What is the reason behind accident Increasing in India

Nowdays trains accident is inceasing in India.

India suffered 17,993 railway accidents in 2021, resulting in 16,431 deaths, shows the latest data from the annual 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' report released by NCRB. This means that on the average, the country reported 49 railway accidents every day, causing at least 45 deaths

The number of train accidents across India was 34 at the end of financial year 2022. The industry has recorded the lowest accident figures over the last decade due to increased infrastructure developments and technological advancements

Mechanical failures – Equipment malfunctions or failures, such as faulty brakes, defective signaling systems, or problems with locomotives or railcars, can contribute to train accidents.

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

Railway accidents may be classified by their effects (e.g.: head-on collisions, rear-end collisions, side collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, etc.), or by cause (e.g.: driverand signalman error; mechanical failure of rolling stock, tracks and bridges; vandalism, sabotage and terrorism; level crossingmisuse and trespassing; natural causes such as flooding and fog; hazards of dangerous goods carried; effectiveness of brakes; and adequacy of operating rules

10 September 2002Howrah Rajdhani ExpressSabotage by Naxalite–Maoist insurgency.23 December 1964Pamban-Dhanushkodi PassengerStorm surge due to a tropical cyclone.28 May 2010Jnaneswari Express Goods trainUnknown, possible sabot

The United States has the highest number of rail accidents in the world, with an average of 124 accidents per year between 2010 and 2019. India is the second most accident-prone country, with an average of 60 accidents per year during the same perio

Recent Train Accident in India

At least 15 people died and around 60 others were injured after a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday, police said.

The ministry claimed the number of accidents per million train kilometres fell to 0.03 in 2021-22, from 0.10 in 2013-14. This was way down from 2.2 in 1980 and 5.5 in 1961. That may seem like a massive improvement, said the Financial Times (FT), but railway-related deaths in India remain “staggering”.