Despite weekend lockdowns owing to the Covid-19 pandemic being in force for the greater part of last year, Bengaluru city reported a higher number of deaths and accidents on Sundays.
Like the rest of the country, the city was under lockdown from the last week of March to the first week of June in 2020. Thereafter, the state government enforced weekend lockdowns for a few more months.
In 2020, Bengaluru city reported 657 deaths due to road accidents, of which 109 fatal accidents were reported on Sundays alone. While the number of deaths due to road accidents has come down compared to 2019 (832 deaths) and 2018 (870 deaths), officials attribute the development to the Covid-19 lockdown and associated curbs.
