As far as the Sundar Committee report on road safety, which was submitted to the Ministry in February 2007, is concerned, Ministry has only held several rounds of discussions and another is scheduled for December 1.

China, in contrast is fast bringing down the road death tally. In 2005, China reported 4,50,254 road accidents and 98,738 people were killed. 2006 figures showed 3,78,781 accidents and death tally stood at 89,455 — a drop of 15.9 per cent in the number of accidents and 9.4 per cent in deaths. The number of road accidents in China dropped by an annual average 10.8 per cent for four consecutive years from 2003, despite continuous growth in the number of privately owned cars. And road death toll dropped to 89,455 in 2006 from 1,04,000 in 2003.

India is expected to notch up one lakh plus road accidents deaths — highest in the world—once 2006 figures are out.