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C-1 Trains carrying passengers running into road traffic and/or road traffic running into
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CHAPTER - III
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS
3.00 Accident : For the purpose of Railway working, accident is an occurrence in the
course of working of Railway which does or may affect the safety of the Railway,
its engine, rolling stock, permanent way and works, fixed installations, passengers
or servant or which affect the safety of others or which does or may cause delay to
train or loss to the Railway. For statistical purposes accident has been classified into
categories from “A’ to “R” excluding “I” and “O”.
3.01. Classification of Accidents: Accidents are classified under following heads:-
I.
Train Accidents.
II. Yard Accidents.
III. Indicative Accidents.
IV. Equipment failures.
V. Unusual incidents.
3.02
Train Accident:- Train accidents is an accident that involves a train. Train
Accidents are further divided as:
(a) Consequential train accidents
(b) Other train accidents.
(a)
Consequential train accidents : Include train accidents having serious
repercussion interms of loss of human life, human injury, loss to Railway property
or interruption to Rail traffic. Train accident under following classification will be
termed as consequential train accidents:-
Collision
:
All cases under category A-1 to A-4.
Fire
:
All cases under category B-1 to B-4.
Level crossing :
All cases under category C-1 to C-4.
Derailment :
All cases under category D-1 toD-4.
Miscellaneous : All cases under category E-1.
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(b)
Other train accidents :- All other accidents which are not covered under the
definition of consequential train accidents are to be treated as “other Train
accidents”. These include accidents under categories B-5, B-6, C-5 to C-8, D-5
and E-2.
3.03
Yard accidents: - All accidents that take place in a yard and does not involve a
train are termed as Yard Accidents. These include accidents falling under category
A-5, B- 7, C-9 and D-6 .
3.04
Indicative Accidents:- In real term they are not accidents but are serious
potential hazards and include all cases of train passing signal at danger, averted
collision, breach of block rule coming under classification F, G and H.
3.05
Equipment failures: These includes all failure of Railway equipment
i.e.failure of locomotives, rolling stock, permanent way, over head wire,
signalling, and telecommunication equipment etc. and include cases falling
underclassification J, K, L &M.
3.06
Unusual incidents: These include cases related to law and order but not
resulting in train accidents and other incidents under classification N, P, Q and
R.
3.07
Detailed classification of accidents:
Class ‘A’ – Collisions
A-1 Collision involving a train carrying passengers, resultingin
(i) Loss of human life and/or grievous hurtand/or
(ii) Damage to Railway property of the value exceeding Rs. 2 Crores and/or
(iii) Interruption of any important through line of communication for at least 24
hours.
A-2 Collision involving a train NOT carrying passengers resultingin
(i) Loss of human life / grievous hurtand/or
(ii) Damage to Railway property of the value exceeding Rs.2 Crores and/or
(iii) Interruption of any important through line of communication for at least 24
hours.
A-3 Collision involving a train carrying passengers, not falling underA-1 above.
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A-4 Collision involving a train NOT carrying passengers not falling under A-2 above.
A-5 Other collisions, i.e. collisions occurring in shunting, marshalling yards, loco yards
and siding etc. but not involving a train.
Class ‘B’ – Fire or explosion in trains
B-1
Fire in a train carrying passengers resulting in
(i) Loss of human life and/or grievous hurt and/or
(ii) Damage to Railway property of the value exceeding Rs.2Crores and/or
(iii) Interruption of any important through line of communication for at least 24hours.
B-2
Fire in a train NOT carrying passengers resulting
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