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Appendix 5.9. The highest vehicle population was recorded in the Ernakulam district with 14,67,028
vehicles (17.16 %) followed by Thiruvananthapuram with 10,66,318 (12.48%). Wayanad district has
the lowest number of 1,17,466 (1.37 %) vehicles. More details are available in the Appendix 5.10.

Road Accidents

5.25 Even though several initiatives have been taken by the police to enforce road discipline and
enforcement of rules by Motor Vehicles Department, road accidents are increasing. The accident
rate of Kerala is 4 accidents per 1000 vehicles during 2013-14. Even bigger states like Uttar
Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan reports far less number of accidents compared to Kerala.

5.26 During 2013-14, Kerala registered 35198 accidents (96 per day). Accidents due to KSRTC
buses were 1156 ( 3 per day) and private buses were 3549 (10 per day) . The number of two
wheelers has increased from 50.41 lakh in 2013 to 52.89 lakh in 2014, recording average annual
growth rate of 5 percent. Similarly the number of traffic crashes involving two wheelers were 16394
(45 per day) in 2014. Bike accidents account for nearly 47 percent of the total accidents reported in
the State. The decrease in accidents is due to the effective enforcement of road safety activities in
the State. Trend of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Kerala is in the Fig 5.4

Fig 5.4
Trend of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Kerala
No of Accidents
40000 38976
INFRASTRUCTURE39000
38000 36694 37204
37000 35198
36000 35633 34946 35282
35000
34000
33000
32000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Year

5.27 The percentage of category wise and vehicle wise accidents in Kerala during 2013-14 is shown
in the Fig 5.5. More details are available in the Appendices 5.11 and 5.12.

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