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Mumbai: 2,507 people died on railway tracks in 2022
Updated On: 12 April, 2023 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
The western suburb tops four stations across CR and WR in highest number of deaths; reckless line crossing is main reason for deaths, while commuters falling off packed compartments is top reason for injuries
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Passengers cross the tracks to catch a train at Kurla railway station. File Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Hurry to catch local trains has claimed the most lives on the Mumbai suburban railway in 2022, according to the official statistics. While crossing of rail tracks has killed 1,118 people, 700 others died after falling off running trains. Overall, 2,507 people died on the rail premises last year due to various reasons, with CR reporting most fatalities.
While crossing of tracks is the prime killer, most injuries have been caused due to commuters falling from running trains, according to the data released by the Government Railway Police (GRP), acquired by activist Samir Zaveri through an RTI query. The statistics include figures from all 17 police stations across the Mumbai suburban railway network, which comprises 117 stations - 80 on CR and 37 on WR.
The GRP report, a copy of which is with mid-day, shows that 2,507 people died and 2,155 were injured on the Mumbai suburban railway in 2022. While 1,585 people were killed in accidents on Central Railway, 922 died on Western Railway.
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