Before Balasore disaster, 11 incidents of train collisions in five years

Has paid Rs 14 crores in compensation after 50 train accident deaths, nearly 400 injuries

The Railways witnessed 11 train collisions in five since 2017-18, though such incidents account for a fraction of total train accidents.

Derailments, level crossing accidents, fire, and other miscellaneous incidents together are 20 times the number of train collisions, according to an analysis of railway safety data. From 2017-18 to 2021-22, there have been 22 level-crossing accidents, 23 fires, and 182 derailment incidents. 

The average share of collisions in the past 20 years in overall train accidents has been 4.7 per cent. 

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