The accident figures for the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg show lower fatalities in the first eight months of 2024 as compared to that of 2023 despite a 30 per cent rise in the number of vehicles plying the stretch. While the number of fatal accidents has gone down by 10 per cent and fatalities by 33 per cent, official statistics show that the number of serious accidents has gone up by 25 per cent. However, the total number of accidents declined by 19 per cent.

Official data shared by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) states that while there were 63 fatal accidents between January 2023 and August 2023, the number for 2024 during the same period was 57, indicating a 10 per cent decline. A total of 120 fatalities were recorded during the period in 2023, which came down to 80 during the same months in 2024.