NRSP National Road Safety Plan (NRSP) National Road Safety Plan Prepared by: T. Krishna Prasad, I.P.S. DGP & Chairman Road Safety Authority Telangana Submitted to: National Police Mission Bureau of Police Research & Development Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India Mahipalpur, NH-08 New Delhi-110037 Micro Mission on Infrastructure (MM:04), NPM, BPR&D Page – 1 National Road Safety Plan (NRSP) National Police Mission, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Mahipalpur, NH-08, New Delhi-110037 National Road Safety Plan Prepared by: T. Krishna Prasad, I.P.S. DGP & Chairman Road Safety Authority Telangana Assisted by: InfoTrans Engineers Pvt. Ltd. # 6-3-1112/K4 (4th floor), White Diamond, Behind Landmark/ Westside Bldg. B S Maqtha, Begumpet, Hyderabad – 500016, Telangana February 2020 Page – i Micro Mission on Infrastructure (MM:04), NPM, BPR&D National Road Safety Plan (NRSP) TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................................................................................................. ii List of Figures ..................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... vi List of Boxes .................................................................................................................... viii Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................... ix 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Road Traffic Injury is a Public Health Issue ......................................................... 1 1.2. Accidental Deaths in India .................................................................................... 2 1.3. Road Safety scenario in India................................................................................ 4 1.4. Pillars of Road Safety .......................................................................................... 13 1.5. International Comparison .................................................................................... 20 1.6. Need for NRSP .................................................................................................... 22 2. Data Analysis ............................................................................................................. 24 2.1. Road Network ..................................................................................................... 24 2.2. Registered Vehicles ............................................................................................. 25 2.3. Road Accidents ................................................................................................... 27 2.4. Over Speeding & Other Causes of Road Accidents ............................................ 37 2.5. Risk Factors for Road Crashes, Deaths, and Injuries .......................................... 43 3. Global Best Practices ................................................................................................. 46 3.1. Institutions and Processes.................................................................................... 46 3.2. Comparison with international best practices ..................................................... 57 3.3. Global Practices with respect to 4 pillars of Road Safety ................................... 60 3.4. Lessons Learned & Conclusions ......................................................................... 69 4. Operational Aspects of National Highways Authority of India ................................. 71 4.1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 71 4.2. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) .......................................... 71 4.3. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) .................................................. 75 4.4. Enforcement on National Highways ................................................................... 80 4.5. Gaps in Existing Operations & Services ............................................................. 89 4.6. Mechanism to Monitor ........................................................................................ 90 5. Legal Framework ....................................................................................................... 92 5.1. Background ......................................................................................................... 92 5.2. The Constitution of India .................................................................................... 92 5.3. Report of the Committee on Road Safety & Traffic Management – 2007 ......... 94 5.4. Legal Reforms to Combat Road Accidents ....................................................... 102 5.5. The National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board Bill, 2010 ............. 105 5.6. National Road Safety Policy - 2010 .................................................................. 108 5.7. Schemes Implemented by MoRTH to Improve Road Safety ............................ 110 5.8. Working Groups on 4 E‘s of Road Safety......................................................... 113 5.9. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 .................................................. 125 5.10. Conclusions .................................................................................................. 127 6. Use of ITS and AI in Transportation ....................................................................... 130 6.1. History of ITS.................................................................................................... 130 6.2. Range of ITS Applications ................................................................................ 136 Micro Mission on Infrastructure (MM:04), NPM, BPR&D Page – ii National Road Safety Plan (NRSP) 6.3. ITS Options ....................................................................................................... 138 6.4. Artificial Intelligence ........................................................................................ 154 6.5. Summing Up ..................................................................................................... 156 7. Institutional Framework Requirement and it‘s M&E .............................................. 158 7.1. Enforcement Management and Emergency Care .............................................. 158 7.2. Trauma Care Services/ Emergency Care .......................................................... 161 7.3. Components of Trauma Care Management ...................................................... 165 7.4. Classification of Trauma Centers ...................................................................... 166 7.5. Good Samaritan Law ......................................................................................... 167 7.6. Golden Hour Principle ...................................................................................... 169 7.7. Need for a Framework In India For Road Safety .............................................. 170 7.8. Amended Provisions in Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 .................... 171 7.9. Standardization of Core Processes and Procedures........................................... 172 7.10. Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................ 179 8. National Road Safety Plan ....................................................................................... 187 8.1. Justification for the formation of NHRSP ......................................................... 188 8.2. Structure of the NHRSP .................................................................................... 189 8.3. Recruitment Training & Branding .................................................................... 200 8.4. Technology & Equipment ................................................................................. 202 8.5. Tentative Budget for NHRSP ............................................................................ 206 8.6. Benefit Analysis ................................................................................................ 212 8.7. State Highways Road Safety Police. ................................................................. 220 8.8. State Highway Road Safety Police (Example: Telangana State) ...................... 220 9. Conclusions and Recommendations ....................................................................... 222 9.1. Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 222 9.2. Recommendations ............................................................................................. 226 9.3. Impact of National Road Safety Plan ................................................................ 229 References ........................................................................................................................ 232 Annexures ........................................................................................................................ 234 Page – iii Micro Mission on Infrastructure (MM:04), NPM, BPR&D National Road Safety Plan (NRSP) LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Natural and Un-Natural causes of deaths in 2015 ........................................