About the Initiative
Bengaluru recorded 4,893 road accidents in 2025, according to Bengaluru Traffic police (BTP) data. Faulty engineering and poor road design infrastructure, enforcement and casual driving contribute to the causes of these accidents. Project Intersect is part of GBA’s city-wide road safety initiative; it identifies high risk locations across Bengaluru using verified traffic police data. These sites include high fatality locations, school zone junctions, junctions lacking pedestrian infrastructure and locations with a potential of public space interventions.
A key outcome is the development of a Countermeasure Matrix, which is a framework to arrive at engineering and infrastructure solutions based on the causes of the crash. Project Intersect is designed to make road safety interventions scientific, replicable, and accessible for decision-makers, urban designers, road safety consultants, think tanks, and government authorities. The initiative fosters public awareness and public participation through interactive maps and space to support public private partnership.
Objectives
Planning and implementation
To identify high risk locations in the city through scientific methods and understand the crash patterns in the city. Assist GBA corporations in planning budgets by identifying potential sites for implementation. To use the countermeasures solutions to advocate for the adoption and implementation of road safety solutions by various government agencies and CSR and philanthropic initiatives.
Diagnose Blackspot Causes
To understand the root causes of blackspots by integrating granular crash data analysis with contextual insights and on-ground conditions, enabling data-informed decision-making.Develop a Scalable Countermeasure Framework
To design a systematic, scalable, and adaptable framework for countermeasures that can be applied to any blackspot across the city.Create an Open-Source Interactive Portal
To build a publicly accessible, open-source platform that provides scientific and replicable road safety solutions for use by decision-makers, urban designers, road safety consultants, think tanks, and government authorities and CSR and philanthropies.Foster Awareness and Participation
Promoting awareness and encouraging broader public participation in road safety through documentation of Major milestones for road safety initiatives. Capacity building material for corporation engineers and consultants.
Partners
The initiative is conceived by GBA, Compartment S4, with technical support from Raahgiri Foundation, and is supported by the Sustainable Mobility Network.
The project's initial implementation at the pilot locations on the Bengaluru–Hosur Highway is being carried out in partnership with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). BIGRS and WRI India serve as partners for government outreach. RCVA serves as educational partners for hosting design workshops.
Data Partners: BTP (Bengaluru Traffic Police)
Compartment S4
Compartment S4 is a multidisciplinary team working across urban design, planning, and the built environment. They focus on shaping spaces and systems that make a meaningful and lasting impact at different scales. Through an iterative design process, they aim to support sustainability in social, economic, and environmental ways. They collaborate with government bodies, private and corporate organizations, Non profits, think tanks, and local communities to help build more resilient environments. Their work includes architecture, public space design, infrastructure planning, regional and strategic planning, sustainable mobility, landscape design, as well as heritage, cultural conservation, and tourism design.
Sustainable Mobility Network
Sustainable Mobility Network is a coalition of organisations working to bring sustainability at the centre of transport and mobility planning in India.
