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19 Apr 2022 ‘e-DAR’ portal

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Recently the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has developed a portal named ‘e-DAR’ (e-Detailed Accident Report).
This portal provides instant information on road accidents and helps in speedy settlement of accident compensation claims so that the families of the victims can get relief.

Road safety is a major developmental and public health concern, which remains a leading cause of death and injury worldwide.
According to the Global Road Safety Status Report, road accidents cause more than 1.35 million deaths globally, of which more than 90% are from developing countries and 11% from India alone.
The number of accidental deaths in India in the year 2019 was 1,51,113.

Integrated Database: Digitized Detailed Accident Report (DAR) will be uploaded on the portal for easy access.
The web portal will be linked to the Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD).
More than 90% of the datasets from the Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) will be directly accessed in the ‘e-DAR’ portal through the application.
Stakeholders like Police, Road Authority, Hospital etc. need to enter very little information for the ‘e-DAR’ form.
Thus, the ‘e-DAR’ portal will be an extension and e-version of iRAD.
Dealing with bogus claims: The DAR portal will check against bogus claims by comprehensive search of vehicles involved in the accident, date of accident and First Information Report number.
Cross-platform linkage: The portal will be linked to other government portals for obtaining vehicle or driving license details and registration of vehicles.
Identification of Accident Hotspots: Accident hotspots will also be identified so that solutions can be found to avoid accidents at these hotspots.

Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety (2015):

The declaration was signed at the second global high level conference on road safety held in Brazil. India is a signatory to the Declaration.
Countries have planned to reduce the number of global deaths due to road traffic accidents by the year 2030 by Sustainable Development Goal 3.6.

United Nations Global Road Safety Week:

It is celebrated every two years. Its sixth edition (held from May 17 to 23, 2021) highlighted the need for strong leadership for road safety.

International Road Assessment Program (iRAP):

Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019:

This act increases the punishment for traffic violation, defective vehicle, juvenile driving etc.
It establishes a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, which will provide compulsory insurance cover to all road users in India for certain types of accidents.
The Act provides for a National Road Safety Board, to be set up by the Central Government through a notification.
It also provides for the protection of the persons helping.

Carriage by Road Act, 2007:

The Act makes provisions relating to the regulation of common goods carriers, limiting their liability and declaring the value of the goods delivered to them so as to determine the liability for loss or damage to such goods which may be caused by negligence or by criminal acts caused by themselves, their servants or agents.

National Highway Control (Land and Traffic) Act, 2000:

The Act provides for control of land within national highways, right of way and traffic control on national highways and also provides for removal of unauthorized occupation on them.

National Highways Authority of India Act, 1998:

The Act provides for the constitution of an authority for the development, maintenance and management of national highways and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.