Centre to Provide Cashless Treatment for Road Accidents Victims

• It is the one-hour period following a traumatic injury during which there is the highest likelihood of preventing death by providing prompt medical care.

Motor Vehicle Accident Fund: 

• Legal Mandate: The Central Government shall constitute a Fund under Section 164(B)(1) of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019.
• Purpose: 
  • To treat any person injured in road accidents according to the golden hour scheme.
  • To compensate the dependents and other representatives of individuals who died in hit-and-run accidents. 
  • To provide compensation to any person grievously injured in a hit-and-run accident. 
• Creation of the Fund: 
  • The fund will be replenished by all payments of a specified nature as notified by the central government. 
  • Utilization of the existing balance of the Solatium Fund (money already available under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988).

The Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) / e-Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) Project 

• Objective: Development of Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD), to enrich the accident databases from every part of the country.
• Nodal Agency: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India and
• Funding Partner: World Bank
• Methodology: Analysing the Data through implementation of Data analytics technique. &  Represent the analysis output through the Monitoring & Reporting Dashboard & Analytics Dashboard.
• Outcome:  Enhanced road safety i.e., ‘Safe Road for All’ in India.

Good Samaritan Scheme

• Launched on: 3rd Oct 2021 by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
• Objective: To motivate the general public to help road accident victims in emergencies and motivate others to save innocent lives.
• Provisions: It grants an award to the good samaritan who has saved the life of a victim of a fatal accident (involving a motor vehicle) by administering immediate assistance and rushing to the Hospital/Trauma Care Centre within the Golden Hour of the accident
• Award & Certificate: As per the Scheme Guidelines, the amount of award for each Good Samaritan would be Rs. 5,000/- per incident & a certificate of appreciation.