In the past five years, 834 Brihanmumbai Electrict Supply and Transport (BEST) bus accidents have occurred in which 88 Mumbaikars have lost their lives, the transport body stated in a Right to Information (RTI) query. The undertaking also revealed that it had disbursed compensation worth 42.4 crore to the families of the victims as well as to the injured. While 14 employees have been dismissed in accident-related cases, 24 staffers have also been suspended.

The statistics were revealed by Egal Benjamin, Senior Transport Officer of BEST, after RTI activist Anil Galgali had asked the administration about the number of accidents, fatalities and financial compensation disbused in the past five years.