There have been landmark achievements in safety standards due to innovative suggestions and active intervention which led to many system improvements on IR. With holistic vision, there have been many fold improvements in railway safety as brought below:
ACCIDENT TYPES
Years
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
DERAILMENT
65
78
54
46
40
17
27
36
COLLISION
3
5
3
0
5
1
2
6
LEVEL CROSSING
35
20
13
6
1
1
1
1
FIRE
—
1
3
6
8
3
4
4
MISC
4
4
—
1
1
0
1
1
TOTAL
107
108
73
59
55
22
35
48
Source: Fig as per Safety directorate of Railway Board