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Train derailments in India: At 193, deaths in 2016-17 highest in a decade

The toll of 193 dead comes during a year that reported the fewest train accidents over 10 years

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A mangled coach of Utkal Express train being hauled off by a crane at the accident site in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday. A preliminary probe has found that maintenance work was being carried out on tracks which might have caused derailment. Photo: PTI

Chaitanya Mallapur | IndiaSpend

Last Updated : Aug 22 2017 | 8:09 AM IST

India’s death toll from train derailments in 2016-17 is now the highest it has been in a decade, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data tabled in the upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha, on March 31, 2017 and August 11, 2017.

The derailment of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express on August 19, 2017, killed more than 20 and injured over 200 people.

The toll of 193 dead comes during a year that reported the fewest train accidents over

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