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As many as 18,050 deaths were reported on Mumbai’s tracks over the last five years (till July 20, 2018). Of these, 89% were male and 11% female. Many of those who died on the tracks go untraced or unidentified each year, the data show.
Areas on the central line seemed to be the most deadly, with Kalyan reporting most deaths (368) in 2017, followed by Kurla (331) and Thane (324).
Passenger deaths from falling off Mumbai’s trains were “very high” as coaches carried more passengers than they were meant to, said a 2016...
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report on suburban train services from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the government’s auditor.
In 2014-15, the average number of passengers per coach on Mumbai’s suburban central services was 6% (2,666) more than the “crush load”–double the capacity–while it was 9% (2,743) more than crush load on the western line services, the data show.
49,790 deaths reported nationwide on railway tracks over 3 years
As many as 49,790 people died on railway tracks after being hit by trains nationwide between 2015 and 2017, according to this reply to the Lok Sabha (Parliament’s lower house) on July 18, 2018.
“Deaths on railway tracks occur due to trespassing, violating safety and cautionary instructions, avoiding over bridges, and using mobile phones and other electronic gadgets while crossing railway tracks etc,” the reply said.
In 2017, 173,112 people were prosecuted for trespassing on rail tracks.