Bogotá bans motorcycle passengers on five nights to cut Halloween traffic deaths

Bogotá will enforce special traffic measures across five consecutive nights around Halloween to reduce road deaths and injuries. The restrictions run from Thursday, October 29, through the early hours of Tuesday, November 3, covering the holiday weekend.

Motorcycles will be banned from carrying passengers on all city streets between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each night. The passenger ban ends at 6:00 a.m. on November 3.

“It is a weekend that has historically presented worrying figures, with 15 deaths on average during this weekend.”

A second measure prohibits all motorcycle traffic on 19 designated road corridors between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. daily. That corridor restriction also ends at 4:00 a.m. on November 3.

The affected corridors include Autopista Norte, Autopista Sur, Avenida NQS, Avenida Boyacá, Avenida Ciudad de Cali, Avenida Las Américas, Avenida Suba, Calle 26, Calle 80, Carrera Séptima, Avenida Centenario, Avenida Guayacanes, Avenida La Esperanza, Avenida Villavicencio, Avenida Circunvalar, Calle 53, Calle 63, Carrera 60, and Carrera 68.

City officials cited historically high casualty figures during the Halloween weekend, averaging 15 deaths. They said 80 percent of fatal crashes involved a motorcycle, and 73 percent of those deaths occurred at night on main roads.

The Mobility Secretariat and the Security, Coexistence and Justice Secretariat announced the measures. Officials said similar steps in 2025 cut mobility-related fatalities by 75 percent, injury crashes by 50 percent, and serious crashes by 52 percent.

The restrictions aim to prevent accidents during a period when street activity is especially high as children and families celebrate Halloween.