Zero-Fatality Corridor project: Mumbai-Pune Expressway sees 52% reduction in deaths since 2016

As per data provided by the Zero-Fatality Corridor project — a joint initiative of MSRDC, Maharashtra Highway Police, Mahindra & Mahindra and SaveLIFE Foundation to reduce road crash deaths on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway — the number of fatalities on MPEW has seen an overall reduction of 52 per cent since the project began in 2016.

The stretch had witnessed a 43 per cent reduction in road accident fatalities from 151 deaths in 2016 to 86 till 31 December, 2019. In the year 2020, the expressway reported 66 fatalities in 63 crashes, an official statement issued in Pune said.

Though the figure demonstrates a 56 per cent reduction in fatalities from the baseline of 2016, the project has taken the Covid-19 related impact into account and is reporting a 52 per cent reduction instead,