Mumbai, Nov 14 (PTI) A staggering 95,722 people have been killed in road accidents in Maharashtra between January 2019 and September 2025, pointing to a problem that has yet to ease, official data shows.

According to accident statistics sourced from the Maharashtra transport department, the state recorded 26,922 road accidents and 11,532 fatalities in the first three quarters of this calendar year, compared to 26,719 accidents and 11,573 deaths in the corresponding period last year.

In the latest deadly accident, eight persons were killed and 14 others injured after a car got crushed between two large container trucks, with a huge fire engulfing all three vehicles on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway in Pune on Thursday evening.

In the six years leading up to September 30 this year, Maharash

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