Mumbai reported 374 deaths in 351 road crashes in 2023, marking a 39 per cent decrease since 2015. Hit-and-run incidents caused 38 per cent of all the fatal crashes, and majority of victims, at 54 per cent, were pedestrians. The intersection of the Western Express Highway (WEH), Sion-Bandra Link Road and Baiganwadi signal junction witnessed most of the deaths and injuries, the official said. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg and Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road registered most deaths and. injuries per kilometre. There were 10 deaths per kilometers on those roads.Besides reducing speed limits, enhancing enforcement of clasped motorcycle helmets, seat belts, creating more walkable streets, safer pedestrian and cycle infrastructure were the measures suggested in the report to check such incidents. The report was published recently by the Mumbai Traffic Police in association of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety. It comprised an in-depth analysis of the accidents data of that year.
