| Accidents : Rail
Total 3,42,309 accidental deaths in the country during the year
2008.
Traffick accidents during year 2008 : 445 468
Road accidents : 415 855
Rail - Road Accidents : 2 134
Other Railway accidents : 27 479
Maximum ‘Rail-Road Accidents’ occurred during the
months of September (192) and
March (191).
The maximum number of ‘Other Railway Accidents’ were
reported during the months of
August (2,444) and October (2,426).
Train Accidents
Accidents on Rail Tracks
The number of deaths reported on Railway tracks over Indian Railways
and in Mumbai sub-urban sections reported during the last three
years are as under:-
| Year |
Over Indian Railways |
In Mumbai sub-urban Section |
| 2009 |
13123 |
2307 |
| 2010 |
13378 |
2152 |
| 2011 |
14973 |
2023 |
Following steps are being taken
to prevent deaths on Railway tracks:-
# Regular announcements are made through PA
system at important Railway stations urging the passengers to
use foot over bridges and to avoid crossing of Railway tracks.
# Various passenger awareness programmes are being organised
to create awareness amongst general public about the fatalities
of crossing Railway tracks.
# Unauthorised trespassing on Railway premises including the
Railway track is a punishable offence in terms of section 147
of the Railways Act. Regular drives are conducted against unauthorised
trespassing on Railway premises as well as Railway tracks. As
many as 161192 persons were prosecuted under section 147 of the
Railways Act during the year 2011 over Indian Railways.
(d): In order to improve safety, modern track structure is used
while carrying out primary track renewals. Mechanization of track
is being done progressively. Longer rail panels are used to reduce
number of welds. Digital ultrasonic testing machines have been
developed to detect rail/weld failures. Track patrolling is done
for timely detection of track defects.
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