1. RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS
PRESENTED BY
AGLAIA

2. Railway Accidents-definition
• It is a serious accident due to natural or man-made causes,
that may lead to loss of many lives and/or grievous injuries to
a large number of people.
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4. Train Accident Statistics
• Trains are estimated to kill 1 person every 100 minutes.
• More than half of all accidents occur at unprotected crossings.
• Occupants of vehicles that collide with a train are 40 times more
likely to die than if they had collided with another vehicle of
comparable size.
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5. Classification of Railways Accidents
• Railway accidents are categorized into different classes according
to the type of accident.
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6. • Collision refers to one train crashing or running into another train
or rolling stock.
• A derailments occurs when a train skids off the track because of
some obstruction or abnormality.
• Accidents at level crossings
• Out of the 37,345 level crossings existing on Indian Railways ,
only 16,607 level crossings were manned and had gatekeepers; the
rest were unmanned and did not have gatekeepers.
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7. • Fire accidents in trains
• Train fires, particularly fires in passenger trains, take a heavy toll on
life and property.
• Electric lighting: The railways have switched over from gas
lighting to electric lighting.
• Accidents due to floods and breaches: it creates unsafe conditions
on the tracks and causing accidents.
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8. Causes of Train & Railroad Accidents
1. Negligence
• It may be result in huge accidents.
• example of negligence is when a crossing arm is operated incorrectly.
• Another careless mistake is if the operator forgot or failed to turn on
the signal light.
2. Reckless Pedestrians & Drivers
• It can cause a collision by standing on or crossing the tracks at the
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9. 3. Human Error
• It is the most common reasons for any accidents.
• Poor judgment ,vision issues etc can contribute to train disasters.
4. Mechanical Failure
• They are more rare than other common causes of train collisions, but
they do occasionally happen.
5. Speedy Trains
• faster train will create more consequences like crash, derailment etc.
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10. 6. Defective Tracks
• Obstruction is a common issue with the tracks and can cause train
derailment.
7. Derailments
• It is when a train runs off its rail, either because of a collision with
another object, a conductor error, mechanical track failure, broken
rails, etc
8. Unprotected railroad crossings
• More than 50% of railroad accidents occur at unprotected crossings.
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11. 9. Attempted train wrecking
• Wrecking of tracks by antisocial elements such as;
• Robbing passengers or mails containing valuable parcels.
• Pilfering consignments from goods train.
• Obtaining jobs for relaying or supervising the track.
• Personal enmity between railway officials.

12. Steps Taken To Prevent Train Accidents
• Conduct seminars on Safety measures.
• Onboard detection systems that alert engineers of faulty components
• Ultrasonic and geometric track inspection systems that gather data
with lasers to help more accurately schedule and identify needed
repairs.
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13. • Sensors at railway crossings to detect when someone enters,
by foot or by car, an area a train will cross
• Drones to conduct aerial inspections.
• Workplace practices that emphasize passenger safety,
including improved screening of job candidates, better training
etc.
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15. Thank you!!
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