The CII-Crisil Report on Raising the Bar on Road Safety: Paving the Path Towards 2030 Goals is one of the initiatives of National Committee of Roads and Highways committee which made a resolve to build a comprehensive roadmap to improve India’s rank in road safety by lowering fatalities. The report identifies best practices and actionable steps to prevent and lower accidents on Indian Roads with a special emphasis on how technology can be integrated in road-safety ecosystem.
The report outlines the role and responsibilities of highway developers and other stakeholders in private sector, government sector, and civil society in making Indian roads safer by 2030—the year by which India has committed to a goal to halve its road-accidents.
The priority of Zero Fatalities on Roads has been set in the backdrop of India building record length of highways. However, Indian roads are also seeing 1.68 lakh fatalities and 4.5 lakh road accidents a year, has emerged as one of the top policy priorities of the Road Ministry. The aim of the CII report and initiative is to synchronise the efforts of all stakeholders to achieve the goal of lowering fatalities and accidents through the most effective, efficient and innovative ways.
The report was launched by Honourable Minister Nitin Gadkari on 16th January 2024 at the CII's National Conclave on Road Safety -- Indian Roads @2030: Raising the Bar of Road Safety.