After statistics and studies claimed that 70 per cent of road mishaps in 2021 were due to over speeding, and rattled by increasing accidents along expressways—especially the latest one on Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway that killed six people—the Road Safety Network (RSN), has appealed to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways demanding a 100-kmph speed limit on highways. The RSN is a coalition of organisations working with evidence-based approach and its members wrote to the ministry on Wednesday.

The Ministry had begun the process of raising speed limits on expressways from 100 kmph to 120 kmph around 2018. Road safety experts have sought its roll back. Currently, highways have a speed limit of 100 kmph, while on expressways the speed limit is 120 kmph. However, state police are authorised to decide on speed limits for their areas due to which, different National Highways have different speed limits.