Sector 3 resident Karunaprasad Kanavi was witness to an accident this afternoon involving three cars on 22nd Cross right in front of the house where he stays. This mishap happened before the showers inundated HSR Layout. Thankfully, no one was grievously injured in the accident.
“At this same spot, there was an accident on the first day of Ganesha festival in 2016, resulting in the instant death of a motorcyclist,” he told Residents Watch. “The residents have been asking for a scientific road hump on both the sides of 22nd cross and 17th Main junction for a long time in addition to a ‘no parking’ zone near the junction on all the sides.”
‘ONE OF THE MOST ACCIDENT-PRONE JUNCTIONS IN HSR’
The many reasons for this junction becoming accident-prone could be many. Says Kanavi: “It might be rash driving and speed. No one follows the ‘stop & proceed’ rule at this junction. There is no such thing like giving way to the vehicles. The drivers just want to proceed straight first and then take a turn. Therefore, road humps on both sides of the junction are required to reduce the speed at this accident-prone spot. It is a complete 90-degree turn (both left & right) for the vehicle users coming on 17th Main and joining the 22nd Cross. It is a partially blind curve and further compounded by the parked cars on all the three sides near the junction. It becomes quite narrow for the buses and trucks. Taking a turn for them is a nightmare here.”
We hope the traffic police take note of this and do the needful.
The accident on 22nd Cross
Scooter cruising like a speed boat, says Kanavi about this scene outside his house on 22nd Cross
2016 Ganesha season – Spot death of a motor cyclist
Cops visit after an accident at the same spot in 2014
Minor accident in 2015