Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel blaze: A look at major accidents, fires and other incidents since 2024

The car fire inside Mumbais Coastal Road tunnel on Wednesday has once again drawn attention to the citys recurring safety and infrastructure challengesJuly 15 2026 Fire breaks out in car no injuries reportedThe latest incident occurred on Wednesday July 15 when a moving car caught fire inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel leading to panic among motorists and causing significant traffic congestionWhile no injuries were reported eyewitnesses described scenes of commuters abandoning vehicles and rushing towards tunnel exits as emergency services responded to the blazeThe incident has renewed discussions around emergency preparedness evacuation systems and public safety measures across Mumbais rapidly expanding transport infrastructure Read moreDecember 30 2025 Passenger suffers injuries in threecar pileupOn December 30 2025 a threevehicle collision on Mumbais Coastal Road left a passenger travelling in a Mercedes injured police said The incident drew widespread attention after videos of the crash surfaced on social mediaAccording to officials the accident occurred when two taxis struck the luxury vehicle from behind in quick successionThe force of the impact caused one of the cabs to overturn while the Mercedes veered off course and crashed into a road dividerThe injured passenger was identified as businessman Amit Seth who was on his way to Mumbai Airport at the time of the accident Read moreNovember 7 2025 Not just accidents thefts also reportedOn November 7 2025 the Worli Police arrested three individuals including a civil supervisor associated with the Mumbai Coastal Road project for allegedly stealing nearly 150 kg of ironconcrete blocks from the project siteAccording to the police the main accused Robin Kumar Vishnu Singh 27 was employed as a civil supervisor with a private contractor engaged by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC for the Coastal Road projectInvestigators said Singh initially filed a complaint reporting the theft of scrap material from the siteHowever during the investigation the police allegedly discovered that Singh himself had orchestrated the theft He was subsequently arrested along with Prakash Ledo Mahto 35 a driver and Kumaluddin Khan 38 a scrap dealer who allegedly assisted in transporting and disposing of the stolen materialThe Police said the accused were booked following inquiries into the disappearance of construction material from the project site Read moreOctober 22 2025 BMW overturns inside Mumbai Coastal Road tunnelOn October 22 2025 a BMW allegedly overturned inside a tunnel on Mumbais Coastal Road causing temporary traffic disruptions on the routeThe accident occurred on the southbound carriageway near Tardeo While the vehicle overturned inside the tunnel no injuries were reported in the incidentTraffic movement slowed for some time as authorities cleared the affected stretch and restored normal flow Read moreOctober 13 Car crash impacts smooth traffic movementOn October 13 2025 a speeding SUV crashed inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel causing minor traffic disruptionsThe accident took place around 9 pm near Worli when the red SUV travelling towards the area allegedly lost control and rammed into the rightside wall of the tunnelWhile the crash briefly affected traffic movement authorities responded promptly and cleared the stretch No major injuries were reported in the incident Read moreOctober 7 2025 Speeding car falls into sea from Worli Coastal Road driver rescuedOn October 7 2025 a speeding Ertiga plunged nearly 30 feet into the Arabian Sea after losing control along the Worli stretch of Mumbais Coastal RoadAccording to authorities the vehicle crashed through a divider before going airborne and falling into the sea The accident occurred during a latenight drive and could have resulted in a major tragedyThe driver identified as 28yearold Frashogor Dararayush Battiwala survived the crash and was rescued by Maharashtra Security Force MSF personnel who were patrolling the area Officials credited the swift response of the jawans for preventing a potentially fatal outcome Read moreSeptember 2025 Two injured after speeding cars crash on coastal roadIn September 2025 two people sustained minor injuries in a collision involving two cars on Mumbais Coastal RoadAccording to police the accident occurred when a Swift allegedly rammed into a Kia while attempting to overtake it The Kia driven by 53yearold Vinod Kumar Upadhyay of Kurla West was plying from Marine Drive towards Bandra with the vehicles owner Tajuddin on boardOfficials said the crash took place near a curve where the Kia had slowed down At the same time a Swift driven by 20yearold Vivek Rambabu Sainik a resident of Fort allegedly attempted to overtake the vehicle but failed to maintain a safe distance colliding with it from behindBoth occupants suffered minor injuries in the incident police said Read moreSeptember 10 2025 Cop killed another injured as speeding car hits themOn September 10 2025 a 52yearold head constable attached to the Worli Police Station was killed and another police personnel sustained serious injuries after a speeding car allegedly rammed into them near the BandraWorli Sea LinkndashCoastal Road connectorThe two officers were deployed on VIP security duty at the time of the incident Police said the vehicle struck them while they were stationed along the route leading to the fatal accidentAn investigation was launched to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the crash Read moreFebruary 22 2025 Massive fire erupts along coastal roadOn February 22 2025 a massive fire broke out near Mumbais Coastal Road sending thick black smoke across the area and prompting a largescale emergency responseMumbai Fire Brigade personnel were rushed to the spot and launched firefighting operations to bring the blaze under control Teams from the Mumbai Traffic Police were also deployed to regulate traffic and prevent congestion in the vicinityAs a precautionary measure authorities temporarily shut the entrance to the Coastal Road tunnel while emergency crews carried out firefighting operations Read moreFebruary 9 2025 College student dies after car driven by friend overturnsOn February 9 2025 a 19yearold college student lost her life in a road accident on coastal road after the car she was travelling in overturnedAccording to officials the incident occurred around 8 pm on the southbound carriageway of the coastal road The vehicle was reportedly being driven by the victims friend when it met with the accidentPolice registered a case and launched an investigation into the circumstances leading to the crash Read moreFire breaks out at coastal road construction siteOn October 1 2024 a fire broke out at a construction site linked to the Mumbai Coastal Road project near Priyadarshini Park in South Mumbai officials saidNo injuries were reported in the incident Firefighters responded swiftly and brought the blaze under control shortly after it was reported to civic authoritiesOfficials said traffic movement on the Coastal Road remained unaffected and the situation was brought under control without any major disruption Read more