DEATH ON THE TRACKS

8226; 1,000 accidents were derailments,619 were at unmanned level crossings

8226; 112 accidents due to collisions

8226; 98 related to fires and 94 at manned level crossings

8226; Railways paid Rs 56.93 cr as compensation for death and injury

Recently

8226; Accidents for passenger trains has gone down from 261 in 8217;00-01 to 144 in 06-07

8226; Special Railway Safety Fund, a non-lapsable fund of Rs 17,000 cr set up in 2001

8226; Around 16,000 kilometres of track, 2,700 bridges and 1,500 signalling installations would have been replaced

Accidents: 1,959

Dead: 1,539

Hurt: 4,837

Due to staff failure: 44

Sacked: 353

Details Accidents: Railways getting on right track but a long way to go