Maharashtra recorded a marginal decline in road accidents during the first 10 months of 2026, but accidents increased across 23 city and district police jurisdictions, including Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar, Pune and Nashik, according to comparative data from the state police department reported by Loksatta.
The state recorded 30,065 accidents between January and October 2026, compared with 30,193 during the same period in 2025. This represents a decline of 128 accidents, or 0.4 per cent. The overall reduction, however, masks a mixed picture across Maharashtra’s urban and district police areas.
Of the 45 independent city and district police jurisdictions covered by the comparison, accidents increased in 23 areas. They declined in 20 jurisdictions, while two recorded the same number as the previous year. The data indicates that the state-level fall was not evenly distributed and that several urban areas experienced a higher accident burden despite the marginal overall improvement.
Thane city recorded the largest increase. Accidents in the jurisdiction rose from 809 in the first 10 months of 2025 to 953 during the corresponding period in 2026, an increase of 144. This was the highest rise among the jurisdictions cited in the report.
Navi Mumbai recorded 771 accidents during the period, compared with 668 in 2025, an increase of 103. In the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar jurisdiction, accidents increased from 624 to 720, a rise of 96. Pimpri-Chinchwad also recorded a substantial increase, with accidents rising from 1,057 to 1,149, or 92 more than during the same period last year.
The figures place the largest increases in and around major urban regions, where expanding road networks, high traffic volumes and multiple city and district jurisdictions shape how crashes are recorded and addressed. The comparison covers police jurisdictions rather than a single uniform municipal area, an administrative distinction that is relevant when interpreting city-level road safety data.
The report also noted that accidents declined in Nagpur city and in the Nagpur rural jurisdiction. The available comparison does not provide the corresponding accident totals for those two areas, nor does it specify the causes behind the increases or decreases recorded across the state.
The data therefore establishes a narrow but important distinction: Maharashtra’s total number of reported road accidents fell slightly, while nearly half of the jurisdictions in the comparison registered increases. The state police department’s comparative figures cover January to October and do not include the final two months of 2026. Further assessment will depend on the complete annual data and any additional details released by the authorities about accident locations, road-user categories and enforcement or engineering measures.
