In the past 10 years
• 1,539 people killed in almost 2,000 accidents on passenger trains
• 1,000 accidents were derailments,619 were at unmanned level crossings
• 112 accidents due to collisions
• 98 related to fires and 94 at manned level crossings
• Railways paid Rs 56.93 cr as compensation for death and injury
Recently
• Accidents for passenger trains has gone down from 261 in ’00-01 to 144 in 06-07
• Special Railway Safety Fund, a non-lapsable fund of Rs 17,000 cr set up in 2001
• Around 16,000 kilometres of track, 2,700 bridges and 1,500 signalling installations would have been replaced
Accidents: 1,959
Dead: 1,539
Hurt: 4,837
Due to staff failure: 44%
Sacked: 353
Details Accidents: Railways getting on right track but a long way to go
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