Insurance claims are pending in more than one million road accidents across the country, victims are waiting for help  

Whether the Central Government has taken any action in the past five years in response to unresolved auto claims. It is information if it has been raised. The number of pending claims for motor vehicle accidents during the financial years 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23 is 9,09,166, 9,39,160, 10, 08,332, 10,39,323, and 10,46,163, according to the information provided by IRDAI. At the same time, the number of claims during this period was Rs 2,713 crore, Rs 61,051 crore, Rs 70,722 crore, Rs 74,718 crore, and Rs 80,455 crore respectively. 

According to IRDAI, it does not collect information on motor third-party claims on a district and state basis. At the same time, the road safety activist expressed concern that it takes an average of 4 years for the victim of a road accident to get financial help. According to the information of IRDA, 10,39,323 new cases of motor accidents were reported in 2022-23. But settlement was made in only 29 percent of these cases. It took almost 4 years to fulfill these claims. Jain filed a civil wit petition in the Supreme Court saying that the application was given regarding the delayed decision and financial assistance to the victims of road accidents. It has been suggested that financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh should be given in serious cases and Rs 2.50 lakh in case of injuries.