DG & IGP of karnataka state released a report of Road Accident analysis for Bangalore City Traffic on 31.01.2014 at Traffic Head Quarters, Infantry road, Bangalore. It contents a brief descriptions about road accident statistics for Bangalore city traffic:

1. Road Accidents in Bangalore
- A Report
Reducing Road accidents,deaths
and injuries is
in your hand
January 2014
Bangalore City Traffic Police
SLS Transport Training Institute and Consultancy Pvt. Ltd

2. Accidents –
Worldwide Scenario
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Road Traffic Accidents (RTA)
 Eighth leading cause of death
 1.24 million deaths/year
 Leading cause of death for young people
aged 15–29 years
 20 to 50 million non-fatal injuries
 Costs low- and middle-income countries 1–2 %
of their GNP (US$ 100 billion/year)
 Attributed to rapid rate of motorization
 Absence of Concomitant investment in road
safety strategies and land use planning
* Source: Global
Status Report on
Road Safety 2013
by WHO

3. Road Accidents in Bangalore
Accidents –
Scenario in India
From 1970 to 2011,
No. of accidents increased 4.4 times
9.8 times increase in fatalities
7.3 times increase in injuries
* Top 5 states wrt the no. of
accidents occurring, in 2012
State
No.of
Accidents
* Top 3 cities wrt the no. of accidents occurring, in 2012
Vehicles
Accidents
Death due to
Accident
36.75 lakhs
9,663
1,401
Delhi
72 lakhs
5,865
1,527
Bangalore
42 lakhs
5,502
7,40
Uttar Pradesh
21,512
Tamilnadu
15,422
Andhra Pradesh
15,165
Chennai
Maharashtra
13,057
Karnataka
8,971
City
* Source: National statistics of road traffic accidents in India

4. Bangalore – India’s 3rd most populous city
H.T.V H.G.V
2%
2%
A/R
3%
Population – 96 lakhs (as per 2011 census)
L.M.V
21%
Vehicular Population – 48 lakhs
Vehicular Composition
Others
3%
Two
Wheelers
69%
Accidents – 5230 (in the year 2013)
Fatal – 737, Killed - 771 , Non Fatal - 4493
Trend of Fatal Accidents
Accident Trend over the Years
12000
9101
8000
800
8426
6875
6000
4805
4000
600
6024
5230
5502
400
200
0
Fatal
Killed
2000
0
1000
10505
10000
No. of Fatal Accidents
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Accidents –
Scenario in Bangalore
651

5.  3 years accident data from 42 TPS
Road Accidents in Bangalore
were collected
 16,000 records were coded and
analysed
 5,400 manhours for data entry and
analysis
 Mapping of 16,000 odd records on a
map of Bangalore
 An exercise of this magnitude has
been taken up for the first time in the
country
Accidents by Collision Type on
Sundays and Avg. of Other Days 2013
Collision
Avg. of
Type
Sunday Other Days
Nose to
Tail
140
178
Sideswipe
18
25
Head on
58
63
Obstacle
13
14
Nose to
Side
9
8
Tail to
Nose
2
2
Accident Analysis –
Process

6. Road Accidents in Bangalore
Accident Analysis – Process

7. Macro Analysis - 2011
No. of Accidents by Time 2011
1am-3am
1000
10pm-1am 800
 Higher on weekends
8pm-10pm
4am-7am
600
400
200
0
8am-10am
5pm-7pm
 More on Sundays during night hours
Driver Age by Vehicle Type - 2011
and collision type being nose to tail
 More on links (stretches of roads)
 Higher amongst 19 to 35 age group
amongst
pedestrians
35-60
750
700
650
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Car
Two
wheeler
Bus
Heavy
vehicle
Auto
>=12 & <19=19 & <35=35 & <60 <=60
>
>
Driver Age
aged
No. of Accidents
 High
11am-1pm
2pm-4pm
No. of Vehicles
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Accident occurrence is
Casualty Injury by Casualty Class - 2011
4000
2000
Fatal
0
Injury
Casualty Class

8. Macro Analysis - 2012
No. of accidents
Accident occurrence is
Highest during morning peak hours
800
600
400
200
0
Fatal
Injury
More on links with high fatality rates
800
Node and Link Accidents by the Day of Week 2012
600
during evening and night hours
400
Links
200
Nodes
0
Highest amongst 2-W
Higher amongst 35 to 60 age group
Casualty Injury by Age - Pedestrians - 2012
No. of Accidents
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Trends in Severity of Accidents by the Day of
Week - 2012
500
400
300
200
100
0
Fatal
Injury
≥ 1 & < ≥ 12 & ≥ 19 & ≥ 35 &
12
< 19
< 35
< 60
Casualty Age
> 60

9. Accident occurrence is
30
Distribution of Daily Accidents in Bangalore - 2013
25
20
Highest between 8pm-10pm
No. of Days
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Macro Analysis for
the year 2013
15
10
More on links
5
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
More on Saturdays with nose to tail and
No. of Accidents per Day
Auto, 7
pedestrian collisions occurring more
Heavy
Vehicle, 13
%age of Vehicles
involved in
Accidents
Car, 34
Bus, 9
Increased ivolvement of cars in injury
Two
wheeler, 51
accidents
20% of the total casualties are pedestrians
Cycle, 1
Proportion of Pedestrian Age Groups in the total
Pedestrian Casualty
18%
11%
5%
≥ 1 & < 12
26%
40%
≥ 12 & < 19
≥ 19 & < 35
≥ 35 & < 60
> 60

10. Micro Analysis
Road Accidents in Bangalore
Accident Blackspots - 2013
 Analysis of potential sites of
accidents,
known
as
Sl. No
1
2
Blackspots
3
 To
appreciate
the
site
4
problems,
diagnose
accident
causes
the
and
suggest counter measures
 Ten accident black spots
were identified based on
5
6
KR Puram
Madivala
Electronic
City
Kamakshi
Palya
Peenya
Kumara
Swamy
Layout
Airport
7
8
9
10
the number of accidents
Traffic Police
Station
Banaswadi
No of Fatal
Acc
No. of
People Killed
Old Madras Road
39
41
Hosur Road
35
35
Hosur Road
32
43
31
41
22
27
Subramanynapura Main
Road
20
20
Outer Ring Road, Near
Marathahalli
18
20
Outer Ring Rod
16
19
16
21
14
21
Road Name
Nagarabhavi Ring
Road
Outer Ring
Road,Kempegowda
Layout
Byatraryana
Pura
Mysore Road
Chikkajala
BB Road

11. Road Accidents in Bangalore
The Way Forward

Detailed Analysis of the identified blackspots
will be undertaken as the next step

Going forward, measures will be suggested to
mitigate blackspots in all the TPS limits

The data will now be used to chalk out the road
safety action plan for Bangalore

The objective of the plan would be to reduce
the RTAs and the deaths due to it by 20% in the
next year

12. Road Accidents in Bangalore
“Let’s make Bangalore one of the
safest cities in India!”