Rail accidents claimed 25,006 lives in '14: NCRB

Over 25,000 people died and 3,882 were injured in railway accidents in 2014, a government report has said.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report said 28,360 cases of `railway accidents' were reported during the year, showing a decrease of 9.2% compared to 2013 (31,236 cases).

The majority of railway accidents (61.6%) were due to fall from trains or collision with people on the tracks (17,480 out of 28,360 cases), the report said.

Maharashtra reported the maxi mum such cases, accounting for 42.5% of total cases of fall from train or collision of trains with people. A railway official said most such cases were reported from suburban servic es in the state and railways was run ning a campaign to educate people not t to cross the tracks.