Last Updated: 25 July 2024
2019 - 2021: 583 black spot locations accounted for 2,994 deaths in 3,872 road accidents [1]
-- This was 29.7% of total road fatalities during this 3-year period
60% black spots fixed under AAP and more identified[1:1]
-- Rs.700 cr have been incurred to rectify the black spots[2]
Punjab becomes 1st state to have mapped all 784 accident black spots Mappls App (in collaboration with MapMyIndia)[3]
The app will alert commuters by giving a voice message “Blackspot 100 meter di doori te hai (Black Spot is 100 meters ahead)”
The Black spot is a road stretch of about 500m with regular accidents[1:2]
Nov 2023:
Black Spots Identified: 784
FIXED: 482 (60%)
Nov 2023:
Newly Identified: 281
Total Remaining: 583
REFERENCES:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/482-black-spots-eliminated-281-new-identified-in-state-564399 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=179139&headline=Punjab-first-state-to-identify-all-789-accidental-prone-black-spots-and-rectify-60-%-of-them-Laljit-Bhullar ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/black-spots-mapped-commuters-voice-alerts-9091208/ ↩︎
