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Missing signage: 41 accident spots identified on Mumbai-Goa highway

There was an increase of accidents by 12% in 2022 and a total of 172 accidents were registered of which 58 accidents were fatal that killed 49, 140 seriously injured 83 people, 46 accidents gave minor injuries to 15 people and there were no injuries.

Missing signage: 41 accident spots identified on Mumbai-Goa highway
Missing signage: 41 accident spots identified on Mumbai-Goa highway
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The Maharashtra police have identified 41 potential accident spots and found several loopholes such as missing signages for road diversion on Mumbai-Goa highway.

Accordingly, the Raigad police had directed the respective contractors to put up sign boards indicating the diversions within 24 hours to curb accidents. Apart from this, the police have also asked the contractors to put radium reflectors and blinkers wherever necessary.

The Mumbai-Goa highway cuts through the jurisdictions of different police stations. These police stations were asked to carry out a survey following the accident on January 19. The survey revealed that under the Wadkhal police station, there are two spots which have no diversion point sign board, blinkers or red radium reflectors. Similarly, Nagothane has five, Kolad has ten, Mangaon has five, Goregaon has ten, Mahad City has one, Mahad Taluka has three and Mahad MIDC has five spots.

It is pertinent to note that this development came 15 days after 10 members of a family were killed in a head-on collision with a truck on the highway. The truck driver who entered the road from the wrong side and collided head-on with the Maruti Eeco car, claimed that he did not see the sign board.

Therefore, police officials have specifically asked contractors to put up radium reflectors and blinkers wherever necessary.

On the other hand, the top official from Raigad police exclaimed that the truck had no fitness certificate hence, the was not supposed to be on the road

It has also come to light that recently, villagers from several villages across the Konkan region including Ratnagiri, Khed, Mahad, Mangaon and Poladpur conducted a protest on Mumbai-Goa highway, to voice their demand that contractors should be held liable for the accidents and booked.

If reports are to be believed, 47 people were killed on the Mumbai-Goa Highway in 2021, whereas 58 were killed in 2022.

A total of 154 accidents were reported under the jurisdiction of Raigad police on the Mumbai-Goa Highway in 2021. Of these, 46 accidents killed 47 people, 49 accidents seriously injured 78, a total of 71 people received minor injuries in 23 accidents and 36 accidents didn’t cause any injuries.

Meanwhile, there was an increase of accidents by 12% in 2022 and a total of 172 accidents were registered of which 58 accidents were fatal that killed 49, 140 seriously injured 83 people, 46 accidents gave minor injuries to 15 people and there were no injuries reported in 25 accidents.

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