A professor and a techie develop tech to prevent railway accidents

Their firm, L2M Rail's 'wheel impact load detection' system captures the wheel signature as a train moves over the instrumented zone of the track and processes data in real-time

Railway accidents are a major concern in India and worldwide too. As many as 313 consequential train accidents occurred from 2016-17 to 2020-21 and 239 passenger fatalities were reported in India. Consequential accidents are categorised as derailments, manned and unmanned level crossing accidents and collisions. Other such accidents include fire and explosion-related accidents and accidents caused by natural elements. In 2019, falling from a train or collision of trains with people on the tracks accounted for the majority of the railway accident deaths in India, at 75 per cent.

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