Several roads have been developed in Mumbai over the last decade, but have the authorities taken pedestrian safety into account? According to the state economic survey report, 272 people died in road accidents in Mumbai in 2022. mid-day had filed a Right to Information (RTI) query to obtain details of road accidents, human deaths and injuries in Mumbai between 2013 and 2023. In response, the Mumbai traffic police provided data from 2013 to 2021.

A total of 4,514 people died due to road accidents in Mumbai between 2013 and 2021. Of these, 3,780 were male and 734 female. What is shocking, however, is that 2,326 (51 per cent) victims were pedestrians, followed by 1,142 (25 per cent) bikers and 493 pillion riders. Additionally, 190 people driving cars were killed, with 111 co-passengers.