Nearly 80 traffic black spots in and around Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Several roads have turned into black spots, making life difficult for motorists. Traffic jams in the city are one thing, but what’s even more concerning is the rising number of accidents.

A workshop was conducted at the BBMP headquarters recently in the name of ‘Namma Raste’ wherein the black spots in Bengaluru have been unveiled. The traffic police have identified 64 major black spots within the city and 10 on the outskirts where over 187 accidents have occurred between 2019 and 2022.

These spots include:

Hebbagodi Metro Station Road, with 28 accidents

Kittaganahalli Bus Stop, with 18 accidents

Veerasandra Bus Stop, with 18 accidents

Electronics City to Plaza, with 17 accidents

Attibele Junction, with 17 accidents

Attibele Toll Gate, with 15 accidents

Byatarayanapur Junction, with 15 accidents

In addition to these, BBMP has also identified several black spots within the city, including:

Upparpet Tank Bunk Road

Mysuru Road Down Ramp

Kamakshipalya’s Madheshwara Temple to Nagarabhavi Thindi Kendra underpass

Chickpet Traffic police station to KR Market Flyover

Halasuru Traffic police station to Command Hospital to Aralikatte Junction Road

Whitefield Traffic police station to Whitefield Main Road to Junction

Old Baiyappanahalli Flyover

The BBMP has taken measures to reduce accidents at these black spots with road markings, blinkers, road lines and speed breakers.

According to Joint Commissioner of Police( Traffic) M N Anucheth, the number of fatalities has decreased over the past two years and they aim to further reduce black spots. The city alone had 64 black spots; out of them, 25 were rectified, and 39 black spots are yet to be completed. Accidents have reduced by over 5 per cent and fatalities have come down by 4 per cent, he pointed out.

Anucheth said the increasing number of vehicles is also a major reason for the road accidents. If 50- 60 per cent of people in the city use public transport, the city could see sustainable growth, he felt.