Our Reporter
Dimapur, Sep. 10 (EMN): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has reported a total of 27,987 railway accident cases, showing an increase of 1.2% during the year 2019 over 2018 (27,643).
As per the data provided by the states and union territories (UTs), a total of 27,987 railways accidents caused injuries to 3,569 persons and 24,619 deaths during 2019.
The bureau reported that maximum railway accidents were reported in Maharashtra with 22.6% (6,338 out of 27,987 cases) followed by Uttar Pradesh with 14.2% (3,980 cases). These two states have also reported highest fatalities in railways accidents, accounting for 15.9% (3,916 out of 24,619 deaths) and 14.3% (3,521 deaths) of total deaths respectively.
The month-wise distribution of railway accidents showed that most of the railway accidents were reported in the month of June with 2,522 cases, contributing 9.0% of total railway accidents.
Out of 27,987 accidents, 4,518 were reported to have taken place during 6 am to 9 am while 4,468 cases during 9 am to 12 pm.
The analysis of classification of the railway accidents, as per the NCRB report, revealed that incidents of fall from trains or collision with people at track constituted majority of the accidents (21,361 out of 27,987). A total of 18,339 persons died due to either fall from trains or collision of trains with people at tracks. A total of 27,662 out of 27,987 cases of railways accidents were furnished under ‘other cause’ (fall of persons from trains, persons coming under trains etc. come under this category). During 2019, a total of 51 cases of railways accidents occurred due to fault of driver.
