Hit and Run

Solutions for Hit & Run Case

Section 161 provides compensation for Hit & Run Cases which are as follow: -
1. A fixed amount of 12,500 INR in the event of grievous injury to any
person resulting in hit and run cases
2. A fixed amount of 25,000 INR in the event of demise of a person from a
hit and run vehicle
What has changed with the Compensation issue :-
Following recommendations from the Centre, the compensation could go up
to as much as ₹2 lakh from the existing ₹25,000, which is given as solatium
on the death of any person due to a hit-and-run motor accident. The sum of
₹12,500, currently given for grievous injury to a person from a hit-and-run
motor accident, shall also increase proportionately or to about ₹50,000,
senior officials from the State Transport Department have said.

A recent report of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety had

said, “The committee notes that the compensation payable to hit-and-
run victims is very low and that the issue of making appropriate
compensation … is engaging the attention of the State government. The
State must formulate a scheme to make payment of adequate
compensation.”
The SC accepted the committee’s recommendation on February 26.

Facts and Figures as why the policy/act has been amended: -

Of the 1.6 lakh road fatalities reported in the country in 2016, nearly 20,000
were hit-and-run victims. According to the Road Accidents in India-2017
report prepared by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
four cities from the State — Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur — feature in
the top 50. In Mumbai, 3,160 accidents occurred in 2017, of which 467 were
fatal and 2,603 were injury accidents. As many as 490 people died in these
accidents, while 3,287 were injured. In Pune, of the 1,508 accidents, 360
were fatal and 966 were injury accidents.
 How to Stop Over speeding
1. Speed Humps and Raised Platforms
2. Introducing ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaption)
Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) involves any system that
ensures that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed a safe
and/or legally enforced speed. The information on potential
speeding comes from sources such as GPS location, road maps,
radio beacons, optical recognition (e.g. speed signs) and dead
reckoning techniques. In case of speeding and depending on the
type of system, either the driver can be alerted or the speed can be
reduced automatically. These two types of ISA systems differ in
that passive systems only warn the driver of the vehicle travelling
at an unsafe speed, while active systems automatically intervene
and correct the speed to conform with the safe or legal speed limit.
Most active ISA systems allow the driver to override the system
when deemed necessary.