 858 7.25

Significantly, the number of persons killed in road accidents during Sep 2020 are increased by 0.94 per cent comparing to the previous year. During this year 2020 (upto Sep ) 13099 accidents were reduced when compared to previous year ( upto Sep 2019). Similarly, 2757 fatalities were reduced when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. During the month Sep 2020, 858 persons killed out of 805 fatal accidents. More than one person died in some accidents.

4626 4577 5000 4500 4000 Total accidents 3500 Total deaths 3000 2500 2000 850 858

(INNUMBERS 1500 1000 500 0 Sep-19 Sep-20 MONTH

11(c ) Number of persons grievously / minor injured –Comparison between Sep 2019 and Sep 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 Sep 385 299 -22.34 5293 4646 -12.22 Total 3713 2361 -36.41 48330 32330 -33.11 DIFF -1352 -16000 Source:SCRB

The percentage of number of persons grievously injured are decreased by (-) 22.34 percent when compared to previous year Sep 2019. Similarly, the percentage of number of persons minor injured are decreased by (-) 12.22% comparing the previous year Sep 2019.

12.Accidents according to type of vehicles Sep 2020

TOTAL % OF FATAL % OF % OF Types of Vehicles FATALITIES ACCIDENTS SHARE ACCIDENTS SHARE SHARE Bus : GOVT 41 0.90 13 1.61 16 1.86 Bus:PRIVATE 27 0.59 11 1.37 12 1.40 Truck / Lorry 533 11.65 145 18.01 154 17.95 Car / Jeep / Taxi 1215 26.55 183 22.73 203 23.66 / Tempo Two wheelers 2157 47.13 317 39.38 333 38.81 Three wheelers 158 3.45 18 2.24 20 2.33 Others 446 9.74 118 14.66 120 13.99 Total 4577 100.00 805 100.00 858 100.00

Source:SCRB

During Sep 2020, the maximum accidents are caused by the two wheelers (47.13% of total accidents) and the four wheelers like car, jeep, etc (26.55% of total accidents) stands second .The maximum fatalities are by two wheelers (38.81% ) followed by four wheelers like car, jeep, etc (23.66% ) and third by Goods carriages (17.95%).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

DEATHS DUE TO DEATHS BY MONTH NON WEARING OF TWO WHEELERS HELMETS July 2020 266 102 August 2020 315 112

333 122 Sep 2020 Total 2034 895 Source: Health Systems Project

44% Percent of the Death in two wheelers were occurred due to non wearing of helmets. When compared to previous year 2019 (upto Sep) death caused due to non wearing of helmet was 1591, which has been decreased by (-)43.74%.

13(b) District wise Deaths due to non wearing of helmets (in numbers) Apr'20 Apr'20 Jan'20 Feb'20 Mar'20 July 20 July Aug-20 Sep-20 May 20 20 May June 20 June 20

Sl.No. District TOTAL

1 ARIYALUR 1 2 2 1 1 7 2 CHENGALPATTU 1 8 6 5 9 10 39 3 CHENNAI 4 8 7 2 3 3 3 3 5 38 4 COIMBATORE 6 9 7 1 4 6 6 7 8 54 5 CUDDALORE 1 1 1 4 5 4 1 17 6 DHARMAPURI 2 4 3 3 3 5 2 2 24 7 DINDIGUL 8 4 5 1 8 3 6 3 3 41 8 ERODE 1 1 4 9 8 4 6 5 38 9 KALLAKURICHI 1 3 2 4 2 12 10 KANCHEEPURAM 15 11 13 1 3 3 2 7 55 11 KANYAKUMARI 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 10 12 KARUR 2 2 1 1 1 7 13 KRISHNAGIRI 5 2 5 1 6 6 8 6 1 40 14 MADURAI 8 5 8 1 3 4 3 6 38 15 MAYILADUTHURAI 3 3 16 NAGAPATTINAM 1 2 4 1 1 2 11 17 NAMAKKAL 3 3 4 5 2 11 1 3 32 18 PERAMBALUR 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 13 19

Apr'20 Apr'20 Jan'20 Feb'20 Mar'20 July 20 July Aug-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 May 20 20 May June 20 June 20

Sl.No. District TOTAL

19 PUDUKOTTAI 1 5 1 2 1 4 4 18 20 RAMANATHAPURAM 3 5 4 1 2 2 2 19 21 RANIPET 1 2 1 4 22 SALEM 3 6 4 1 5 8 4 3 8 42 23 SIVAGANGAI 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 24 TENKASI 2 2 4 25 THANJAVUR 6 7 2 2 5 15 4 5 7 53 26 THE NILGIRIS 1 1 27 THENI 2 1 2 2 7 28 THIRUVALLUR 8 6 6 2 1 2 2 2 3 32 29 THIRUVANNAMALAI 2 4 3 2 1 5 3 8 28 30 THIRUVARUR 2 2 1 2 2 1 10 31 THOOTHUKUDI 1 4 3 1 1 5 1 16 32 TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 2 5 3 2 2 3 4 6 3 30 33 TIRUNELVELI 6 4 2 1 2 1 3 3 22 34 TIRUPATTUR 1 1 3 6 11 35 TIRUPUR 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 5 7 29 36 VELLORE 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 22 37 VILLUPURAM 6 4 4 3 3 3 7 3 33 38 VIRUDHUNAGAR 4 2 3 1 6 2 4 2 24 Grand Total 110 121 108 24 90 106 102 112 122 895 Source: Health Systems Project

The highest death due to non wearing of helmet was happened at Kanchipuram (55) followed by Coimbatore (54) and Thanjavur (53).

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

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % OF % OF Type of Sl.No UPTO UPTO INCREASE UPTO UPTO INCREASE vehicles Sep Sep OR Sep Sep OR 2019 2020 DECREASE 2019 2020 DECREASE 1. Government Buses 1447 486 -66.41 455 152 -66.59 Private Buses 1817 554 -69.51 396 120 -69.70 2. Truck / Lorry 4722 3517 -25.52 1298 1020 -21.42 20

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % OF % OF Type of Sl.No UPTO UPTO INCREASE UPTO UPTO INCREASE vehicles Sep Sep OR Sep Sep OR 2019 2020 DECREASE 2019 2020 DECREASE 3. Car / Jeep / Taxi / Tempo 12231 8349 -31.74 2077 1363 -34.38 4. Two wheelers 18278 14423 -21.09 2801 2034 -27.38 5. Three wheelers 2082 1152 -44.67 235 132 -43.83 6. Others 3620 2617 -27.71 988 672 -31.98 Total 44197 31098 -29.64 8250 5493 -33.42 Source:SCRB According to vehicles accidents by the Government and private buses have been reduced by (-) 66.41% and (-) 69.51% 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 (-)44.67% when comparing to the previous year upto Sep 2019. Total accidents by two wheelers have been decreased by (-) 21.09% and by other vehicles by (-)27.71%. Accordingly, Death by Government /Private buses have been reduced by (-) 66.59% and (-) 69.70% respectively when comparing to previous year upto Sep 2019. 15(a) Accidents and deaths according to roads- in Sep 2020

Total % of % of % of Sl.No. Types of Vehicles Fatal Accident Fatalities Accidents share share share 1. National Highways 1555 33.97 306 38.01 328 38.23 2. State Highways 1537 33.58 252 31.30 275 32.05 3. Other Dist. Roads 968 21.15 166 20.62 173 20.16 4. Other Village 517 11.30 81 10.06 82 9.56 Roads Total 4577 100.00 805 100.00 858 100.00 Source:SCRB

During Sep 2020 From the above table it reveals that the most number of accidents occurs in National Highways (33.97%) followed by State Highways (33.58%) , other district roads 21.15% and other village roads 11.30%.

According to Death, Death occurs in National Highways (38.23%) and State Highways (32.05%) in Tamilnadu. 15(b).Comparison of Accident and Deaths in roads during 2019 and 2020 (Upto Sep )

TOTAL ACCIDENTS TOTAL DEATHS % OF % OF Sl.No. Types of Roads UPTO INCREASE UPTO UPTO INCREASE Sep UPTO Sep OR Sep Sep OR 2019 2020 DECREASE 2019 2020 DECREASE 1. National Highways 13579 9741 -28.26 3093 2056 -33.53

2. State Highways 14813 10498 -29.13 2678 1731 -35.36

3. Other Dist. Roads 9842 6894 -29.95 1645 1127 -31.49

4. Other Village Roads 5963 3965 -33.51 834 579 -30.58

Total 44197 31098 -29.64 8250 5493 -33.42 Source:SCRB Accidents according to other village roads has been reduced by (-)33.51 per cent when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. Accidents according to Other district roads have been reduced by (-)29.95 per cent and then State highways has been reduced by (-)29.13 per cent and National Highways by (-)28.26 per cent when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. Similarly accident deaths in State Highways has been reduced by (-)35.36 percent when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. Accident deaths in National Highways has been reduced by (-)33.53 percent when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019. Accident deaths by other district roads have been decreased by (-)31.49 per cent when compared to previous year upto Sep2019.

16. Accidents according to causes upto Sep 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 5052 5408 1868 2340 23503 32009 274 30697 1. Fault of Driver

Fault of Passenger 4 4 3 3 11 12 0 18 2. Other than Driver 14 14 9 9 61 61 0 84 3. Fault of Pedestrian 1 1 0 0 5 7 0 6 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 60 61 7 7 215 235 0 282 7. Others 5136 5493 1888 2361 23800 32330 274 31098 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 is 30697 out of 31098 which is (98.71%) 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 020 Sep2 Grand Total 962 756 1220 7596 1 Over Speeding. 995 1504 1320 269 570 Over Loading of 259 252 448 3257 581 708 627 175 207 2 goods Carrying 2208 1361 2246 18175 3 passengers in 2648 3387 3755 851 1719 goods carriages. 23

Jan-20 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 and Apr-20 2020 May 2020 June July 2020 July2020 20August 020 Sep2 Grand Total Drunken 450 554 267 6028 4 Driving. 1299 1272 1514 360 312 Red Light 1857 1727 2443 14832 1639 2606 2112 714 1734 5 Jumping. Using Mobile 2411 1896 2820 24135 6 Phone While 3288 5575 4483 1680 1982 driving 8147 6546 9444 74023 TOTAL 10450 15052 13811 4049 6524

Source: ZONAL JTCS/DTCS

As on Sep 2020, around 74023 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 Sep 2020) Without wearing helmets 1226 Without wearing seat belts 667

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 rd Upto % of Target for Ist 2nd 3 Description upto Sep achievem the year Quarter Quarter Quarter 30/9/2020 2020 ent Driving without 7818144 5863608 2454767 2689125 2445947 7589839 129.44 Helmet 1906212 1429659 743510 421371 570826 1735707 121.41 W/o Seat belt 536916 402687 236519 158206 139304 534029 132.62 Using cellphone

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 31098 5136 25962 5493 34691 Sep 2020) Source:SCRB

80000 70000 60000 59140 60409 60794 64996 65873 67757 66238 67250 69059 71431 65562 63920 57228 50000 40000 31098 17218 16175 16157

30000 15642 15563 15409 15422 15190 13746

12784 Total 12216 12036 20000 10525 5493

(IN (IN NUMBERS) Accidents 10000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

YEAR Sep) 2020 (upto

A total of 31098 road accidents have been reported by the State in the calendar year 2020(upto Sep), claiming 5493 lives and causing injuries to 34691 persons. The Accidental death has reduced around (-)33.42 percent during the year 2020 (upto Sep) and total accidents have been decreased by (-)29.64 comparing the previous year 2019 (upto Sep).

19. Highlights

o In Tamil Nadu , around 156 accidents and 28 fatalities were occurred every day during 2019 which has been reduced to 113 accidents (approximately) and 20 fatalities (approx.) were occurred every day during 2020 (upto Sep 2020) o The maximum accidents and fatalities are caused by the two wheelers .44 per cent Percent of the Death in two wheelers were occurred due to non wearing of helmets.  During Sep 2020 the most number of accidents occurs in National Highways (33.97%) followed by State Highways (33.58%) , other district roads 21.15% and other village roads 11.30%.

20. Conclusion

The Sustainable Development Goal on Road Safety 2030 Agenda includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 Targets and 300 and more Indicators. This department makes effort to achieve the Target 3.6 under SDGs aims halves the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents. The Sustainable Development Goal on Road Safety for the year 2020 is to reduce the death to 8616 and total accidents to 48640. The Stake Holder departments Transport, Police, Highways, Health and Education of the State are taking necessary actions along with District Collectors to achieve the Goal. Both the total accidents and total fatalities have been reduced by (-) 29.64 percent and (-)33.42 per cent respectively when compared to previous year upto Sep 2019.

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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