MoRTH Data · 2024
Road Accidents in Maharashtra
In 2024, Maharashtra recorded 36,118 road accidents in which 15,715 people were killed — 8.9% of all road deaths in India. This page sets out the five-year trend, how lethal those crashes were compared with the national average, and where the state ranks.
15,715
Deaths in 2024
Rank 3 of 36
36,118
Accidents in 2024
Rank 6 of 36
43.5
Deaths per 100 crashes
India: 36.3
+2.27%
Change in deaths
2024 vs 2023
What the numbers say about Maharashtra
Maharashtra recorded 43.5 deaths for every 100 road accidents in 2024, against the national figure of 36.3. Crashes here are more often fatal than the Indian average. Severity of this kind tends to reflect the speed at which crashes happen and how long it takes an injured person to reach hospital, more than the raw number of collisions. Deaths rose 2.27% between 2023 and 2024, so the trend is moving the wrong way.
Five-year trend
Accidents and deaths in Maharashtra, 2020 to 2024, as published by MoRTH.
| Year | Accidents | Deaths | Deaths per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020COVID | 24,971 | 11,569 | 46.3 |
| 2021 | 29,477 | 13,528 | 45.9 |
| 2022 | 33,383 | 15,224 | 45.6 |
| 2023 | 35,243 | 15,366 | 43.6 |
| 2024 | 36,118 | 15,715 | 43.5 |
Across the full period, accidents in Maharashtra rose 44.6% and deaths rose 35.8%. Note that 2020 was suppressed by COVID-19 lockdowns across India, so a rise measured from 2020 overstates the underlying trend.
Maharashtra in the national picture
Share of India's road deaths
8.9%
of 1,77,175 deaths nationally
Share of India's accidents
7.4%
of 4,87,707 accidents nationally
National rank by deaths
3
of 36 states & UTs
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Source & method
Accident and fatality counts are from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Transport Research Wing), Road Accidents in India 2024 — Table 5.1 (accidents) and Table 5.6 (persons killed), both State/UT-wise for 2020-2024. Ranks and year-on-year percentage changes are as published in those tables.
“Deaths per 100 crashes” is accident severity, calculated here as deaths divided by accidents for the same year. It is the standard measure MoRTH uses to describe how lethal crashes are, as distinct from how many there are.
Figures are those reported to MoRTH by state police departments. MoRTH restates earlier years in each edition, so these may differ slightly from figures published in previous years' reports.