Full Form of APRAD
The full form of APRAD is Asia Pacific Road Accident Data.
About APRD
- It consists of ten sections and covers information relating to road accidents in the context of road length and vehicular population.
- As per the report, there were 4,12,432 unfortunate incidences of road accidents during 2021 which claimed 1, 53,972 lives and caused injuries to 3, 84,448 persons.
- During the previous year 2020, country saw an unprecedented decrease in accidents, fatalities and injuries. India is committed to bring down fatalities caused by road accidents.
Action by Ministry of Road Transport and Highway
- The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, has implemented a scheme, “Grant of Financial Assistance for Administering Road Safely Advocacy and Awards for the Outstanding Work Done in the Field of Road Safety”
- Crash Safety Norm of the vehicles have been revised
- Ministry is setting up model Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) Centers in order to strengthen the system of driver licensing and training to improve the competence and capability of drivers.
- The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, expected to reform for Road Safety norms and guidelines, bring citizen facilitation, transparency, and reduce corruption with the help of information technology and removing intermediaries
- A central system is called as Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) system has been developed by Ministry of India for reporting, management, claim processing and analysis of road accidents data across the country.
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