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The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2022 annual report shows 691 people lost their lives and 105 were injured in railway-related accidents in Delhi. This marks an increase in the number of deaths from the previous year when 550 fatalities and 126 injuries were reported in the national capital.
In 2022, Delhi accounted for 50.9 per cent of railway accidents among 53 megacities, a slight decrease from the 52.8 per cent recorded the year before.
The report attributes the accidents to the “others” category, which encompasses incidents such as individuals falling or getting crushed under trains. The majority of states and Union Territories categorised railway accidents under the broad label of ‘Other Causes,’ totalling 22,160 out of 23,139 reported cases.
Over the past five years, ‘Other Causes’ have consistently emerged as the primary reason for railway accidents.
In 2021, Delhi reported 676 cases, resulting in 126 injuries and 550 deaths. The numbers for 2020 were 535 cases with 111 injuries and 415 deaths, while 2019 recorded 858 cases with 62 injuries and 796 deaths. The 2018 report cited 31 cases under “fall from train/collision on tracks” (6 injuries, 25 deaths), but ‘Other Causes’ dominated with 990 cases with 116 injuries and 874 deaths.
Delhi has consistently been on the top of the list of railway accident-prone megacities for the past five years, with percentages decreasing from 63 per cent in 2018 to 52.7 per cent in 2020 and 50.9 per cent in 2022.
Despite the concerning statistics, there’s a slight silver lining as the percentage has dropped by 12.1 points since 2018.
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