The Mumbai-Pune Expressway continues to see fatalities but there has been a significant drop in the number of deaths over the past few years. The latest statistics released by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) reveal that there has been a 23 per cent drop in fatal crashes and a 27 per cent decline in overall deaths between 2019 and 2023 on the Expressway.

The number of overall road crashes has also seen a drop of 23 per cent within that period. As per the data, in 2019 there were about 74 fatal crashes, which declined to 62 in 2020, rose to 71 in 2021 and 73 in 2023. As of November 2023, the number is 50. The number of fatalities in 2019 was 92, followed by 66 in 2020, 88 in 2021, 92 again in 2022 and 60 from January to November 2023.