The Indian Railways for the first time is set to move towards zero fatalities and injuries due to train accidents. During the current financial year, the number of accidents came down by 69 per cent. This is compared to 5 deaths and 81 injuries due to consequential train accidents during the financial year 2019-20.
Consequential train accidents include collision, derailment, fire, level crossing accidents and other miscellaneous accidents. However, run-over deaths are not considered as part of railway accidents.