Of the 360 accidents, around 156 were accidents without injuries, followed by 21 accidents, in which 44 were injured with minor injuries.
The year 2017 saw 360 accidents on the 94-km Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the highest in the past five years, in which 105 lost their lives, 147 were seriously injured and 44 suffered minor injuries, reveals data of accidents on Expressways. However, the number of deaths were the lowest in 2017.
Of the 360 accidents, around 156 were accidents without injuries, followed by 21 accidents, in which 44 were injured with minor injuries. Further, 94 accidents in which 147 were seriously injured, and 89 accidents in which 105 lost their lives.
Further in 2016, 281 accidents took place, in which 151 lost their lives. In 2015, 313 accidents took place in which 118 lost their lives and in 2014, 133 lost their lives in 353 accidents. In 2013, 339 accidents saw 128 lives being lost.
2016 also had the lowest number of of accidents —281 — in which 151 were killed, 153 were seriously injured, 26 had minor injuries and the rest 109 accidents were without any injuries.
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which owns the Expressway in collaboration with the state highway police, has tied up with several organisations to make the Mumbai-Pune Expressway a 'zero fatality corridor'. In a study, MSRDC had also identified black spots which was the epicenter of accidents.
A report prepared on behalf of MSRDC had earlier revealed that it witnesses one death every three days because of 37 black spots that restrict view of drivers, steep roadside slopes, ineffective road signages and sharp turns.
"Majority of the accidents takes place in the early morning, between 3 am and 6 am, when drivers are mostly sleepy. Overall, after several awareness drives, motorists are getting sensitive but still the number of accidents have come down to mitigate the chances of casualties due to accidents," said a MSRDC official.
Meanwhile, MSRDC is also currently in process of appointing a private trust to run the trauma care centre near Ozarde on the Expressway that will help accidents victims get quick medical assistance in case of accidents.
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