Young people are three times more likely to die in a car crash than from guns, knives and alcohol [Brake 2017]. Car Crash: Who’s Lying, Netflix 2018
2nd June 2023: A high-speed train carrying hundreds of passengers collides with two other trains in India. The crash kills 295 people and injures more than 800. It’s one of the deadliest rail accidents in history. This World: Why Trains Crash, BBC 2024
The crash raises safety concerns in India and around the world. Just three months earlier another collision killed dozens in Greece. ibid.
Why did three trains collide in India? And what measures can prevent it happening again? ibid.
More than 75,000 miles of track connect India’s cities. ibid.
1998: Germany’s worst rail disaster since the Second World War … a high speed train derailed killing 101 people and injuring more than 100. ibid.
London, October 1999: The collision killed 31 people and injured more than 100 others. ibid.
Greece 2023: It’s deadliest rail disaster … 57 died and at least 85 were injured. ibid.
India: Technicians installed the level crossing incorrectly. ibid.
Could the Odisha crash point to wider problems around railway safety and maintenance? ibid.
10,000 trains provide a lifeline to 19 million passengers. ibid.