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| Type | Commercial Circular |
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| Topic | reservation |
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Out of total accidents occurred in Indian Railway derailments (58%), level crossing accidents (32%), collisions (5%) and fire accidents(3 %).
<!-- Slide number: 1 --> # Causes of accidents & Remedial measures Compiled by : - S Velraj, Inst/Optg <!-- Slide number: 2 --> # Causes of accidents <!-- Slide number: 3 --> # Causes While every case is unique, the most common causes of train accidents Negligence. Human error. Reckless pedestrians and drivers. Mechanical failure. Defective tracks. Derailments. Out of total accidents occurred in Indian Railway derailments (58%), level crossing accidents (32%), collisions (5%) and fire accidents(3 %). <!-- Slide number: 4 --> 85% accidents were caused due to human error, whereas failure of equipment and sabotage contributed to 5% and 4% accidents, respectively. Every consequential train accident inquired into either by the CRS or by Departmental Enquiry Committee to analyze for the identification of the role of operational issues and other factors in train accidents. <!-- Slide number: 5 --> Study was conducted to study the causes, impacts and management of disasters in Indian Railway. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the secondary data with respect to number of railway accidents, financial losses, deaths, injuries, the causes of railway accidents etc. for last 16 years (2000-2016) was obtained, compiled and statistically analyzed. <!-- Slide number: 6 --> The results revealed that there are four major categories of accidents viz., derailment, level crossing accidents, collisions fire in trains <!-- Slide number: 7 --> which are caused by three major factors viz., human error, equipment failure, sabotage. <!-- Slide number: 8 --> During 2000-2016, 2297 people lost their life in railway accidents and 6088 people got injured affecting total 8385 people in the country. Indian Railway faced a total loss of Rs. 86486 Cr. due to accidents. <!-- Slide number: 9 --> # Causes of derailment <!-- Slide number: 10 -->  <!-- Slide number: 11 --> IR has the disaster management plan for management of the Railway Disaster at national, zonal and divisional level which provides the framework for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, rescue, relief and rehabilitation through risk identification, hazard mapping, preventive and anti-sabotage security system, crowd management plans, 'Golden Hour' response, hospital disaster plan, training, technology up gradation, periodic mock drills etc. <!-- Slide number: 12 --> # Measures taken to prevent accidents <!-- Slide number: 13 --> # Measures <!-- Slide number: 14 --> # Measures <!-- Slide number: 15 --> # Measures taken to prevent derailments Welding single rails into long welded rails to improve the reliability of assets. Relying more on technology like sophisticated track recording cars, ultrasonic flaw detectors, self-propelled ultrasonic rail testing cars, oscillograph cars and portable accelerometers are used progressively. <!-- Slide number: 16 --> Eliminations of unmanned LCs through closure / merger / grade separator / manning etc. on a programmed basis. SMS based campaigns to create awareness amongst users & social awareness campaigns to educate road users with the use of various print and electronic media. # Level Crossings <!-- Slide number: 17 --> # Safety Information Management System A digital initiative for enhancing safety in Indian railways by CRIS under development. It contains Safety drives Voluntary reporting of safety hazards Letters & Reports Recent accidents Disaster management CRS Reports etc. <!-- Slide number: 18 --> # Crew <!-- Slide number: 19 --> Fire detection and suppression system in power car and pantry car and availability of fire extinguishers in non-ac coaches. Hot Box detectors are being tried out over IR network to mitigate en-route detachment and avoid serious repercussion on the operation of trains. Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (USFD) testing of rails to detect flaws and timely removal of defective rails. # Measures <!-- Slide number: 2
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