Rail accidents fall nearly 90 pc in a decade as govt improves safety measures: Govt

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Safety on Indian Railways has improved markedly, with train accidents dropping 88 per cent to 16 incidents in 2025–26 from 135 in 2014–15 and just two in the current year up to June, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

Consequential Accident Index -- accidents per million train‑kilometres -- decreased to 0.01 in 2025–26 from 0.11 in 2014–15, a reduction of about 91 per cent, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Lok Sabha.