With a total number of 551 black spots on national highways in Karnataka, the state stood third place in the country having maximum black spots where the highest number of road accidents took place between 2016-2018.
In the state, a total of 279 people died due to road accidents on these black spots on National Highways (NHs) between 2016-2018, said the Union Ministry of Road Transport in its compilation of road accident data in India. The Union Road Transport and Highway Ministry identified the blackspot where maximum road accidents took place.
Other major black spots where the maximum persons killed between 2016-2018 in the state:
Agara Cross (NH- 209) in Kaggalipura Police Station limits in Ramanagara District is most dreaded as maximum 37 people died between 2016-2018. Devalapura Cross (NH-50) in Bagalkot Rural Police station limits in Bagalkot District also the next dreaded spot as 35 people died.
