Hit and Run Accident

Central Motor Vehicles Accident Fund 2021

The central motor vehicles accident fund 2021 comprised mainly three accounts.

Account for insured vehicles

Account for uninsured vehicles/ hit and run accident and

It shall be utilized for providing cashless treatment to victims of accidents caused by uninsured vehicles and hit and run accident victims. The claim amount of the hospital for providing cashless treatment shall be disbursed by the designated agency to the hospital.

Hit and run compensation fund

This fund providing compensation to accident victims and reimbursement of claim amount raised by the hospital for cashless treatment of accident victims as per scheme under section 162. It shall be administered by the GIC under the supervision of MoRTH.

According to section 161 vide Motor Vehicle Act, 2019, compensation in the hit and run accident from

Rs. 12,500/- to Rs 50,000/- for grievous hurt and

Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 2,00,000/- in case of death

This is new notification as compensation to victims of hit and runs motor accident 2022.
This scheme is applicable to pan India.
Total number of road accidents occurred under this category in India during the period from 2015 to 2020 is given in table below.

Hit and Run Accident Compensation Forms

Form1

Form of application for compensation from hit and run compensation fund

Form 2

Claim enquiry report to be submitted by the claim’s enquiry officer to the claims settlement commissioner

Form 3

Order form

Form 4

Undertaking for refund of claim

The claim taker of hit and run accident case or his legal representative shall make application to the claim enquiry officer in each Taluka.
The claim enquiry officer is any office of revenue sub division of a taluka in each revenue district of state.
The applicant shall submit an application seeking compensation under this scheme in Form I, including through electronic means, along with a copy of claim raised by the hospital providing the treatment, if any, as per Scheme for Cashless Treatment formulated under section 162 of the Act, and the undertaking in Form IV, and such other documents mentioned in Form I, including through electronic means, to the Claims Enquiry Officer of the Sub-Division or Taluka in which the accident took place.
Where the Claims Enquiry Officer does not accept the grounds advanced by the applicant, he shall record speaking orders and communicate to the applicant reasons for not accepting the claim application.

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