Long-drive brief: Electronic City to Art of Living, Udayapura

20.9 km by NICE Road (15.4 km), Kanakapura Road (4.6 km), Pipeline Road (0.6 km). Checked against official black spots and mapped hospitals and police along the way.

Black spots: 3 of the 64 official Bengaluru black spots lie on this route, plus 1 added in 2025 (newer list, reported).

Hospitals: 26 within 3 km of the road; first at km 0.0 (Swamy Hospital), last at km 20.9 (Kaggalipura Government Hospital).

Someone is waiting for you.

Official black spots on the way

What is a black spot? A stretch of road of about 500 m where, over three years, there were at least 5 crashes in which someone died or was badly injured, or at least 10 deaths (the road ministry's rule). Slow down, stay in your lane and watch for vehicles merging or crossing. The list only shows where crashes already happened often; a road without black spots is not proven safe.

km 0.0: Konappana Agrahara, Hosur mainroad. (Electronic city)
km 1.5: NICE ROAD NAIDU PROFARTIES (Electronic city)
km 8.8: Near T John College, NICE Road (added 2025, reported; location approximate) newer list, reported by Deccan Herald
km 13.9: Nice road Poorvankara Apartment (Thalaghatapura)

Before you leave

Pick a co-pilot. The driver never touches the phone; the co-pilot navigates and reports hazards in Google Maps.
Tyres: check pressure and look for cracks; tyre age is the 4-digit code on the side (week and year).
Lights: dip your high beam for oncoming traffic and when following a car. If you are dazzled, look at the left edge of the road and slow down.
Speed and lanes: keep left except to overtake, leave a long gap, and expect two-wheelers and late lane changes near exits.
At night: watch for unlit parked vehicles on the shoulder. Sleepy? Stop. A 20-minute nap beats an accident.
Seat belts for everyone, front and back, and a helmet on every two-wheeler rider and pillion.

Help along the route

Where	What	Name	Distance from road	Phone
km 0.0	Hospital	Swamy Hospital	0.2 km off the road
km 0.0	Hospital	Kauvery hospital	0.2 km off the road
km 0.0	Police	Electronics City Police Station	1.9 km off the road	+918022943469
km 0.0	Police	Electronics City Traffic Police Station	2.0 km off the road	080 2294 3718
km 3.3	Hospital	Sai Sparsh Hospital	3.0 km off the road
km 3.8	Hospital	Jayashree Multi Specilaity Hospital	1.8 km off the road
km 7.3	Police	Hulimavu Police Station	2.6 km off the road
km 7.3	Police	Police station (name not on map)	2.6 km off the road
km 8.2	Hospital	Vijayashree Hospitals	0.8 km off the road
km 9.3	Hospital	Banashankari Hospital	0.7 km off the road
km 14.5	Hospital	Zymus Hospitals	2.8 km off the road
km 15.1	Police	Thalaghattapura Police Station	1.5 km off the road
km 20.9	Hospital	St. John's Health Centre	1.4 km off the road	+91 080 26274301
km 20.9	Hospital	Government Hospital	2.4 km off the road
km 20.9	Police	Kaggalipura Police Station	2.8 km off the road

Sources: route from OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM); hospitals and police from OpenStreetMap; black spots from Bengaluru Traffic Police (2021 to 2023). In an emergency call 112.