Lok Sabha Question No. 5641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Rail Accidents
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## RAIL ACCIDENTS

## †5641.   SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway accidents that occurred along with the loss of life  and  property  caused during each of the last five years, incident-wise;
- (b) the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  check  the railway accidents;
- (c) the  result  of  the  test  of  Kavach  Technology  conducted  to check the collision of trains;
- (d) the  total  length  of  railway  sections  in  kilometers  and  the number of  locomotives  where  Kavach  Technology  has  been developed; and
- (e) the details of the targets fixed for the next five years in this regard, zone-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5641 BY SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.04.2022 REGARDING RAIL ACCIDENTS

- (a)    The  year-wise  details  of  number  of  consequential  train accidents along with the loss of life and property during the last five years i.e. 2016-17 to 2020-21 are given as under:-

| Year    | Number of conseque ntial Train Accidents   | Number of persons who lost their lives   | Number of persons who lost their lives   | Number of persons who lost their lives   | Loss/damage to property ( ` in lakhs)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Year    | Number of conseque ntial Train Accidents   | Passengers                               | Others                                   | Total                                    | Loss/damage to property ( ` in lakhs)   |
| 2016-17 | 104                                        | 195                                      | 43                                       | 238                                      | 6143.45                                 |
| 2017-18 | 73                                         | 28                                       | 30                                       | 58                                       | 3355.93                                 |
| 2018-19 | 59                                         | 16                                       | 21                                       | 37                                       | 2855.88                                 |
| 2019-20 | 55                                         | 0                                        | 5                                        | 5                                        | 2698.70                                 |
| 2020-21 | 22                                         | 0                                        | 4                                        | 4                                        | 2845.83                                 |

The incident-wise details of the above cases, during the last five years, are appended.

- (b)  Safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways and all possible steps are undertaken on a continuous basis to prevent accidents  and  to  enhance  safety.    The  steps  taken  to  check accidents on Indian Railways include timely replacement of overaged assets, adoption of modern technologies for upgradation and maintenance  of  track,  rolling  stock,  signalling  and  interlocking systems,  safety  drives,  greater  emphasis  on  training  of  officials and inspections at regular intervals to monitor and educate staff for  observance  of  safe  practices.  Safety  devices/systems  being

used  to  prevent  accidents  include  complete  track  circuiting, provision of Block Proving Axle Counters (BPAC), Auxiliary Warning System (AWS), Colour Light LED Signals, Vigilance Control Device (VCD),  usage  of  60kg  rails  and  Pre-stressed  Concrete  Sleepers, long  rail  better  welding  technology  and  accelerated  induction  of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) Coaches.

- (c) Indian Railways has conducted trials of 'Kavach' on Lingamapalli - Vikarabad - Wadi, Vikarabad - Bidar (250 KM) section of South Central Railway, which were completed successfully.
- (d)    Kavach has been commissioned on 1098 Rkm and 70 locos in South Central Railway.
- (e)  Route wise targets for Kavach are as under -
- i. In South Central Railway, work is in progress in Bidar -  Parli Vajinath -Parbhani & Manmad  -  Parbhani -Nanded  Secunderabad - Gadwal - Dhone- Guntakal at 352 Rkm with a target of the financial year 2022-23.
- ii. Kavach is to be implemented on 3009 Rkm on Delhi - Mumbai and Delhi - Howrah corridors covering Northern, North Central, East  Central,  Eastern,  West  Central  and  Western  Railway  by the year 2024.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 5641 BY SHRI PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.04.2022 REGARDING RAIL ACCIDENTS

- (a)  The incident-wise details of consequential train accidents along with the  loss  of  life  and  property,  during  each  of  the  last  five  years  are  as under:-

| Year   | 2016-17          | 2016-17            | 2016-17                                | 2016-17                      |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. No. | Date of Accident | Railway            | Number of persons who lost their lives | Loss/damage to property in ` |
| 1      | 02/04/2016       | Northeast Frontier | 2                                      | 12642                        |
| 2      | 24/04/2016       | North Eastern      | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 3      | 25/04/2016       | South East Central | 0                                      | 3880000                      |
| 4      | 29/04/2016       | Northern           | 0                                      | 1650800                      |
| 5      | 30/04/2016       | South Western      | 2                                      | 0                            |
| 6      | 01/05/2016       | Northern           | 2                                      | 60000                        |
| 7      | 01/05/2016       | Northern           | 0                                      | 15052092                     |
| 8      | 02/05/2016       | Northern           | 2                                      | 20000                        |
| 9      | 05/05/2016       | Southern           | 0                                      | 14490046                     |
| 10     | 06/05/2016       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 54000                        |
| 11     | 18/05/2016       | East Central       | 1                                      | 1000                         |
| 12     | 19/05/2016       | East Coast         | 0                                      | 1003504                      |
| 13     | 19/05/2016       | Southern           | 0                                      | 6000                         |
| 14     | 25/05/2016       | North Western      | 1                                      | 2500                         |
| 15     | 26/05/2016       | Eastern            | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 16     | 29/05/2016       | East Coast         | 0                                      | 4212245                      |
| 17     | 06/06/2016       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 6200                         |
| 18     | 11/06/2016       | Eastern            | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 19     | 18/06/2016       | East Central       | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 20     | 09/07/2016       | Northern           | 0                                      | 130000                       |
| 21     | 15/07/2016       | Northern           | 0                                      | 1000                         |
| 22     | 21/07/2016       | East Central       | 0                                      | 500                          |

|   23 | 25/07/2016   | North Eastern      |   8 |         0 |
|------|--------------|--------------------|-----|-----------|
|   24 | 27/07/2016   | South East Central |   0 |    264961 |
|   25 | 31/07/2016   | East Central       |   1 |      2000 |
|   26 | 01/08/2016   | Northern           |   4 |         0 |
|   27 | 04/08/2016   | Southern           |   0 |     48848 |
|   28 | 05/08/2016   | East Coast         |   0 |   3413679 |
|   29 | 14/08/2016   | East Coast         |   0 |       610 |
|   30 | 18/08/2016   | Southern           |   0 |     20000 |
|   31 | 20/08/2016   | East Coast         |   0 | 159690826 |
|   32 | 22/08/2016   | Northeast          |   0 |   2737186 |
|   33 | 28/08/2016   | Southern           |   0 |   2164000 |
|   34 | 30/08/2016   | South East Central |   0 |   1664000 |
|   35 | 06/09/2016   | Konkan             |   0 |   3341000 |
|   36 | 09/09/2016   | Northeast Frontier |   0 |     44600 |
|   37 | 11/09/2016   | South Eastern      |   1 |         0 |
|   38 | 11/09/2016   | South Eastern      |   2 |  10400000 |
|   39 | 19/09/2016   | Southern           |   0 |   6286905 |
|   40 | 20/09/2016   | Northern           |   0 |   1850000 |
|   41 | 21/09/2016   | Western            |   0 |    231168 |
|   42 | 27/09/2016   | North Central      |   0 |   2310000 |
|   43 | 29/09/2016   | East Coast         |   2 |   2542790 |
|   44 | 04/10/2016   | Northern           |   0 |  22200000 |
|   45 | 10/10/2016   | North Western      |   2 |     37000 |
|   46 | 10/10/2016   | Northern           |   0 |  14612481 |
|   47 | 11/10/2016   | South East Central |   0 |    169395 |
|   48 | 21/10/2016   | East Coast         |   0 |   7966240 |
|   49 | 25/10/2016   | East Central       |   0 |    285000 |
|   50 | 01/11/2016   | Northern           |   0 |  12547118 |
|   51 | 04/11/2016   | West Central       |   0 | 101619341 |
|   52 | 04/11/2016   | Eastern            |   0 |      6000 |
|   53 | 19/11/2016   | North Western      |   0 |   3290707 |

| 54     | 20/11/2016       | North Central      | 152                                    | 60000000                     |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 55     | 20/11/2016       | South East Central | 0                                      | 42040859                     |
| 56     | 06/12/2016       | East Central       | 3                                      | 3000                         |
| 57     | 06/12/2016       | Northeast Frontier | 2                                      | 7362000                      |
| 58     | 28/12/2016       | North Central      | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 59     | 29/12/2016       | Central            | 0                                      | 1756000                      |
| 60     | 06/01/2017       | South Central      | 0                                      | 29593432                     |
| 61     | 12/01/2017       | Northern           | 0                                      | 9590000                      |
| 62     | 20/01/2017       | North Western      | 0                                      | 2773000                      |
| 63     | 21/01/2017       | East Coast         | 39                                     | 22663865                     |
| 64     | 25/01/2017       | North Central      | 0                                      | 400000                       |
| 65     | 14/02/2017       | East Central       | 0                                      | 5000                         |
| 66     | 18/02/2017       | Northeast Frontier | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 67     | 20/02/2017       | North Central      | 0                                      | 5250000                      |
| 68     | 08/03/2017       | Northeast Frontier | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 69     | 16/03/2017       | South Western      | 4                                      | 0                            |
| 70     | 26/03/2017       | Northern           | 1                                      | 30000                        |
| 71     | 30/03/2017       | North Central      | 0                                      | 32550000                     |
|        | Total            |                    | 238                                    | 614345540                    |
| Year   | 2017-18          |                    |                                        |                              |
| S. No. | Date of Accident | Railway            | Number of persons who lost their lives | Loss/damage to property in ` |
| 1      | 15/04/2017       | Northern           | 0                                      | 2050000                      |
| 2      | 20/04/2017       | Northern           | 0                                      | 430000                       |
| 3      | 21/04/2017       | South Central      | 0                                      | 240000                       |
| 4      | 22/04/2017       | North Eastern      | 5                                      | 0                            |
| 5      | 01/05/2017       | Central            | 0                                      | 4000000                      |
| 6      | 03/05/2017       | North Central      | 2                                      | 21500                        |
| 7      | 03/05/2017       | North Central      | 4                                      | 3000                         |
| 8      | 09/05/2017       | South Central      | 0                                      | 2556665                      |
| 9      | 14/05/2017       | Western            | 0                                      | 43500                        |

|   10 | 15/05/2017   | Southern      |   0 |    852249 |
|------|--------------|---------------|-----|-----------|
|   11 | 16/05/2017   | Southern      |   0 |   1609094 |
|   12 | 17/05/2017   | South Western |   0 |    290000 |
|   13 | 21/05/2017   | Northern      |   0 |    225000 |
|   14 | 08/07/2017   | East Central  |   2 |         0 |
|   15 | 18/07/2017   | Central       |   0 |   8025000 |
|   16 | 24/07/2017   | South Eastern |   0 |   6683076 |
|   17 | 02/08/2017   | East Central  |   0 |   9920000 |
|   18 | 19/08/2017   | Northern      |  25 |  31645000 |
|   19 | 20/08/2017   | Northern      |   1 |     50000 |
|   20 | 23/08/2017   | North Central |   0 | 117470000 |
|   21 | 25/08/2017   | Western       |   0 |    661120 |
|   22 | 07/09/2017   | Northern      |   0 |     30000 |
|   23 | 07/09/2017   | Central       |   0 |    550000 |
|   24 | 17/09/2017   | Northeast     |   0 |   2510000 |
|   25 | 18/09/2017   | North Eastern |   0 |     30600 |
|   26 | 19/09/2017   | North Eastern |   0 |     79880 |
|   27 | 27/09/2017   | East Coast    |   0 |  67400000 |
|   28 | 01/10/2017   | Central       |   0 |      2000 |
|   29 | 08/10/2017   | Northern      |   1 |   5010000 |
|   30 | 13/10/2017   | North Western |   0 |    454000 |
|   31 | 17/10/2017   | North Western |   0 |    229110 |
|   32 | 22/10/2017   | South Eastern |   0 |     90379 |
|   33 | 25/10/2017   | Northern      |   1 |     41000 |
|   34 | 29/10/2017   | North Western |   1 |         0 |
|   35 | 23/11/2017   | Northern      |   4 |     50000 |
|   36 | 24/11/2017   | North Central |   4 |         0 |
|   37 | 24/11/2017   | East Coast    |   0 |  22000000 |
|   38 | 28/11/2017   | Northern      |   0 |     80000 |
|   39 | 03/12/2017   | Western       |   0 |     35000 |
|   40 | 04/12/2017   | North Western |   0 |    880422 |
|   41 | 23/12/2017   | South Central |   0 |   5564707 |
|   42 | 31/12/2017   | Western       |   5 |         0 |
|   43 | 03/01/2018   | East Central  |   0 |     50000 |
|   44 | 08/01/2018   | Northern      |   0 |     19000 |

| 45     | 12/01/2018       | Northeast Frontier   | 1                                      | 300000                       |
|--------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 46     | 20/01/2018       | South East Central   | 0                                      | 153200                       |
| 47     | 20/01/2018       | North Central        | 0                                      | 355000                       |
| 48     | 30/01/2018       | East Central         | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 49     | 30/01/2018       | East Coast           | 0                                      | 9961000                      |
| 50     | 04/02/2018       | East Coast           | 0                                      | 16576577                     |
| 51     | 11/02/2018       | Northern             | 0                                      | 3350                         |
| 52     | 14/02/2018       | South Eastern        | 0                                      | 10320000                     |
| 53     | 19/02/2018       | Eastern              | 0                                      | 4676650                      |
| 54     | 03/03/2018       | Northern             | 1                                      | 65000                        |
| 55     | 17/03/2018       | East Central         | 0                                      | 1500                         |
| 56     | 26/03/2018       | Central              | 0                                      | 1300000                      |
|        | Total            |                      | 58                                     | 335593579                    |
| Year   | 2018-19          |                      |                                        |                              |
| S. No. | Date of Accident | Railway              | Number of persons who lost their lives | Loss/damage to property in ` |
| 1      | 06/04/2018       | North Eastern        | 0                                      | 169486                       |
| 2      | 11/04/2018       | South Eastern        | 0                                      | 1360000                      |
| 3      | 14/04/2018       | East Central         | 1                                      | 10000                        |
| 4      | 14/04/2018       | West Central         | 0                                      | 5844000                      |
| 5      | 25/04/2018       | North Central        | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 6      | 25/04/2018       | Southern             | 0                                      | 196009                       |
| 7      | 26/04/2018       | North Eastern        | 13                                     | 0                            |
| 8      | 06/05/2018       | Central              | 1                                      | 6686000                      |
| 9      | 12/05/2018       | Northern             | 0                                      | 22500                        |
| 10     | 18/05/2018       | East Coast           | 0                                      | 713560                       |
| 11     | 21/05/2018       | North Central        | 0                                      | 1205000                      |
| 12     | 23/05/2018       | Northern             | 0                                      | 8000000                      |
| 13     | 09/06/2018       | Northern             | 0                                      | 15000                        |
| 14     | 10/06/2018       | Central              | 0                                      | 197000                       |
| 15     | 10/06/2018       | Southern             | 0                                      | 1644240                      |
| 16     | 14/06/2018       | Northern             | 0                                      | 43000                        |
| 17     | 20/06/2018       | East Central         | 0                                      | 9470000                      |

|   18 | 26/06/2018   | Northern           |   0 |    37500 |
|------|--------------|--------------------|-----|----------|
|   19 | 29/06/2018   | South Eastern      |   0 |  3250000 |
|   20 | 03/07/2018   | North Western      |   0 |   266700 |
|   21 | 04/07/2018   | North Western      |   0 |   185000 |
|   22 | 06/07/2018   | Central            |   0 |  1205000 |
|   23 | 07/07/2018   | Western            |   0 |   176000 |
|   24 | 15/07/2018   | Northeast Frontier |   2 |   110300 |
|   25 | 20/07/2018   | South Western      |   0 |    27000 |
|   26 | 23/07/2018   | Northern           |   0 |  1000000 |
|   27 | 24/07/2018   | North Western      |   0 |    25000 |
|   28 | 03/08/2018   | Southern           |   2 |    15000 |
|   29 | 15/08/2018   | East Central       |   1 |        0 |
|   30 | 25/08/2018   | Northeast Frontier |   0 | 44991138 |
|   31 | 17/09/2018   | Central            |   0 |    61600 |
|   32 | 24/09/2018   | Northeast Frontier |   0 | 22449295 |
|   33 | 01/10/2018   | Northeast Frontier |   0 |   164128 |
|   34 | 04/10/2018   | East Coast         |   0 |  1015000 |
|   35 | 10/10/2018   | Northern           |   7 | 73150048 |
|   36 | 18/10/2018   | Western            |   1 |  2230956 |
|   37 | 25/10/2018   | Southern           |   0 |   135000 |
|   38 | 04/11/2018   | East Central       |   0 |    78000 |
|   39 | 13/11/2018   | South Eastern      |   0 |  2102500 |
|   40 | 02/12/2018   | Central            |   0 |   630000 |
|   41 | 11/12/2018   | North Eastern      |   0 |   110000 |
|   42 | 27/12/2018   | Northern           |   0 |   422816 |
|   43 | 03/02/2019   | East Central       |   6 | 19205271 |
|   44 | 19/02/2019   | East Central       |   0 | 13700000 |
|   45 | 23/02/2019   | East Central       |   0 |    16238 |
|   46 | 26/02/2019   | Southern           |   0 |   453948 |
|   47 | 03/03/2019   | South Central      |   0 |    41931 |
|   48 | 05/03/2019   | South Central      |   0 |  1970195 |
|   49 | 11/03/2019   | Central            |   0 |   650000 |

| 50     | 20/03/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 75000                        |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 51     | 22/03/2019       | Northeast Frontier | 2                                      | 60062500                     |
|        | Total            |                    | 37                                     | 285588859                    |
| Year   | 2019-20          |                    |                                        |                              |
| S. No. | Date of Accident | Railway            | Number of persons who lost their lives | Loss/damage to property in ` |
| 1      | 06/04/2019       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 2208000                      |
| 2      | 10/04/2019       | South Central      | 0                                      | 5364486                      |
| 3      | 26/04/2019       | North Central      | 0                                      | 1892000                      |
| 4      | 28/04/2019       | Konkan             | 0                                      | 310000                       |
| 5      | 07/05/2019       | West Central       | 0                                      | 255000                       |
| 6      | 09/05/2019       | North Central      | 0                                      | 20000000                     |
| 7      | 16/05/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 90000                        |
| 8      | 08/06/2019       | Eastern            | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 9      | 12/06/2019       | Central            | 0                                      | 16106000                     |
| 10     | 25/06/2019       | East Coast         | 3                                      | 50949778                     |
| 11     | 28/06/2019       | Central            | 0                                      | 125000                       |
| 12     | 01/07/2019       | Central            | 0                                      | 15604000                     |
| 13     | 02/07/2019       | East Central       | 0                                      | 3000                         |
| 14     | 16/07/2019       | Western            | 0                                      | 130279                       |
| 15     | 18/07/2019       | Central            | 0                                      | 115000                       |
| 16     | 24/08/2019       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 22695713                     |
| 17     | 28/08/2019       | North Central      | 0                                      | 313000                       |
| 18     | 29/08/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 18500000                     |
| 19     | 06/09/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 995064                       |
| 20     | 20/09/2019       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 9657744                      |
| 21     | 21/09/2019       | Eastern            | 0                                      | 6925866                      |
| 22     | 01/10/2019       | North Central      | 0                                      | 12000                        |
| 23     | 02/10/2019       | Western            | 0                                      | 135000                       |
| 24     | 06/10/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 10000                        |
| 25     | 15/10/2019       | West Central       | 0                                      | 100000                       |
| 26     | 17/10/2019       | Western            | 0                                      | 50000                        |
| 27     | 01/11/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 21000                        |

| 28     | 10/11/2019       | South Western      | 0                                      | 44000                        |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 29     | 11/11/2019       | South Central      | 1                                      | 74697000                     |
| 30     | 16/11/2019       | South Central      | 0                                      | 2001791                      |
| 31     | 03/12/2019       | South Central      | 0                                      | 29634                        |
| 32     | 08/12/2019       | Northeast Frontier | 0                                      | 16215943                     |
| 33     | 15/12/2019       | North Central      | 0                                      | 518000                       |
| 34     | 18/12/2019       | Northern           | 0                                      | 1649142                      |
| 35     | 25/12/2019       | North Western      | 0                                      | 1000                         |
| 36     | 03/01/2020       | East Central       | 0                                      | 5000                         |
| 37     | 05/01/2020       | East Central       | 0                                      | 51000                        |
| 38     | 16/01/2020       | East Coast         | 0                                      | 1364730                      |
| 39     | 19/03/2020       | South Central      | 0                                      | 713000                       |
| 40     | 19/03/2020       | Northern           | 0                                      | 12000                        |
|        | Total            |                    | 5                                      | 269870170                    |
| Year   | 2020-21          |                    |                                        |                              |
| S. No. | Date of Accident | Railway            | Number of persons who lost their lives | Loss/damage to property in ` |
| 1      | 10/05/2020       | Konkan             | 0                                      | 18317744                     |
| 2      | 19/05/2020       | Southern           | 0                                      | 329815                       |
| 3      | 20/06/2020       | West Central       | 1                                      | 200000                       |
| 4      | 25/06/2020       | South Central      | 0                                      | 8641204                      |
| 5      | 30/07/2020       | Western            | 2                                      | 0                            |
| 6      | 30/08/2020       | North Central      | 0                                      | 10800000                     |
| 7      | 20/10/2020       | East Central       | 0                                      | 14200                        |
| 8      | 22/11/2020       | Western            | 1                                      | 0                            |
| 9      | 18/12/2020       | Northeast Frontier | 0                                      | 834943                       |
| 10     | 22/12/2020       | South Eastern      | 0                                      | 187335518                    |
| 11     | 23/12/2020       | Central            | 0                                      | 5351000                      |
| 12     | 29/12/2020       | East Coast         | 0                                      | 2280924                      |
| 13     | 31/12/2020       | South Western      | 0                                      | 239876                       |
| 14     | 18/01/2021       | Northern           | 0                                      | 1131731                      |
| 15     | 19/02/2021       | North Western      | 0                                      | 39937000                     |
| 16     | 09/03/2021       | Central            | 0                                      | 2100000                      |

| 17   | 13/03/2021   | Northern   |   0 |   7000000 |
|------|--------------|------------|-----|-----------|
| 18   | 20/03/2021   | Northern   |   0 |     70000 |
|      | Total        |            |   4 | 284583955 |

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