Delhi Visitors Police will mark ‘black spots’ on accident-prone areas to alert commuters as they strategy the area, the officers stated on Saturday.
In an effort to reinforce street security within the nationwide capital, the Delhi Visitors Police introduced that it’ll mark all recognized black spots on Google Maps, which can present real-time alerts to commuters as they strategy accident-prone areas, officers stated.
The function, if launched in 2025, will initially showcase places from the finalised record of black spots for the 12 months 2024 as a result of the annual record is compiled on the finish of every 12 months.
A black spot is a central level the place repeated accidents have occurred inside a 500-metre radius on either side. “If a selected stretch sees frequent accidents, the midpoint of that stretch is categorised as a black spot,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Visitors Headquarters) Shive Keshari Singh advised PTI.
In 2024, a complete of 111 black spots have been recognized, recording 1,132 accidents, together with 483 fatalities and 649 non-fatal crashes, in accordance with officers.
“We’re tying up with Google, and inner procedures are in progress,” Singh talked about. “If and when it goes reside this 12 months, the map will carry the 2024 black spots first. The thought is to provide well timed info so commuters keep alert, their drive turns into simpler and safer and scale back the variety of fatalities.”
- Azadpur Sabzi Mandi on GT Karnal Street recorded the best variety of accidents in 2024. The area witnessed 20 accidents, which included 11 deadly instances.
- Akshardham Mandir on NH-24 noticed 19 accidents, with eight of them deadly.
- Bhalswa Chowk on Outer Ring Street additionally recorded 19, out of which six have been listed as deadly.
- ISBT Kashmere Gate recorded 17 accidents, with eight marked as deadly.
- SGT Nagar recorded 18 accidents, with seven categorised as deadly.
- Libaspur Bus Stand witnessed 18 crashes, together with six deadly ones.
- Anand Vihar ISBT and Rajokari Flyover every recorded 16 accidents.
- Close to Yashobhoomi Conference Centre in Dwarka, 12 accidents have been recorded, seven of them deadly.
- Wazirabad logged 15 accidents, 9 of which have been deadly.
Based on the info, the highest 10 black spots for accidents in 2024 accounted for a complete of 180 incidents. A number of corridors had a number of high-risk places, with Outer Ring Street reporting no less than 17 black spots, Ring Street having 13, and GT Karnal Street that includes 10 such spots. Different roads, akin to NH-8, Rohtak Street, and Najafgarh Street, additionally had a number of black spots.The Delhi Police has recognized and marked 25 new black spots as of July 2025, which collectively skilled 176 accidents, together with 88 that have been categorized as deadly. Busy corridors akin to Ring Street, Outer Ring Street, and GT Karnal Street stay outstanding websites, whereas ISBT Kashmere Gate, SGT Nagar, and Hanuman Mandir in Bawana have been flagged as repeat places.
“There might be many causes a black spot types, from lacking or pale signage, worn zebra crossings, to poor street situation,” a senior official advised PTI. “We deploy personnel at these stretches and work with street companies to repair the engineering points, and now we’re including a tech layer via Google Maps.”
The planning for this initiative is ongoing, together with marking the black spot places and coordinating with road-owning companies to enhance signage, street designs, and strategic deployment of personnel. The aim is to make Delhi’s roads safer and safer, the DCP added.
Prime 10 black spots from 2024 and 2025 present just a few overlaps like ISBT Kashmere Gate, SGT Nagar, and Libaspur Bus Stand showing among the many highest-risk places for 2 consecutive years. Hanuman Mandir, which recorded 19 accidents in 2024, is included within the record once more this 12 months, with 10 incidents already listed.
Alternatively, Swaroop Nagar options on the 2025 record however was not a part of the highest accident-prone places final 12 months. Akshardham Mandir and Wazirabad, each of which had excessive numbers in 2024, are at present absent from the 2025 high 10.
(With inputs from PTI)
