This document discusses railway accidents and the causes and prevention of train accidents. It defines a railway accident as a serious incident due to natural or human factors that can result in loss of life or injuries. It provides statistics on train accidents and discusses common types of accidents like collisions, derailments, and accidents at level crossings. Common causes are outlined as negligence, reckless behavior, human error, mechanical failure, speeding trains, defective tracks, and unprotected crossings. Steps taken to prevent accidents include safety seminars, detection systems to alert engineers, track inspection technologies, sensors at crossings, drone inspections, and safety practices for employees.

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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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