Parliament Question: Road Accidents, Fatalities and Road Safety

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2026 ROAD ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES AND ROAD SAFETY 1939. SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the details of road accidents, fatalities and injuries reported in the country during the last five years and the current year, including deaths and injuries caused to pedestrians, year-wise and State/UT- wise; (b) the category-wise details of accidents attributed to over- speeding, drunk driving, distracted driving, poor road engineering, potholes, inadequate signages and other causes; (c) the details of accident-prone black spots identified on National Highways and other major roads, along with the number rectified and pending rectification, State-wise; (d) whether the Government has conducted any assessment regarding compliance with road safety standards, crash barriers, pedestrian facilities, road markings and traffic-calming measures on National Highways and major road corridors, if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether the Government has proposed or taken any measures to strengthen road safety enforcement, improve road engineering, enhance emergency trauma care and reduce road accident fatalities across the country, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)(a) Government publishes report on “Road Accidents in India” based on data received from States/ UTs. Based on the data available with the Government, the State-wise details of total number of road accidents and fatalities on all categories of roads in the country, during the year 2021 to 2025 and 2026 (upto 27.07.2026) is at Annexure-I. The details of fatalities and injuries caused to pedestrians during 2021 to 2025 and 2026 (upto 27.07.2026) is at Annexure-II. (b) As per the data, road accidents are multi-causal phenomenon and are the result of interplay of various factors. These can broadly be categorized into (i) human error, (ii) road condition/environment and (iii) vehicular condition. The details of road accidents classified according to major causes (Traffic rule violations) including over-speeding, drunk driving and other causes is given below as Table 1 and the no. of accident attributed to potholes during 2021 to 2025 and 2026 is given as Table 2. Table 1: Road Accidents classified according to Traffic Rule Violations in India Category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025* 2026* 2,95,52 3,33,32 34502 82,124 46,075 Over-speeding 328727 2 3 4 Drunken 2,589 1,443 driving/consumptio 9,150 10,080 9143 8270 n of alcohol & drug Driving on wrong 4,089 2,397 side/Lane 21,491 22,586 25242 22530 indiscipline Jumping red light 2,203 4,021 2440 1559 276 193 Use of mobile 136 84 6,530 7,558 7122 4935 phone 10538 4,28,07 2,33,55 Others 77,536 83,744 107909 9 5 2 4,12,43 4,61,31 4,80,58 48770 5,19,31 2,85,77 All India 2 2 3 7 4 0 *Data for year 2025 and 2026 (upto 27.07.2026) are as per e-DAR. Table 2 : No. of road accidents attributed toDistraction to Accident due to Road Year Potholes Driver condition 2022 289 47,049 22,647 2023 294 1,23,322 39,388 2024 229 1,46,025 37,865 2025 294 2,03,897 46,898 2026- up to 1,51,526 29,628 100 27.07.2026 Note: 1 The given data sets (Distraction to Driver, Accident due to Road condition) are entered by State police officials on e-DAR portal. Note: 2 The given Potholes data sets are entered by State Highways officials on e-DAR portal. (c) and (d) Certain segments on National Highways (NHs) have been identified as black corridors which are continuous stretches qualifying the criteria of black spots i.e. locations with occurrence of certain number of accidents involving fatalities and grievous injuries. These black corridors have been identified on real-time basis through AI based tools developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. Based on the available accident data from Electronic Detailed Accident Report (e-DAR) for the period 2023– 2025, 6,358 Black corridors have been identified. All National Highway (NH) works are carried out as per standards, guidelines, manual, code of practice of Indian Roads Congress as well as specifications for Road and Bridge Works. Necessary road safety measures are taken during design, construction, operation and maintenance stages. Guidelines have been issued for regular safety audit of all NHs at design, construction, pre-opening stage of NH projects as well as on existing NHs for ensuring road safety. Short-term measures for immediate rectification of black corridors include road markings, signages, crash barriers, road studs, delineators, closure of unauthorized median openings, traffic calming measures, highway lighting etc. Long-term measures for rectification of black corridors like improvement of road geometrics, junction improvements, spot widening of carriageway, construction of underpasses/overpasses, etc. are also taken as permanent rectification measures as per site requirement. Long term rectification works involve pre-construction activities such as land acquisition, forest clearance & utility shifting which takes significant time.(e) Government has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on 4E's i.e. Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care. Accordingly, various initiatives have been taken for road safety in the country as detailed at Annexure-III.Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES AND ROAD SAFETY. State-wise number of Road Accidents, Fatalities and Injuries in India 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 S. No States/UTs AccFat Pero Acc Fat Pero Acc Fat Pero Acc Fat Pero Acc Fat Pero Acc Fat Pero . ide alit ns In ide alit ns In ide alit ns In ide alit ns In ide alit ns In ide alit ns In nts ies jured nts ies jured nts ies jured nts ies jured nts ies jured nts ies jured Andhra Prade 21, 8,1 21,0 21, 8,2 2134 19, 8,1 2040 195834 1989 184832 1927 991451 1079 1 sh 556 86 40 249 93 0 949 37 9 57 6 4 11 6 5 0 0 3 Arunachal Pr 2 283 157 347 227 148 186 287 145 257 277 168 204 adesh 104 85 113 58 35 64 7,4 3,0 5,76 7,0 2,9 7,4 3,2 784335 160390 2019 975219 1241 3 Assam 5637 5917 7129 11 36 3 23 94 21 96 8 1 26 7 0 8 3 9 9,5 7,6 7,94 10, 8,8 11, 8,8 116934 126103 744624 4 Bihar 7068 6539 7090 53 60 6 801 98 014 73 10 7 83 94 6827 0 9 4401 12, 5,3 10,6 13, 5,8 1169 13, 6,1 1172 148694 1248 135649 1312 611283 5 Chhattisgarh 375 71 83 279 34 5 468 66 3 57 5 4 98 1 1 0 3 6692 2,8 3,0 2,8 268 237 147 6 Goa 226 843 271 1091 290 1178 286 1041 49 11 46 2 5 273 2034 9 149 1327 15, 7,4 13,6 15, 7,6 1508 16, 7,8 1538 155771 1494 182840 1881 161476 1983 7 Gujarat 186 52 90 751 18 9 349 54 3 88 7 0 92 2 3 12 3 5 9,9 4,7 8,12 10, 4,9 10, 4,9 980468 151516 1664 633302 8 Haryana 8519 8346 7914 33 06 1 429 15 463 68 6 9 39 8 0 8 2 6543 Himachal Pra 2,4 1,0 3,45 2,5 1,0 2,2 215 192 141 9 4063 889 3304 869 3226 desh 04 52 4 97 32 53 6 9 802 3019 6 565 2274 4,7 3,5 3,22 5,1 3,8 5,3 4,1 519411 596482 321258 10 Jharkhand 3747 3585 3266 28 13 7 75 98 15 73 6 4 9 1 3975 0 1 2405 34, 10, 40,7 39, 11, 4815 43, 12, 5254 430123 5259 431121 5651 249693 3266 11 Karnataka 647 038 54 762 702 4 440 321 7 62 90 1 27 47 9 29 5 4 33, 3,4 36,7 43, 4,3 4930 48, 4,0 5432 488388 5479 526393 6359 294236 3618 12 Kerala 296 29 75 910 17 7 091 80 0 34 0 6 32 3 1 94 1 0 Madhya Prad 48, 12, 48,9 54, 13, 5516 55, 13, 5576 566147 5820 521148 6311 349809 4607 13 esh 877 057 56 432 427 8 327 798 9 69 91 2 31 41 5 47 8 8 29, 13, 23,0 33, 15, 2723 35, 15, 2976 361157 3053 338167 3770 192927 2164 14 Maharashtra 477 528 71 383 224 9 243 366 4 18 15 5 69 59 5 29 9 1 15 Manipur 366 110 504 508 127 817 398 73 634 299 72 462 345 103 501 205 57 304 16 Meghalaya 245 187 263 246 162 310 223 168 259 269 197 228 223 149 321 140 53 274 17 Mizoram 69 56 65 133 113 107 106 96 116 118 110 129 71 51 43 40 39 40 18 Nagaland 746 55 380 489 73 291 303 86 257 129 62 178 88 29 114 77 26 91 10, 5,0 9,78 11, 5,4 1030 11, 5,7 1036 123614 1077 107635 1071 618362 19 Odisha 983 81 2 663 67 2 992 39 9 75 2 0 13 8 6 8 1 6467 5,8 4,5 3,07 6,1 4,7 6,2 4,8 606475 425306 193139 20 Punjab 3324 3206 3333 71 89 2 38 56 69 29 3 9 4 2 3201 5 6 1485 20, 10, 19,3 23, 11, 2229 24, 11, 2304 248117 2292 335124 2810 145689 1529 21 Rajasthan 951 043 44 614 104 3 694 762 1 38 90 7 90 93 5 22 3 7 22 Sikkim 155 56 244 211 92 354 182 57 362 149 67 264 141 72 222 72 30 96 55, 15, 55,9 64, 17, 6770 67, 18, 7229 675184 7149 711185 8756 396102 4930 23 Tamil Nadu 682 384 96 105 884 3 213 347 2 26 49 3 95 11 9 66 98 821, 7,5 20,1 21, 7,5 2020 22, 7,6 2102 259794 2365 266756 2601 161445 1604 24 Telangana 315 57 07 619 59 9 903 60 2 86 9 8 84 5 9 79 2 3 25 Tripura 479 194 547 575 241 541 577 261 609 578 226 622 477 224 583 517 117 819 1,4 1,6 1,0 1,6 1,0 174109 193128 123 26 Uttarakhand 820 1091 1613 1488 1547 05 74 42 91 54 7 0 1 8 2123 8 759 1302 37, 21, 24,8 41, 22, 2854 44, 23, 3109 460241 3466 496275 4155 267147 2611 27 Uttar Pradesh 729 227 97 746 595 1 534 652 8 52 18 5 75 47 8 18 94 8 11, 5,8 10,4 13, 6,0 1284 13, 6,0 1261 137667 1251 138666 1398 666336 28 West Bengal* 937 00 54 686 02 3 795 27 5 02 6 8 04 9 5 3 1 6181 Andaman & N 29 icobar Island 115 20 97 141 19 136 143 24 154 135 29 139 s 181 25 295 119 18 249 30 Chandigarh 208 96 172 237 83 203 182 67 171 169 75 133 377 77 489 242 28 313 Dadra & Naga 31 r Haveli and D 140 76 171 196 90 273 182 74 233 152 95 136 149 103 196 76 58 87 aman and Diu 4,7 1,2 4,27 5,6 1,4 5,8 1,4 565155 599146 687 32 Delhi 5201 5470 5224 20 39 3 52 61 34 57 7 1 4 3 6517 5 810 4508 5,4 6,0 6,2 580 531 326 33 J & K 774 6972 805 8372 893 8469 831 7820 52 92 98 8 8 984 7594 9 603 4775 34 Ladakh 236 56 242 374 62 346 289 59 340 264 61 323 287 71 503 235 39 368 35 Lakshadweep 4 1 6 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1,0 1,1 1,3 143 168 104 36 Puducherry 140 1099 181 1282 149 1578 218 1560 49 81 08 1 9 241 2118 1 114 1284 412153 3844 461168 4433 480172 4628 487177 4714 513183 5577 296101 3387 Total (All India) 432 972 48 312 491 66 583 890 25 707 175 41 474 434 13 447 139 25 1. *Data of West Bengal for the Year 2024 is the eDAR Data as on 05.01.2026. 2. Data for the year 2025 and 2026 upto 27.07.2026 is as per eDAR.Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES AND ROAD SAFETY. State-wise Pedestrian fatalities and injuries Fatalities Persons Injured S.no States/Uts 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 Andhra Pradesh 1346 1604 1645 1739 1857 986 2355 2689 2541 2541 2422 1192 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 7 1 1 13 4 6 14 2 1 14 3 3 Assam 713 506 793 877 1359 739 952 844 984 1151 3238 1768 4 Bihar 2798 3345 3462 4149 4582 2423 1944 1797 1658 1572 1549 858 5 Chhattisgarh 701 741 942 1018 1016 388 1126 1197 1263 1311 1595 672 6 Goa 36 51 44 42 58 23 43 83 97 80 184 122 7 Gujarat 1473 1568 1757 1747 2100 1077 1464 1717 1843 1755 2570 2223 8 Haryana 1233 1231 1386 866 1490 808 1835 1780 2275 1221 2655 1010 9 Himachal Pradesh 164 199 122 185 141 82 484 536 318 521 403 254 10 Jharkhand 496 479 718 702 1550 767 315 287 369 324 622 321 11 Karnataka 1680 2105 2418 2321 2528 1390 4548 5726 6660 6444 7792 4201 12 Kerala 818 1158 1147 1058 1118 653 5913 9177 9948 10380 11433 6090 13 Madhya Pradesh 1715 1672 1793 1928 3115 1489 6043 6179 6962 6305 10438 6466 14 Maharashtra 2677 2894 3110 3344 3621 2002 3867 4338 5085 5452 5413 3040 15 Manipur 19 32 17 20 22 11 60 74 96 47 58 40 16 Meghalaya 54 42 56 58 48 10 33 18 39 30 35 24 17 Mizoram 6 9 17 20 9 2 6 3 4 8 5 7 18 Nagaland 12 10 19 9 7 5 9 3 7 15 13 19 19 Odisha 602 800 848 735 1403 695 767 1115 1034 871 1333 713 20 Punjab 461 608 716 746 591 242 182 243 266 271 303 137 21 Rajasthan 1291 1745 1878 2042 2847 1513 1887 2454 2706 3014 4213 2225 22 Sikkim 4 9 12 7 12 2 17 19 26 37 25 8 23 Tamil Nadu 3647 4427 4577 4712 4472 2328 9655 11637 12772 12533 13530 7240 24 Telangana 1310 1458 1554 1586 1629 833 2699 2937 3209 3767 3872 2396 25 Tripura 60 81 75 75 88 55 94 116 116 127 100 129 26 Uttarakhand 193 290 223 303 9238 4430 231 390 270 297 10299 5480 27 Uttar Pradesh 1985 1959 2075 2131 241 148 2144 2399 2551 2863 292 180 28 West Bengal* 2911 2938 2926 3241 2884 1341 3261 3906 4072 3817 3684 1560 Andaman & Nicobar 6 3 40 27 29 Islands 9 3 10 8 18 28 39 19 30 Chandigarh 24 23 28 28 24 7 19 31 36 26 75 65 Dadra & Nagar NA NA NA NA Haveli and Daman 31 & Diu 29 21 29 24 22 30 32 12 32 Delhi 504 629 622 584 29 16 1536 1777 1941 1777 25 11 33 Jammu & Kashmir 101 131 158 144 477 226 754 1108 1264 1245 1715 1005 34 Ladakh 1 4 1 4 305 174 0 4 10 3 1392 881 35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 43 27 36 Puducherry 49 46 42 72 77 29 178 208 252 263 327 219 Total 29124 32825 35221 36526 48039 24446 54467 64864 70747 70100 88090 48378 Note:1. figures of West Bengal for the year 2024 are re-casted based on the pattern of the data furnished by the State Police Department for the year 2023 and the aggregate e-DAR data of the State for the year 2024 2. NA: Not available 3. Data for 2025 and 2026 is taken from eDAR as on 27.07.2026.Annexure-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES AND ROAD SAFETY. Details of various initiatives taken by the Government in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for road safety: - (1) Education: i. Administers a scheme for setting up of Institutes of Driving Training & Research (IDTRs), Regional Driving Training Centres (RDTCs) and Driving Training Centres (DTCs) at State/district level across the Country. Recently revised scheme guidelines have been issued, incorporating enhanced financial assistance and streamlined eligibility criteria for establishing Driving Training Institutes. Additionally, incentives have been introduced for setting up Automated Testing Stations (ATS) in conjunction with Driving Training Institutes (DTIs) under the Training-Testing Cluster approach. ii. Administers Road Safety Advocacy Scheme for raising awareness about road safety and for administering road safety programs. iii. Observance of National Road Safety Month every year for spreading awareness and strengthening road safety. (2) Engineering: 2.1. Road engineering: i. Road Safety Audit (RSA) of all National Highways (NHs) has been made mandatory through third party auditors/ experts at all stages i.e. design, construction, operation and maintenance etc. ii. High priority is accorded to identification and rectification of black spots /accident spots on NHs. iii. Road Safety Officer (RSO) has been designated at each Regional Office of road owning agencies to look after RSA and other road safety related works. iv. Administers the electronic Detailed Accident Report (e-DAR) Project to establish a central repository for reporting, management and analysis of road accidents data across the Country.v. Issued guidelines for the provision of signages on Expressways and National Highways to offer improved visibility and intuitive guidance to the drivers. vi. Provisions have been made in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for failure to comply with standards for the road design, construction and maintenance, as prescribed by the Central Government from time to time. 2.2 Vehicle engineering: Various initiatives were undertaken to make vehicles safer, including the following:- i. Mandatory provision of an airbag for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver. ii. Prescribed norms related to safety measures for children below four years of age, riding or being carried on a motor cycle. It also specifies use of a safety harness, crash helmet and restricts speed to 40kmph. iii. Mandatory provisions for fitment of following listed safety technologies: - For M1 category vehicles: a. Seat Belt Reminder (SBR) for driver and co-driver. b. Manual Override for central locking system c. Over speed warning system. For all M and N category vehicles: a. Reverse Parking Alert System iv. Mandated Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) for certain classes of L [Motor vehicle with less than four wheels and includes a Quadricycle], M [Motor vehicles with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers] and N [Motor vehicles with at least four wheels used for carrying goods which may also carry persons in addition to goods, subject to conditions stipulated in BIS standards] categories. v. Mandated speed limiting function/speed limiting device in all transport vehicles, except for two wheelers, three wheelers, quadricycles, fire tenders, ambulances and police vehicles. vi. Published the rules for recognition, regulation and control of Automated Testing Stations, which define the procedure for fitness testing of vehicles through automated equipment and the procedure for grant of fitness certificate by ATSs. The rules have been further amended on 31.10.2022 and 14.03.2024. vii. Formulated the Vehicle Scrapping Policy based on incentives/dis-incentives and for creating an ecosystem to phase out old, unfit and polluting vehicles.viii. Formulated a Scheme to set up one model Inspection & Certification Centre in each State/UT with Central assistance for testing the fitness of vehicles through an automated system. ix. Published rules regarding the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (BNCAP) to introduce the concept of safety rating of passenger cars and empower consumers to take informed decisions. x. Published rules regarding prescribed level playing field in the area of manufacturing of buses by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Bus Body Builders. xi. Mandated vehicles, manufactured on or after 1st October, 2025, shall be fitted with an air-conditioning system for the cabin of vehicles of N2 (goods vehicle with gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12.0 tonnes) and N3 (goods vehicle with gross vehicle weight exceeding 12.0 tonnes) category. xii. Published rules for revision of standards for Safety Belt, Restraint Systems and Safety Belt Reminder to provide provisions for applicability of revised standards for safety belt assemblies, safety belt anchorages and the installation of Safety Belts and Restraint Systems, in Motor vehicles of category M,N and L7 w.e.f. 01st April, 2025. Further, the vehicles of category M1, manufactured on and after the 1st April 2025, shall meet the requirement of safety belt reminder for all front facing rear seats as per AIS-145-2018. xiii. Published rules for Active safety features in Medium and Heavy Duty vehicles, which provide for Braking System including Anti-lock Braking, Endurance Braking System for M2, M3, N1, N2, N3 and Quadricycle (effective for new models from 1st January, 2027 and for existing models from 1st October, 2027), and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) including Vehicle Stability Function (VSF), Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS), Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning Systems, Blind Spot Information Systems and Moving off Information Systems for M2, M3, N2 and N3 categories of vehicles (effective for new models from 1st October, 2027 and for existing models from 1st January, 2028). xiv. Published rule for Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) meeting AIS-173 audibility standards has been mandated for electric vehicles. The requirement applies to new vehicle models manufactured on or after 1st October 2026 and existing vehicle models manufactured on or after 1st October 2027. Since electric vehicles operate almost silently at low speeds, AVAS generates an audible warning sound to alert pedestrians, cyclists, and especially visually impaired persons of an approaching vehicle, thereby enhancing road safety.(3) Enforcement: i. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 as stands implemented provides for strict penalties for ensuring compliance and enhancing deterrence for violation of traffic rules and strict enforcement through use of technology. Traffic management and enforcement is essentially in the domain of State Governments/UT Administrations. While Central Government formulates rules under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, the enforcement of these rules comes under the purview of State Governments/UT Administrations. ii. Issued rules for Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety. The rules specify the detailed provisions for placement of electronic enforcement devices on high risk & high density corridors on National Highways, State Highways and critical junctions cities having a population of more than one million in the country and cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). iii. The Central Government, vide Notification dated 20.01.2026, has amended Rules 167 and 167A of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to establish a transparent, technology-driven and time- bound e-Challan framework for issuance, payment and redressal of traffic challans. The amendments also provide for online challenge of challans, automated notifications and stronger enforcement measures to improve compliance and road safety. iv. Government has notified the National Road Safety Board Rules, 2025 and in accordance with the provisions of the said Rules, the National Road Safety Board has been constituted and notified vide S.O. 3505(E) dated 29.06.2026. v. The Central Government has formulated the Guidelines on Constitution and Utilization of the State Road Safety Fund (SRSF) and Funding to District Road Safety Committees (DRSCs) 2025 to ensure sustained financing and accountable implementation of road safety measures through the establishment of a non-lapsable State Road Safety Fund and by empowering District Road Safety Committees to undertake targeted road safety interventions at the grassroots level. vi. On 10th June, 2024, the Government has issued an advisory to all the States and Union territories on technological interventions for ensuring compliance with Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. vii. The Government has issued guidelines under the „Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions (PARIVARTAN Scheme)‟ on 14.07.2026 to accelerate the replacement of old, polluting vehicles with cleaner and saferalternatives. The scheme promotes vehicle scrapping and adoption of environmentally friendly vehicles, contributing to improved road safety, reduced emissions, and sustainable mobility. (4) Emergency care: i. Revised the scheme guidelines (named as Rah-Veer) for the protection of Good Samaritan, who in good faith, voluntarily and without expectation of any reward or compensation renders emergency medical or non-medical care or assistance at the scene of an accident to the victim or transports such victim to the hospital. As per the scheme, the reward for Rah-Veer has been increased to Rs. 25,000/- from Rs. 5,000/-. ii. Enhanced compensation of victims of Hit and Run motor accidents (from Rs. 12,500 to Rs. 50,000 for grievous hurt and from Rs. 25,000 to Rs.2,00,000 for death). iii. The National Highways Authority of India has made provisions for ambulances with paramedical staff/Emergency Medical Technician/Nurse at toll plazas on the completed corridors of National Highways. iv. Government has notified the „Prime Minister – Road Accident Victims‟ Hospitalisation and Assured Treatment (PM-Rahat) Scheme‟ (Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025) on 5th May 2025. Subsequently, detailed operational guidelines, including the process flow, stakeholder-wise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and clearly defined roles and responsibilities, were notified on 4th June 2025 to facilitate its effective implementation. *****