Improve road safety through techno-legal and behavioural interventions

01 · Delivery status

Why partially done?

Meaningful measures have been implemented: permanent National Highway black-spot rectifications increased from 4,777 reported in January 2025 to 5,036 in March 2025; two standalone traffic-management corridors were complete by December 2025; and PM-RAHAT had treated 22,481 crash victims by July 2026. Yet the minister's reported 2025 national figures show more accidents and deaths than in 2024, so better overall safety has not been demonstrated. The 15 October 2026 bridge-design policy takes effect only on 1 December and is evidence of a planned intervention, not completed checks. The promise remains Partially Done.

The ₹272-crore FY2025-26 provision for uninsured PM-RAHAT cases is scheme-specific, not a budget for this entire road-safety promise; budgetAllocated remains empty.

02 · Strength of evidence

Why medium confidence?

Ministry releases and parliamentary replies document black-spot repairs, completed monitoring corridors and actual PM-RAHAT beneficiaries. The 2024 national toll is in a parliamentary reply; the 2025 figure is reported from another ministerial reply in credible news coverage. Confidence is medium because the full 2025 annual accident report, 2026 outcomes, independent before-and-after evaluations and training results are not yet available together.