ROAD ACCIDENT IN CUTTACK DISTRICT

(A) District Profile

The Area of the Cuttack District is 3932 Square Km having it’s population
density: Male 13, 39,353 & Female 12, 79,555 Totalling 26, 18,708 (as per 2011
census). Similarly the area of Cuttack city is 1952 Sq.Km having population of
male 3,16,242 and female - 2,93,947 Totalling 6,10,189 The population of the
Cuttack district is the 2nd highest in the state followed by Ganjam .Similarly the
density of population is 666 followed by khurda 799 in the state.

(B) Vehicular Population of the District

Vehicle on Road of the District is 9, 27,861 (As on 31.03.2021) out of that 7,

62,431 are Two Wheelers around 82% of the total vehicle.

(C) Road Connectivity of the District

SL Name of The Road Road Owning Authority Total

Length
1 N.H-16 (Phulanakhara to P.D NHAI BBSR 39 Kms
Gobindpur)
2 N.H-55 (Manguli to Khuntuni) P.D. NHAI Dhenkanal 33 Kms
3 (OMP to Kandarpur) Executive Engineer, NH Division, 15 Kms
Cuttack
4 SH-65 (Raj Athagarh to Executive Engineer, Charbatia 80.495 Kms
Narasinghpur) Choudwar
5 SH-60 (Nakhara to Niali) Executive Engineer, R & B-II, Cuttack 42 Kms
6 SH 9(A) (Jagatpur to Sukarpada) Executive Engineer, R & B-II, Cuttack 35.5 Kms
7 SH-12 (Kandarpur to Siuli) Executive Engineer, R & B 12 Kms
Jagatsinghpur
8 MDR, ODRs Executive Engineer, R & B-I & II 713.5 Kms
9 R.D Roads Executive Engineer, RD-(I) & RD-(II) 1700 Kms
10 River Embracement Road (23 No) Executive Engineer, Mahanadi South 203.5 Kms
Total 2973.45Km

ROAD SAFETY FOCUS OF THE DISTRICT

 Collection of data on Road accidents through RAMIS and IRAD (Commission

rate Area) by the (Transport / Police /Road Owning Authority) and analyze the
cause of accident.
 Completion of Road safety audit of all Major Roads of the District.
 Identifying and elimination of Black spots.
 To provide immediate Emergency Response and Health care to road accident
victims during golden hour.
 To impart Training to the first responders (436) in Black spot and vulnerable spot
of the district.
  Educating the drivers on Safe Driving.
 Formation of NGO FORUM of the District working on Road Safety.
 Enforcement by both Police & Transport Department on Road Safety Violators.
 Wide publicity on “ Solatium fund Scheme ” and “ Good Samaritan policy “ in all
School/ College/ PHC/ CHC/ Block headquarters/ District Headquarters and all
Police stations
 Sincere & effective implementation of the directives issued from time to time by
Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety.

FATALITY RATE OF CUTTACK

YEAR NO OF DEATH GROWTH RATE

2010 221 ------
2011 203 -8%
2012 243 19%
2013 262 7%
2014 244 -6%
2015 256 4%
2016 270 5%
2017 271 0.3%
2018 341 25%
2019 302 -9%
2020 269 -10%
2021 295 9.7%
The Fatality Growth Rate of the state is 12.02%.

POLICE STATION WISE ACCIDENT REPORT FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER

FOR THE YEAR 2020 & 2021 OF CUTTACK DISTRICT
UPD CUTTACK
SL POLICE NO. OF GROWTH NO. OF GROWTH NO. OF GROWTH
NO STATION ACCIDENTS RATE DEATHS RATE INJURED RATE
2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
1 BADAMBADI 6 5 -16.67 4 3 -25 4 2 -50
2 BARANGA 14 11 -21.43 6 7 16.67 16 13 -18.75
3 BIDANASI 7 4 -9 4 2 -75 7 5 -28.57
4 CHAULIGANJA 13 25 76.9 14 17 21 10 12 22.22
5 CHOUDWAR 22 23 4.55 14 14 0 10 15 20
6 CANTONMENT 3 5 66.67 0 2 200 3 4 33.33
7 CDA PHASE-II 2 6 200 2 0 -100 5 7 300
8 JAGATPUR 27 40 25.9 22 23 4.5 12 26 75
9 KANDARPUR 13 22 69.2 4 6 50 10 22 120
10 LALBAG 7 6 -14.28 2 0 -100 5 7 40
11 MANGALABAG 5 7 21 2 5 150 3 5 66.66
12 MADHUPATANA 6 12 100 2 6 200 5 10 100
13 MALGODOWN 0 2 200 0 1 100 0 2 200
14 MARKATNAGAR 9 10 11.11 4 4 0 8 7 -12.75
15 PURIGHAT 3 4 33.33 0 0 0 3 4 33.33
16 SADAR 32 51 34.38 21 27 28 19 34 42.1
TOTAL 169 233 37.8 101 117 15 120 175 46
 S P RURAL
17 ATHAGARH 41 49 29 24 21 -12.5 49 55 12.25
18 BARAMBA 24 27 25 12 13 33.3 17 19 11.77
19 BANKI 14 25 57.14 10 14 10 8 15 112.5
20 BAIDESWAR 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
21 GURUDIJHATIA 4 16 300 2 9 350 1 8 700
22 GOVINDPUR 3 8 166.9 2 3 50 2 7 250
23 KANPUR 9 4 -55.5 7 2 71.4 8 4 -50
24 KHUNTUNI 7 9 28.57 5 6 20 3 5 66.66
25 KISSANNAGAR 19 16 -15.7 8 10 25 13 11 -15.38
26 MAHANGA 10 13 30 8 7 -12.5 2 6 200
27 NIALI 10 12 20 4 7 75 6 8 33.33
28 NISCHINTAKOILI 22 16 -27.27 13 10 -30.7 13 13 0
29 NARSINGHPUR 14 9 -35.7 11 7 -45.4 10 8 -20
30 NEMALO 7 3 -57.14 3 3 0 5 1 -80
31 OLTAPUR 11 9 -18.18 7 3 -57.14 6 4 -33.33
32 SALIPUR 21 30 61.9 15 20 33.3 18 26 44.44
33 TANGI 24 48 104 21 39 90 15 19 26.66
34 TIGIRIA 18 12 -33.33 14 4 -71.43 16 13 -18.75
TOTAL 263 311 20.3 168 180 7 194 224 15.4
GRAND TOTAL 432 544 25.9 269 295 9.7 314 399 27
 CAUSE WISE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS REPORT FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER FOR THE YEAR 2020 & 2021
NH-55- MDR-
MANGULI BALIKUDA
TO RADHA SH-65- TO BANKI =
KRUSHNA SH-60- 40 KMS,
NH-16 SH- 9 (A)- KHUNTUNI
PUR=29 NAKHARA SH-12- ODR- R D ROAD
NAKHARA JAGATPUR TO
SL CAUSE OF TO NIALI KANDARPU MUNDALI (PMGSY TOTAL NO OF
TO GOVIND KMS,OMP TO SUKAR NARSINGH
NO ACCIDENT (JALARPUR) R TO SIULI = TO PANCHAYAT ACCIDENTS
PUR =39 TO KANDAR PARA = 35 PUR = 80
PUR = 15 = 35.5 KMS 12 KMS ATHAGARH ROAD)
KMS KMS KMS
KMS (APPROX) = 17 KMS &
(APPROX)
OTHERS

2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021

1 OVER SPEEDING 30 29 9 6 20 24 18 15 3 4 8 2 50 21 0 3 138 104

NON WEARING
2 19 18 5 4 20 15 20 14 8 5 5 4 10 17 4 8 91 85
OF HELMET
WRONG SIDE
3 DRIVING / 8 7 0 6 3 0 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 4 16 31
PARKING
4 OVER TAKING 4 5 2 5 3 3 3 4 0 0 2 0 3 9 3 3 20 29
DRIVER
5 16 15 5 8 13 10 12 12 0 5 2 5 8 17 20 24 76 96
NEGLIGENCY
6 HIT AND RUN 9 17 2 8 3 8 6 8 2 1 1 2 2 10 1 7 26 61
ERROR OF
7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 0 0 5 13
JUDGEMENT
8 OVER LOADING 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 6
ROAD
ENGINEERING
9 8 10 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 5 19 30
DEFECT/ ROUGH
ROAD
CONDITION
DRUNKEN
10 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 2 8 13
As per Joint inspection data made by RTO / Police / Road Owning Authority

DRIVING

11 OTHER REASON 0 5 6 2 5 4 4 4 0 7 1 0 8 43 5 9 29 76

TOTAL 98 112 34 50 71 67 67 63 13 23 20 14 91 148 38 67 432 544

NO. OF BLACK SPOTS / VULNERABLE SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT
 NO OF ACCIDENTS & DEATH ON DIFFERENT BLACK SPOTS OF THE DISTRICTS FROM 2017 TO 2021
NAME OF THE ROAD NO OF ACCIDENTS NO OF FATALITIES
NAME OF THE NAME OF THE
& ROAD OWNING STARTING ENDING
POLICE STATION BLACK SPOTS
AUTHORITY 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL

1. BAMPHAKUDA 12+000 12+500 7 5 5 7 8 32 5 4 5 5 6 25

SADAR 2.PRATAPNAGARI 15+200 15+500 10 5 6 6 8 35 2 3 6 4 6 21

3.BALIKUDA 16+300 16+800 5 8 12 4 8 37 3 6 9 4 6 28

SADAR & 4.URALI GADA TO
20+400 20+900 20 18 16 6 6 66 6 2 4 5 4 21
MADHUPATANA SAMARAT CINEMA
CHAULIA GANJA 5. SIKHARAPUR 24+000 24+500 0 13 10 8 9 40 0 4 4 5 5 18
NH-16
NHAI-BBSR 6.MAGULI CHHAK 32+500 33+00 10 12 9 7 9 47 2 2 2 6 8 20

7.NIRGUNDI 34+100 34+500 8 9 10 5 8 40 2 3 2 4 7 18

TANGI 8.TANGI BYEPASS

40+200 40+700 8 9 7 6 7 37 1 2 3 5 5 16
(PASUPATI GADA
TO DRIEMS
9.BANDALO TO
43+100 43+600 12 10 12 4 6 44 2 3 2 2 5 14
BAINCHUAN
1.OTM BAZAR 1+800 2+300 8 6 4 5 7 30 7 6 5 4 4 26
NH -55
CHOUDWAR
NHAI-DHENKANAL
2.KAJALKANA 4+500 4+750 10 6 5 2 2 25 8 6 4 2 1 21
 NO OF ACCIDENTS & DEATH ON DIFFERENT BLACK SPOTS OF THE DISTRICTS FROM 2017 TO 2021

NO OF ACCIDENTS NO OF FATALITIES
NAME OF THE ROAD &
NAME OF THE NAME OF THE BLACK
ROAD OWNING STARTING ENDING
POLICE STATION SPOTS
AUTHORITY TOTA
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL
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1.KAMAR PADA 15+900 16+400 3 1 1 2 3 10 0 0 2 1 1 4

2.RAMKUMAR PUR 17+300 17+800 2 1 2 3 2 10 1 1 1 2 2 7

SH-12, EXECUTIVE ENG. R

KISSINNAGAR
& B JAGATSINGHPUR
3.SOMPUR 19+900 20+400 2 5 3 6 5 21 1 0 2 5 3 11

4.GADAMA 24+500 25+000 2 1 2 2 1 8 2 1 0 2 1 6

5.SIULI 25+600 26+100 2 0 3 1 1 7 1 0 3 1 1 6

1.ICHHAPUR 18+000 18+500 2 0 4 3 4 13 2 0 2 0 2 6

SH-60, EXECUTIVE ENG. R

OLATPUR
& B II - CUTTACK
2.BARAHIPUR 19+500 19+800 2 1 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 0 2 6

3.ADASPUR 20+000 20+500 3 2 2 2 5 14 3 1 1 0 4 9

 BLACK SPOTS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL

10

13
8

5
NO OF ACCIDENTS & DEATH ON DIFFERENT BLACK SPOTS / VULNERABLE SPOTS ON SH- 9 (A) OF THE DISTRICTS FROM 2017 TO 2021

2
NO OF FATALITIES

0
1

0
3

2
2

1
18

23

26

10

11
4

3
NO OF ACCIDENTS

1
3

0
5

4
4

3
NANDOLA GADA
NAME OF THE

BHATAPADA

CHHAKA TO
KHARAKHIA

KATIKATA
KALAGINI
CHHAKA

KULIA
NAME OF THE ROAD &

EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
ROAD OWNING
AUTHORITY

R & B II
POLICE STATION

NISCHINTAKOILI
NAME OF THE

SALIPUR

Causes of increase of Road Accidents in the District during 2021

1. Non-repair & non-maintenance of two National Highway i.e. NH-16 and NH-55 on
regular basis and construction work of VUP at Balikuda Chhaka , non-barricading of both
the sides of NH, SH adjacent to villages to restrict cattles & any other domestic animals ;
2. Discontinuance or withdrawal of Highway patrolling services on NH-16 ( w.e.f. Feb 2021
to 09.10.21) ;
3. Growing of Auto mobile work shop and garage, Industrial sector from Manguli Chhaka to
Bainchua where large numbers of Goods vehicles parking on the NH due to non
availability of Truck Terminals near NH side.
4. Lack of Enforcement & awareness in rural police station areas.
5. With the threat of COVID -19 pandemic, lots of Peoples are preferred to travel in their
own vehicles (Two wheelers) instead of commuting in the public transport system.
6. Accidents on Drunken Driving need to be analysed properly and Joint Enforcement drive
be made against this offence, particularly on NH / SH during the Night hours.
7. Non-adherence of traffic laws by the two wheelers riders while driving in NH and SH.

Conclusion:-

Road safety is an associative problem, and therefore it is important that

interdepartmental and coordinated approach is required for sustainable reduction of road
accidents and fatalities in the district.