Appendix-I TRAIN ACCIDENTS ON INDIAN RAILWAYS SINCE 1960-61 Year Collisions Derailments Level Crossing Accdts. 37 Fire in trains Misc. Total Million Train Kms. Incidence of accidents per million train kms. 1960-61 130 1415 181 405 2131 388.1 5.50 1961-62 124 1433 160 236 1953 396.2 4.90 1962-63 98 1316 168 55 1637 408.3 4.00 1963-64 93 1300 161 81 1635 421.9 3.90 1964-65 81 1035 146 31 1293 433.2 3.00 1965-66 74 962 123 42 1201 450.8 2.70 1966-67 67 876 104 50 1097 451.7 2.40 1967-68 66 892 111 42 1111 455.3 2.40 1968-69 47 684 129 48 908 460.1 2.00 1969-70 54 751 111 47 963 473.0 2.00 1970-71 59 648 121 12 840 466.5 1.80 1971-72 57 667 118 22 864 474.4 1.80 1972-73 59 598 131 25 813 473.1 1.70 1973-74 66 578 125 13 782 432.8 1.80 1974-75 66 696 140 23 925 430.1 2.20 1975-76 64 768 105 27 964 487.4 2.00 1976-77 45 633 86 16 780 511.6 1.50 1977-78 54 705 93 14 866 526.1 1.60 1978-79 55 778 86 12 931 504.1 1.80 1979-80 72 692 115 21 900 503.4 1.80 1980-81 69 825 90 29 1013 504.5 2.00 1981-82 87 936 84 23 1130 516.6 2.20 1982-83 54 653 70 20 797 530.9 1.50 1983-84 48 621 82 17 768 541.7 1.40 1984-85 39 678 65 30 812 541.1 1.50 1985-86 46 588 62 21 717 570.4 1.30 1986-87 28 538 65 13 644 582.3 1.10 1987-88 40 490 62 12 604 590.2 1.02 1988-89 30 457 55 3 545 602.2 0.90 1989-90 34 456 42 8 540 618.0 0.87 1990-91 41 446 36 9 532 617.1 0.86 1991-92 30 444 47 9 530 629.2 0.84 1992-93 50 414 51 9 524 632.3 0.83 1993-94 50 401 66 3 520 634.2 0.82 1994-95 35 388 73 5 501 641.9 0.78 1995-96 29 296 68 5 398 655.9 0.61 1996-97 26 286 65 4 381 667.1 0.57 1997-98 35 289 66 6 396 675.8 0.58 1998-99 24 300 67 6 397 686.9 0.58 1999-00 20 329 93 21 463 717.7 0.65 2000-01 20 350 84 17 2 473 723.8 0.65 2001-02 30 280 88 9 8 415 756.4 0.55 2002-03 16 218 96 14 7 351 786.2 0.44 2003-04 9 202 95 14 5 325 790.8* 0.41* *Provisional
Appendix - II MAJOR ACCIDENTS DURING 2003-2004 (Attended with death of 10 or more persons) 1 Fire in 2903 Golden Temple Express between Ludhiana and Ladowal stations of Northern Railway s Ferozpur Division on 15.05.2003. 2 Derailment of 904 Holiday Special between Vaibhavwadi and Rajapur stations of Konkan Railway s Ratnagiri Division on 22.06.2003. 36 15 52 25 3 Derailment of 7201 Golconda Exp. At Warangal station of South Central Railway s Securendrabad Division on 02.07.2003. 21 24 4 Dashing of 5657 Express against a truck at Unmanned Level Crossing No. SK-333 on Suryakamal - Kanki stations of Northeast Frontier Railway s Katihar Division on 27.02.2004 10 37 38
Appendix - III Worst accidents in each category during the year are listed below :- (A) Collisions 1. Collision between 1 UP TR passenger and diesel coupled engine at Shakurbasti station yard of Northern Railway s Delhi Division on 23.08.2003. 4 21 2. Collision between Electric Light engine and 302 Dn Passenger at Yadugram Block Hut of East Central Railway s Dhanbad Division of on 17.01.2004. 4 15 (B) Derailments 1 Derailment of 904 Holiday Special between Vaibhavwadi and Rajapur stations of Konkan Railway's Ratnagiri Division on 22.06.2003. 52 25 2 Derailment of 7201 Golconda Exp. at Warangal station of South Central Railway's Securendrabad Division on 02.07.2003. 21 24 3. Derailment of 231 Up Passenger between Naganhalli and Pandavpura stations of South Western Railway s Bangalore Division of on 23.10.2003. 4 22 67
(C) Manned Level Crossing Gate Accidents 1. Dashing of 728 Up Passenger train with Road Traler at Manned level Crossing Gate No. 118 between Sengulam and Tirunelveli stations of Trivendram Division of Southern Railway on 08.10.2003. 2. Dashing of 449 up Passenger with Tractor at Manned Level Crossing Gate No. 31/A between Sisua Bazar and Khadda stations of North Eastern Railway s Varanasi Division of on 20.11.2003. 3. Dashing of 2471 with 1 Motorcycle, 1 Scooter and One Cycle Rickshaw at Manned Level Crossing Gate No. 76 between Phagawara and Chiheru stations of Northern s Railway Ferozpur Division on 02.02.2004. 1 20 2 -- 5 -- (D) Unmanned Level Crossing Gate Accidents 1. Dashing of 186 Up Passenger Train with Tractor trolley at Unmanned Level Crossing between Kakraha and Mihinpuriva stations of North Eastern Railway s Lucknow Division on 18.06.2003. 2. Dashing of 112 Passenger train with Auto Rickshaw at Unmanned Level Crossing No. 3-A between Adipur- Gandhidham stations Western Railway s Ahmedabad Division on 26.10.2003. 3. Dashing of 5657 Express against a truck at Unmanned Level Crossing No. SK-333 on Suryakamal - Kanki stations of North East Frontier Railway's Kathar Division on 27.02.2004 9 14 7 -- 10 37 68
(E) Fire/Explosion in Trains 1. Fire incidence in 2903 Golden Temple Express between Ludhiana and Ladowal stations of Northern Railway s Ferozpur Division on 15.05.2003. 36 15 2. Fire incidence in 728 Up Passenger train due to dashing with Road Traler at Manned level crossing Gate No. 118 between Sengulam and Tirunelveli stations of Southern Railway s Trivendram Division on 08.10.2003. 3. Fire incidence in train engine of 5160 Dn Express and 8236 Up Express between Mudaria and Ghunghuti stations of South East Central Railway s Bilaspur Division on 16.01.2004. 1 20 3 1 (F) Miscellaneous 1. Dashing of BRM Machine with push trolley between Kirodimalnagar and Raigarh stations of South East Central Railway s Bilaspur division on 10.07.2003. -- 3 2. Hitting of 5087 Express by contractor Truck new Domingarh station of North Eastern Railway s Lucknow Division on 28.07.2003. -- 41 3. Falling of foot over bridge on EMU between Thakurli and Dombivali stations on Kalyan and Mumbai CSTM section of Central Railway s Mumbai Division on 02.01.2004 4 12 69
Appendix - IV BRIEF PARTICULARS OF ACCIDENTS DURING 2003 2004 INQUIRED BY COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAY SAFETY S.No Date of Accident Brief particulars of Accident 1 03-May-03 Dashing of Train No. 4123 Up Express with the rear of Truck at Manned Level Crossing No.110-C between Talakhajuri and Gauriganj stations of Lucknow Division of Northern 2 15-May-03 Fire in 2903 Golden Temple Express between Ludhiana and Ladowal stations of Ferozpur Division of Northern 3 25-May-03 Derailment of 287 Passenger train near slip siding point of Venkatampalli station of Guntakal Division of South Central 4 28-May-03 Dashing of Autorickshaw and 959 Dn Holiday Special and Manned Level Crossing Gate No. 35 at km. 541/10-11 between Chharodi- Jakhwada stations of Ahmadabad Division of Western 5 01-Jun-03 Derailment of Magadh Express between Baruna and Buxar stations of Danapur Division of East Central 6 05-Jun-03 Unusual occurrence-dashing of a tipper with 559 Passenger train at km. 135/12-10 KSAE and ABX stations of Nanded Division of South Central 7 13-Jun-03 Derailment of 5316 Dn Gokul Express between Raya and Sonai stations of Izzatnagr Division of North Eastern 8 18-Jun-03 Dashing of 542 Dn Passenger with a Truck at Unmanned Level Crossing No. 94-C between Ziradei and Siwan Stations of Varanasi Division of North Eastern 9 22-Jun-03 Derailment of 904 Holiday Spl between Viabhvawadi and Rajapur Road stations of Roha - Sawantawadi section of Ratnagiri Division of Konkan 10 25-Jun-03 Explosion on 194 Up Passenger at km. 126/23-25 between Renigunta and Pudi stations of Chennai Division of Southern 70
11 02-Jul-03 Derailment of 7201 Golkunda Express at Warangal station of Secunderabad Division of South Central 12 06-Jul-03 Derailment of Locomotive of 287 Up Passenger between Madanapalle Road and Tummanamgunta stations at Unmanned Level Crossing No. 82 of Guntakal Division of South Central 13 14-Jul-03 Unusual occurrence in 347 Dn EMU between Jogeshwari and Goregaon station of Mumbai Division of Western 14 28-Jul-03 Dashing between 5087 Up Express and Truck between Gorakhpur and Domingarh stations of Lucknow Division of North Eastern 15 10-Aug-03 Derailment of 2779 Dn Goa Express between Adarki and Salpa stations of Pune Division of Central 16 23-Aug-03 Collision between 1 TR Passenger and Shunting engine at Shakurbasti station yard of Delhi Division of Northern 17 25-Aug-03 Fire incidence in 2024 Dn Shatabdi Express in Gurap yard of Howrah Division of Eastern 18 31-Aug-03 Derailment of 1057 Dn Express near Lashalgaon station of Bhusaval Division of Central 19 06-Sep-03 Derailment of 2056 Dn Jan Shatabdi Express between Deoband and Rohana Kalan stations of Delhi Division of Northern 20 08-Oct-03 Dashing of 728 Up Passenger train with Road Traler at Manned level crossing Gate No. 118 between Sengulam and Tirunelveli stations of Trivendram Division of Southern 21 09-Oct-03 Side Collision of 2 SL Passenger train with the truck at worksite between Anupganj and Bakkas stations of Lucknow Division of Northern 22 23-Oct-03 Derailment of 231 Up Passenger between Naganhalli and Pandavpura stations of Bangalore Division of South Western 23 08-Nov-03 Derailment of 2978 Up Express between Pen and Kasu stations of Mumbai Division of Central 71
24 20-Nov-03 Dashing of 449 up Passenger with Tractor at Manned Level Crossing Gate No. 31/A between Sisua Bazar and Khadda stations of Varanasi Division of North Eastern 25 19-Dec-03 Derailment of Dn TDD/N Goods at Km 257/28-32 on bridge No. 518 between Ulavapadu and Singarayakonda stations of Vijayawada Division of South Central 26 21-Dec-03 Dashing of 178 Goods train with Truck at Manned Level Crossing Gate No. BK-83 between Nowrozabad and Karkoli stations of Bilaspur Division of South East Central 27 02-Jan-04 Unusual incidence of falling of foot over bridge on EMU between Thakurli and Dombivali stations on Kalyan and Mumbai CSTM section of Mumbai Division of Central 28 16-Jan-04 Unusual incidence in 5160 Dn Express and 8236 Up Express between Mudaria and Ghunghuti stations of Bilaspur Division of South East Central 29 17-Jan-04 Collision between Electric Light engine and 302 Dn Passenger at Yadugram Block Hut of Dhanbad Division of East Central 30 09-Feb-04 Derailment of MSP -17 Dn EMU Local at km 2/44 between Basin Bridge and Korukkupet stations of Chennai Division of Southern 31 19-Feb-04 Fire in five coaches of 2562 Dn Express between Block D and Kaurara stations of Allahabad Division of North Central 32 27-Feb-04 Dashing of Mini Bus with 5657 Up Express at Unmanned Level Crossing No. SK-333 at km 102/9-10 between Surjakamal and Kanki stations of Katihar Division of Northeast Frontier 33 05-Mar-04 Derailment of 406B Passenger at Km 950/02-949/14 between Darritola and Udalkachhar stations of Bilaspur Division of Southeast Central 34 23-Mar-04 Incident of explosion in 2303 Up Poorva Express between Fatuha and Bankaghat stations of Danapur Division of East Central ******** 72