Motorists riding without helmets on Jeevan Bima Nagar Main Road in Bengaluru, where Jeevan Bima Nagar recorded the highest number of traffic violations in 2025 on January 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. In the first three months of 2026, the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) booked a whopping 1.78 lakh cases of wrong-way driving, the highest number recorded in the first quarter over the past five years, data shows. The data also shows that cases booked for wrong-way driving in the first quarter of 2026 are over 58% of those booked in the entire year of 2025, which saw 3.03 lakh cases booked. The BTP had booked 1.87 lakh cases of driving against traffic in 2024, and about 1.44 lakh in 2023. However, these cases were much higher in 2021 and 2022. Published – April 26, 2026 08:53 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation International seminar to commemorate Prof. K.N. Panikkar ‘Kozhikode–Kannur stretch saw most train stone attacks in past three years’