Parliament Question: Utilisation of Road Safety Fund

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2153 ANSWERED ON 12TH FEBRUARY, 2026 UTILISATION OF ROAD SAFETY FUND

2153. SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार् ग मत्रं ी

be pleased to state:

(a) the details of collection and utilisation of the Road Safety Fund during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise;

(b) the impact of utilisation of the Road Safety Fund in reducing road accidents and road accident deaths; and

(c) whether any review of the utilisation of the Road Safety Fund has been undertaken vis-a-vis its objective of reducing road accidents and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c) There is no specific Road Safety Fund at the Central level.

Road Safety funds are established at the level of States/UTs. However, Road Safety is an integral and indispensable component of every National Highway Project. Road Safety initiatives on National Highways commence with the inception of Detailed Project Report (DPR) as road safety audit of all National Highways projects has been made mandatory at all stages i.e. design, construction, operation & maintenance through auditors/experts. As per available data, expenditure on comprehensive road safety aspects varies from 2.21% to 15% of total cost of the development projects depending upon structures involved for construction of National Highways.

Besides, the Government also implements the scheme for creation of awareness & publicity among road users and provides financial support to Transport Departments of States/UTs for setting up of Model Driving Training Institutes/Centres, setting up of Model Inspection & Certification Centres, improving and Strengthening of Public TransportSystem etc. The details of funds released for these initiatives during the last three Financial Years are placed at Annexure.

The analysis of the road accident fatalities data in terms of number of vehicles and road length indicates that the road fatalities per 10,000 vehicles have reduced from 5.8 in 2018 to 4.3 in 2022 and fatalities per 10,000 Kms of roads have reduced from 254 in 2018 to 250 in 2022.Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2153 ANSWERED ON 12TH FEBRUARY, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY REGARDING UTILISATION OF ROAD SAFETY FUND.

Details of funds released by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for various road safety initiatives/schemes during the last five FYs (Rs. In Crores) Sl. Activity/ Programm BE Expend BE Expend BE Expendi BE Expe BE Expen No. e FY iture FY iture FY ture FY nditur FY diture 2020-21 in FY 2021- in FY 2022 in 2023 e 2024 in FY 2020- 22 2021- - 23 FY – in FY - 25 2024 - 21 22 2022 – 24 2023 25 23 – 24 1 Road Safety 171.00 65.94 109.0 41.48 189.5 68.67 138.1 85.04 103.5 99.20 publicity measures 0 0 0 0 and awareness campaigns, National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme

(NHARSS), refresher Training of Drivers in Unorganised Sector and Human Resource Development, etc.

2 Inspection and 29.00 16.20 29.00 14.15 33.00 14.60 24.00 17.77 19.50 10.65 Certification Centres (Revenue) 3 Improving and 89.00 30.60 103.0 10.80 15.00 30.33 50.00 38.00 38.00 16.04 Strengthening of 0 * Public Transport System *Rs. 40.00 crore at RE Stage *****