Mumbai: Road fatalities across Maharashtra increased 13% in 2022 over the previous year, according to the latest NCRB statistics, making it the state with the second highest number of crash related deaths from speeding. There were 15,748 fatalities on state roads in 2022 compared to 13,911 deaths in 2021.
The NCRB report said most road related crashes across the country (63%) were due to speeding. They caused 1,00,726 deaths and injured 2,71,661 people in all. “A large number of deaths in road related crashes due to speeding was reported in Tamil Nadu (14%) followed by Maharashtra (10%)," it said. Dangerous and careless driving or overtaking was the other category which caused a high number of fatalities in Uttar Pradesh (13,171 deaths) followed by 4,015 deaths in Maharashtra.
Ranjit Gadgil, program director of NGO Parisar, said the report was "reiterating the fact that we must sit up and take cognisance of the speeding issue." He said, “Not many vehicles are being checked on highways on a daily basis. Most people know they can get away with it and are speeding with impunity."
