This document discusses road safety and transportation issues in Punjab, India. It provides background on Punjab's road network and transportation system. Some key points made in the document include: - Over 13 people die every day on Punjab's roads, with 83-85% of deaths occurring on 5% of the road network (national highways, state highways, and major district roads). - Common road crash types in rural and urban areas of Punjab are analyzed. - Data on registered vehicles, road fatalities by district from 2009-2011, and enforcement efforts like traffic challans are presented. - Challenges around data collection and management related to road crashes are discussed. - The document concludes with recommendations for improving road

1. Punjab Road Safety & Traffic Way
Ahead
Gurmehar Singh, Assistant Professor, Regional Institute of
Management & Technology (RIMT), Punjab

2. Navdeep Asija (Research Scholar, IIT – Delhi)
Gurmehar Singh (Assistant Professor, RIMT – Punjab)
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3. Punjab- India
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4. Transportation and Road Safety
Characteristics of Punjab
 Road Transportation System of Punjab is Divided into Three Categories
 Urban Transport – Intracity Transport
 City/Town to City/Town Transport – Intercity Transport
 City to Rural Transport – Mainly Informal (Rural to Rural)
 About 13 People die everyday on Punjab’s Road
 83-85% deaths are occurring at 5% of the road network mainly National
Highways, State Highways and Major District Roads.
 Every fifth Patient in our Hospitals is a Road Accident Victim
 A total 143 Cities/towns/urban agglomeration in Punjab- Public Transport
System available only in 4 cities.
 About 60 million passenger trips are generated everyday in Punjab. Majority
of the passenger trip start and end within the state and only 3-4% of the total
traffic is through traffic.
 Informal Sector Transport is Playing Important Role in Punjab’s
Transportation.
 More than 21 Departments are working in the area of Road Safety –
Integration and Accountability
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Source : http://www.citypopulation.de/India-Punjab.html
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5. Present Road Safety Approach
•Road safety is
largely Pragmatic
preventable and
predictable
phenomena To
•Road Safety is
No Accident
•Act of GOD? More Scientific
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6. Understanding Road Crash..
28-34%
Vehicle
Humans
8-12%
Environment 54-62%
Accident is a failure in a subsystem, or the system as a
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7. Hand Railing Design
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8. Design : Open Drain
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9. Fixed Hazards in Clear Zone
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10. Understanding Road Safety in Punjab..
Trends & Practices
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11. Road Fatalities Trend in Punjab (2001-11)
3800
Punjab
Infrastructure
3600 Regulatory
3588
Authority
-5%
3424
3400 3389
3363
3333
Fatal Road Accident Deaths in Punjab
3200
10 3060
3000 Privatization %
Started
2800 2793
2690
2638 2655
2600 2580
2400
2200
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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12. Factor Responsible for Reduction in Road
Fatalities
 Transport Policy
 Fuel Price
 Excise Policy
 Land Price – Land Use
 Road Infrastructure
 Enforcement Level
 Evacuation Mechanism : Post Crash Scenario
(108 & 1073)
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13. Public Transport- State Transport
Undertaking (Intercity Travel)
 Occupancy Ratio : PUNBUS = 100.3%
 Punjab Roadways : 90.3%
 64 Buses Per million Population (Karnataka : 348)
Source :Review of the Performance of State Road Transport Undertakings
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14. Speed on Punjab State Road Sector Project
 Source : Consultancy Services for Undertaking Road Surveys for Monitoring and
Evaluation of Project Indicators : Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board
2005
50 2011
Average Journey Speed (km/hr)
45 42.9 43.5
41.6
40
35
30
25 23.9 23.1
22.6
20
15
10
5
0
Upgradation Roads Rehabilitation Roads Periodic Maintenance
Roads
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15. Fuel Pricing/Parking Policy
 10% increase in fuel price typically reduces vehicle travel 2-3%
(Johansson and Schipper 1997; Goodwin, Dargay and Hanly 2004)
so as Crashes and Fatalities.
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16. Punjab Road Network
Road Type Length in State Fatalities
Percentage Rural Vs Urban Area Road Fatality Ratio
National Highways (NH) 1,739 Kms (2.79%) 36%
State Highways (SH) 1,503 Kms (2%) 46%
Urban
Major District Roads 2,107 Kms 1119
35%
(MDRs)
Other District Roads 4,658 Kms
(ODRs) Rural
2087
Link Roads (LR) 54,030 Kms 65%
(PWD-27,229 Kms, PMB
– 26,801 Kms)
Total 62,298 Kms 83%
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17. Traffic on different types of roads & fleet
composition in Punjab (2010)
100%
3
90% 15 12 14 13
80%
70%
60% 41 43 41 42
74.1
50%
40%
30%
32 35 31 35
20%
10
10%
5 3 6 3 11
0%
National State MDR ODR Modal Share
Highways Highways
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Bus Agro Car/Jeep/Taxi
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18. Registered Vehicle Vs. Involvement in Road
Crash
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Tractors, Jeeps and Truck are the vulnerable vehicles (2011)
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19. Road Crash Trends
Overturning Overturning
Others 1% Head-on Others 1%
25% 19% 27% Head-on
31%
Head Tail
Collision
15% Pedestrian
Pedestrian Side Swipe Head Tail
18% 13%
2% Collision
Right Angle Right Angle Side Swipe12%
20% 15% 1%
Urban Areas Rural Areas
Road Safety Assessment Report-
PRBDB
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20. Health Index Fatality Map-District Wise 2009-11
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21. Fatality Rate 2009,2010 & 2011
Fatality Rate 2009 : 133
Fatality Rate 2010 : 124 Fatality Per
Fatality Rate 2011 : 122 Million
Population
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22. Fatality Map-District Wise
2009 2010
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23. Fatality Map-District Wise
2011 2010
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24. Average Consumption of Alcohol by Person
above the age of 18.
160.0
140.0 135.8
120.0
Number of Bottles Sold
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
22.2
20.0
11.5 14.7 12.8
0.0
Punjab. Delhi Haryana Himachal Pardesh Chandigarh
Average consumption of alcohol by person above the age of 18.
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Source : People for Transparency, Kamal
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25. Non Motor Transport
Motor Vehicles Non-Motor Transport
5,274,254 (2010)
5,71,1715 (2011) – 8% Growth 4,091,480
Animal Driven/Animal Slow Moving
Horse Cycle
s and Rickshaw Cycle Rehri
Ponie Mule Buffalo Cow (Passenge Rickshaw (Four
s s Donkey (Male) (Male) Camel r) (Cargo)/Rehri Wheel) Bicycle Total NMT
9648 16313
29810 0 23390 85060 0 21610 300000 120000 Unknown 3252000 4,091,480
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26. Enforcement…
Traffic Police
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27. Multiple agencies Handling Road Safety in
the State-Multidisciplinary Approach
 State and District Punjab State Road Safety Council
 Assembly Committee on Road Safety
 Punjab State Transportation Society
 Public Works Department (B &R) Health
 Punjab Infrastructure Development Board
 Punjab Road & Bridges Development Board
 Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority Judiciary Media
 Punjab Mandi Board and Market Committees
 Local Bodies Department Road
Traffic
Injury
 Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company Prevention
 State Transport Authority
 Regional Transport Authority Police
PWD/:Local
Body
 Punjab Roadways
 Punjab State Bus State Management Company Limited
Highway
 Punjab Police (Traffic) Authority
 Punjab Infrastructure Regulatory Authority
 Punjab State Health Department
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28. Challans – Enforcement Drive
Type of Challans Number of
Challans Amount Collected (Rs)
2010 (Non-Compoundable) 4,96,085 15,35,70,824.00
2010 (Compoundable) 3,10,532 3,30,80,500.00
8,06,637 18,66,51,324.00
2011 6,18,352 16,20,74,960.00
(Non- Compoundable)
2011 3,60,362 3,81,42,540.00
(Compoundable)
9,78,714 20,02,17,500.00
January 2012 to July 2012 4,01,754 12,05,29,483.00
(Non- Compoundable)
January 2012 to July 2012 2,30,276 2,97,50,409.00
(Compoundable)
6,32,030 15,02,79,892.00
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29. Moving vs. Static Violations
Moving Static
Stati Violations Violations
c Total
Challans
9,42,043
(2011)
Moving
Drink and Drive = 0.2% (1049)
Over speeding = 0.5% (2699)
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30. Database Management : Under Reporting of
Data
Ambulance Hospital Data Insurance Police
26,000 + 12,000 -Not Available- 21.5% in the case 3389 (Fatal)
people evacuated of Cars. Average Total FIR
by Ambulances 10% vehicles are Registered : 5731
taking claim back.
6 Lakhs
1 Fatal : 20 Non Fatal Serious : 70 Minor Injured
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31. Key Interventions
Actions
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32. Key Interventions
 Integral Approach Towards Road Safety- Safety
Council
 Enforcement Agencies
 Human Resource Development
 Research and Development
 Road Safety Database
 Road Design Standard and Recognizing Non-Motor
Transport
 Legal Framework – State Road Safety Policy
 Black Spot Improvement- Corridor Approach
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33. Implementation : Road Safety Database
Management System
 www.punjabroadsafety.org
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34. National Urban Transport Policy-GoI
• “Bringing about a more equitable allocation of road space
with people, rather than vehicles and by encourage
greater use of public transport and non-motorized
modes”
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35. NMT Inclusion : Approach to Golden
Temple, Amritsar- Before
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36. NMT Inclusion : Approach to Golden
Temple, Amritsar - After
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37. Near Bharawan Da Dhaba,Amritsar- Present
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38. Near Bharawan Da Dhaba,Amritsar- After
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39. NH1-Junction (Sirhand-Patiala)
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40. More View of NH Junction Improvement
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41. 6-2 Lane Converging Section
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42. Night Vision
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43. Khanpur Junction near Chandigarh
Zero Fatality : Three Months
Observation
One Fatality Per Month
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