Train Accidents: Causes and Safety Measure

The Indian Railway is the world's third-largest network, transporting 18 million people each day to their destinations. Every day, almost 16,000 trains pass across the railway tracks, and train collisions are a typical occurrence on Indian railways. According to train accident records, derailments and railway crossings generate significant accidents. Until recently, crossings were open, and most incidents incorporated human error as the cause. The Indian Railways do not have enough money to invest, and the annual accident rate is around 300, which is e...

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Road Transport in India- Advantageous or Disadvantageous?

Railways, roadways, airways and waterways, not to forget pipelines, how goods get transported from one place to another is known as transportation. Transportation serves as one of the main factors in defining a country's development, the transport system acts as a base for any setting's economic structure. So, Transportation aids in :Developing the arenas of trade, commerce and industry Removing the idea of immobility Discarding regional discrepanciesTermed as the most used mode of transport in the land of Gandhi, the roadways play an essential...

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Car Crash and Provisions in Indian Penal Code for Accident

With more motor vehicles in India over the last several years, there has been a steep increase in road accidents. Road injuries and fatalities in a car crash have become a major public issue because it is one of the leading causes of mortality and permanent disability. This article provides a basic overview of accidents due to car crashes and the Indian Penal Code's provisions for them. It discusses the inadequacies in the punishing conditions of the parts of the act and, finally, underlines the critical need for change and provides solutions for the sa...

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Speed Thrills but Kills- Preventing Road Accidents in India

India has a well-connected and synchronised transportation infrastructure that serves a vital role in the growth of commercial development by supporting the equitable distribution of generated products and services and the mobility of people. The transport sector's contribution to India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is gradually increasing. It is one of the primary metrics used to analyse the country's socio-economic progress because traffic crashes are a criterion of obstacles and other impediments to the smooth flow of traffic. The NCRB collects deta...

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