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)”

¶ Black spots eliminated

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

• The Black spot is a road stretch of about 500m in length in which either 5 road accidents, involving fatalities or grievous injuries, have taken place ina year or 10 fatalities have been reported during the last 3 calendar years^[1:3]
• Punjab had adopted this definition for the entire state, covering all highways, and has undertaken the task of identification and rectification of accidental black spots^[1:4]
• 302 black spots analysed^[1:5]:
  • 83.8% on National highways
  • 7.6% on State highways
  • 4.6% on urban MC roads
  • 3% on major district roads

REFERENCES:

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1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/482-black-spots-eliminated-281-new-identified-in-state-564399 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. 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 ↩︎

3. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/black-spots-mapped-commuters-voice-alerts-9091208/ ↩︎