Rs 110 crore speeding fine collected in ’22, maximum from UP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Speed limit violators across the country paid nearly Rs 110 crore as fine to the enforcement authorities during last year while another Rs 729 crore was pending. Among all states and UTs, a maximum of Rs 50 crore fine was collected for speed violation in UP followed by Delhi and Haryana. In the case of the maximum pending fine, Delhi had maximum amount due on violators at Rs 550 crore, reports Dipak Dash.

Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari submitted these details to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in a written reply to a question asked by Aam Aadmi Party MP, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, who had sought the details of fines and amount collected for breaking speed limits on highways and expressways in last five years and details of the pending amount still to be collected from people charged with speeding.
Speeding has been identified as the biggest reason for road fatalities and injuries in the country. As per the government data, around 1.1 lakh out of the total 1.54 lakh lives lost in road crashes in 2021 was due to speeding. This translates to nearly 70% of the fatalities were due to speeding and similarly this was the main reason for around around 73% (2.8 lakh) of the total persons injured in road crashes.

As per the details of fines and challans submitted by the ministry, the total collection from fines for speed limit violations in 2020 was around Rs 75 crore and the fines pending before authorities was Rs 744 crore. Sources said taking cognisance of the need to have a proper system in place for installation of cameras with specifications to detect violations, a committee has been set up. Traffic experts have also raised the concern over missing and improper signages and road marking, which are crucial for capturing violations on CCTV cameras and e-challaning.