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Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. As of 2025 [update] , it maintains over 148,706 km (92,402 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily. [1]
As per the Ministry of Railways, there have been more than 38,500 railway accidents from 1961 to 2019. [2] In 2019–20, the Indian Railways reported zero passenger deaths due to accidents for the first time in its history. [3] At least 313 people died in 40 train accidents in 2023–24 and 748 people have died in 638 train accidents in the previous ten years. [4]
Span | Accidents | Train kms (million) | Accidents per million kms | |||||
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Collisions | Derailments | Level crossing | Fire | Others | Total | |||
1961–1970 | 834 | 10,664 | 1,394 | 1,037 | 0 | 13,929 | 4,339 | 3.21 |
1971–1980 | 588 | 6,763 | 1,120 | 185 | 0 | 8,665 | 4,810 | 1.80 |
1981–1990 | 475 | 6,242 | 677 | 176 | 0 | 7,570 | 5,598 | 1.35 |
1991–2000 | 340 | 3,583 | 632 | 77 | 0 | 4,642 | 6,559 | 0.70 |
2001–2010 | 135 | 1,680 | 803 | 93 | 52 | 2,763 | 8,333 | 0.33 |
2011–2019 | 43 | 567 | 352 | 54 | 16 | 1,023 | 10,134 | 0.10 |
Date | Train(s) | Location | Fatalities | Cause |
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20 August 1995 | Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh | 358 | Track obstruction by a nilgai, followed by a rear-end collision. | |
2 June 2023 | Near Bahanaga Bazar, Balasore, Odisha | 350 | Collision and derailment due to signalling error | |
2 August 1999 | Gaisal, West Bengal | 285 | Collision due to signalling error | |
6 June 1981 | Over Bagmati River near Mansi, Bihar | 235 | Derailment over a bridge, possibly due to a tropical cyclone | |
26 November 1998 |
| Khanna, Punjab | 212 | Derailment and collision due to damaged rail |
23 December 1964 |
| Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu | 200+ | Storm surge due to a tropical cyclone |
20 November 2016 | Near Pukhrayan, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 150 | Derailment due to fractured rail | |
28 May 2010 | Near Jhargram, West Bengal | 148+ | Possible sabotage by Naxalites | |
10 September 2002 | Over Dhave river near Rafiganj, Bihar | 130+ | Sabotage by Naxalites | |
This is an incomplete chronological list of railway accidents and incidents in India.
Number of Incidents reported in this Year: 7
Date | Location | Details | Ref. | |
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J A N | 22 | Jalgaon, Maharashtra | About 12 people including seven from Nepal were killed and 15 were injured when some of the passengers of Pushpak Express disembarked onto an adjacent railway line following a false fire alarm and were hit by the incoming Karnataka Express. | [257] [258] |
F E B | 15 | New Delhi railway station | At least 20 people were killed and several injured in a stampede at New Delhi railway station when confusing announcements resulted in a rush to board a train for Prayagraj to attend 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela. | [259] |
M A R | 30 | Nergundi, Cuttack, Odisha | At least 11 coaches of the Bangalore-Kamakhya AC Superfast Express derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack district, 1 dead and 8 injured as reported. | [260] |
A P R | 1 | Barhait, Sahibganj district, Jharkhand | 03 persons including the two loco pilots were charred to death alive following fire triggered by a head-on collision between two freight trains. 04 CISF personnel have suffered critical burn injuries. A coal-laden freight train travelling from Lalmatia Colliery to Farakka Super Thermal Power Station crashed into an empty stationary freight train on a railway line owned, managed and signalled by the NTPC at around 3:30 AM, in Barhait, Sahibganj district of Jharkhand. | [261] |
J U N | 9 | Mumbra railway station, Mumbai | Five people were killed and nine were injured after several people fell of a Mumbai local train after experiencing a sudden jerk on a sharp curve near the Mumbra railway station. | [262] |
21 | Semapur, Bihar | 1 railway worker was killed and 4 persons were injured when 15910 Dibrugarh-bound Avadh Assam Express collided with a maintenance trolley near Semapur Train Station in Bihar. | [263] | |
J U L | 8 | Alapakkam, Tamil Nadu | 3 school students were killed and 4 others including the van driver were injured as 56813 Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai passenger train hit a school van at a non-interlocked manned level crossing between Capper Quarry and Alapakkam railway stations at around 7:45 AM in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The students and the van belonged to Krishnaswamy Vidyanikethan, a private CBSE school situated in Cuddalore. | [264] [265] |