Railways records 38 per cent rise in accidents in 2021, shows NCRB data

NEW DELHI: The world’s fourth largest railway network, the Indian Railways, has also registered a big increase of around 38.2% in accidents in 2021 compared to the previous year. Most such accidents were reported from Maharashtra, accounting for 19.4% of the reported 17,993 accidents. “Maharashtra reported 3,488 railway accidents,” according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).