List of railway accidents and incidents in India explained

Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India., it maintains over of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily.[1]

Statistics

As per the Ministry of Railways, there have been more than 38,500 railway accidents from 1961 to 2019. In 2019-20, the Indian Railways reported zero passenger deaths due to accidents for the first time in its history.[2] 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.[3]

Accidents of Indian Railways[4]
SpanAccidentsTrain kms (million)Accidents per million kms
CollisionsFireOthers Total
1961-197083410,6641,3941,037013,9294,3393.21
1971-19805886,7631,12018508,6654,8101.80
1981-19904756,24267717607,5705,5981.35
1991-20003403,5836327704,6426,5590.70
2001-20101351,68080393522,7638,3330.33
2011-20194356735254161,02310,1340.10

Deadliest rail accidents

Deadliest rail accidents in India[5] [6] [7] [8]
Date Train(s) Location Fatalities Cause
20 August 1995 Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh358Track obstruction by a nilgai, followed by a rear-end collision.
2 June 2023 Near Bahanaga Bazar, Balasore, Odisha296Collision and derailment due to signalling error
2 August 1999 Gaisal, West Bengal285Collision due to signalling error
Over Bagmati River near Mansi, Bihar235Derailment over a bridge, possibly due to a tropical cyclone
26 November 1998 Khanna, Punjab212Derailment and collision due to damaged rail
23 December 1964 Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu200+Storm surge due to a tropical cyclone
20 November 2016 Near Pukhrayan, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh150Derailment due to fractured rail
28 May 2010 Near Jhargram, West Bengal148+Possible sabotage by Naxalites
10 September 2002 Over Dhave river near Rafiganj, Bihar130+Sabotage by Naxalites

This is an incomplete chronological list of railway accidents and incidents in India.

Before 1950

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2010

2011

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2019

2020s

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

See also

External links

Notes and References

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