Accident numbers down, 17 linked to negligence by civic bodies; city tops pedestrian deaths

The fig of accidents successful the State, and Bengaluru successful particular, saw a diminution successful 2024, compared to the erstwhile year, information released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2024 shows.

Accidents person reduced by 0.9% successful the State and by 4.2% successful Bengaluru compared to 2023. Karnataka reported 43,062 accidents, leaving 52,591 injured and 12,390 dead. Meanwhile, Bengaluru reported 4,769 accidents, leaving 4,022 injured and 894 dead.

Of these accidents successful Bengaluru, 4,285 accidents progressive overspeeding, leaving 3,609 injured and 776 dead; 204 were hit-and-run accidents, sidesplitting 214. Data pegs accidents owed to drunk driving astatine 129, leaving 45 dormant successful the city. 

Negligence of civic agencies

Bengaluru reported 17 cases successful which accidents were caused owed to the negligence of civic bodies. Only Bengaluru and Delhi person been registering specified negligence cases, portion different cities bash not. Delhi recorded 5 cases successful 2024. In Bengaluru, the fig of specified cases fell from 20 successful 2023 to 17 successful 2024. These incidents mostly subordinate to roadworthy accidents caused by potholes, mediocre roadworthy stretches, and roads being dug up.

Fall successful pedestrian deaths 

Like past year, Bengaluru topped the database of pedestrian deaths among mega cities successful India successful 2024 arsenic well. However, the fig of pedestrian deaths came down from 292 successful 2023 to 246 successful 2024.

Pointed interventions

A elder authoritative who was with the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) successful 2024 said the BTP, successful collaboration with the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), made immoderate pointed interventions successful 2024 which reduced accidents. “We enactment up barricades, precocious medians connected respective roadworthy stretches to mitigate human-vehicle conflict. We made a database of respective mishap blackspots. BBMP resolved galore of these blackspots with pointed interventions. We besides introduced an 80 kmph velocity bounds connected the International Airport Road and NICE Road, some precocious mishap prone zones. All these measures whitethorn person contributed to a simplification successful the fig of accidents,” helium said.