New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) As many as 21,803 people were killed in 24,678 railway accidents in the country in 2023 with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest fatalities, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

In 2023, among all railway accidents, there were 56 cases due to fault of driver while 43 train accidents took place due to mechanical defects like poor design, track faults, bridge or tunnel collapse.

The analysis of classification of railway accidents revealed that incidents of 'fall from trains or collision with people at track' constituted majority of railway accidents (74.9 per cent) (18,480 out of 24,678) while a total of 15,878 people died due to either 'fall from trains or collision of trains with people at tracks', accounting for 72.8

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