Five people of a family were killed in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Tuesday, a day after 16 died when a truck overturned on Monday, raising questions about Maharashtra’s road safety. Experts have questioned token safety drives and said real action and implementation are the need of the hour.

mid-day had highlighted the issue on January 19 when the government’s Road Safety Month had been flagged off. Experts had said that the zest of the drive needs to be sustained throughout the year.