Coimbatore City Police –(Traffic) joined hands with college students to find out whether there has been any increase in accident-prone areas in the city.

The city already has 65 accident-hotspots, according to a report, and preventive measures/interventions have been made here to prevent accidents. Now, through this study it was found that 10 additional hotspots have emerged.

The areas include Trichy Road, Avinashi Road-Lakshmi Mills junction, Hopes College Railway bridge, Saravanamapatti Karthi Nagar junction, Ganapathy Moor Market, Kamatchipuram Checkpost and Pallakad road.

Steps are already being taken in these spots to prevent accidents. The Police are in plans to install warning boards here to caution the commuters that these are accident-prone areas.