Hit-and-run incidents accounted for 38% of all the fatal crashes on Mumbai roads in 2023, and majority of the victims, at 54%, were pedestrians, as per a report published by the city traffic police.

Occupants of the two and three-wheeler vehicles and pedestrians were majority of the victims in the road crash deaths here in 2023, an official on Sunday (February 23, 2025) said quoting the data.

Mumbai reported 374 deaths in 351 road crashes in 2023, marking a 39% decrease since 2015, as per the report which comprised an in-depth analysis of the accidents’ data.

Among those deaths, two and three-wheeler occupants comprised 48% and pedestrians 40%, said the report published recently by the Mumbai Traffic Police in association of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety.

Males continued to account for most of the deaths at 82%, with those in the 20-39 age group making up the largest number of fatalities among males at 47%, as per the data.

Besides reducing speed limits, enhancing enforcement of clasped motorcycle helmets, seat belts, creating more walkable streets, safer pedestrian and cycle infrastructure were the measures suggested in the report to check such incidents.