SAFETY SCENARIO OF LEVEL CROSSING ON

INDIAN RAILWAY

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Presented By:Alok Kumar and Sandeep Jain

Safety Directorate, Ministry Of Railways, Government Of India

INDIAN RAILWAYSVAST SYSTEM

TRANSPORTS : Appox. 1000 MT freight traffic per year Appox. 23 million passengers per day.

TRACK STRUCTURE: around 75176 km of track is laid with 60 kg/52 kg rails 74607 km of track is laid with PSC Sleepers 65941 km (86%) track on LWR/CWR

VASTNESS: 17 Zonal Railway Headquarters & 69 Zonal Unitsemploy around 1.3 million staff

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ACCIDENT SCENARIO

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Accident per Million Train Kms

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CORPORATE SAFETY PLAN LIFE CYCLE: One Decade: 2003-2013 SALIENT POINTS : Entailing multi-pronged strategy, laying

emphasis on prevention by reducing human dependence REDUCTION OF ACCIDENTS RATE : per Million Train Kilometer TARGET : bringing down the accident rate from 0.44 in 2003

to 0.17 in 2013 2012-13 ACHIEVEMENT: Excelled by touching the figure of 0.14 in

current year 2011-12.

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RAIL ROAD CONFLICT

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Crossing Of Road & Rail Traffic

Grade Separated Crossing

Road Over Bridge

Road Under Bridge

Level Crossing

Unmanned Level

Crossing

Manned Level

Crossing

Train Vehicle Unit(TVU) product of average number of Road Vehicle and Trains passing a crossing in 24 hours.

LEVEL CROSSING ON IR

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18316 No Unmanned

LC13530 No Manned LC

Distribution of Unmanned & Manned Level Crossing on Indian Railway

( As On 01.04.2012)

Unmanned Manned

LC ACCIDENT: CAUSE OF CONCERN

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Type wise Accidents since 2007-08 to 2011-12

Collisions5%

LC Accidents

41%

Fire2%

Misc.2% Derailments

50%

LC CASULITIES: CAUSE OF CONCERN

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Collisions25%

De-rail-

ments9%

Manned LC5%

Un-manned

LC61%

Loss of Life in train accidents (2007-08 to 2011-12)

LC ELIMINATION POLICY

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VISION 2020 : Elimination of all unmanned level crossing within a time frame of five years.

Method of Elimination of Level Crossing Road Over Bridges: high TVU LC (>0.1 MiIllion) Road Under Bridges At Bank Merger/Diversion To Adjacent LC Closure Of Low TVU LC Manning Of Unmanned LC

Bottleneck ROB: Land Acquisition , Encroachment removal RUB: Technical Feasibility Closure: Permission from Government, Public Outrage Manning: Manpower Requirement

TVU CORRELATION-UNMANNED LC

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<500 <1000 <2000 <3000 <4000 <5000 <6000 <7000 <8000 <9000 <100004000

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7709

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1208312690

12962

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CUMULATIVE NO. OF UNMANNED LC VS TVU

NO. OF LC

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TVU CORRELATION-MANNED LC

<500<3000

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CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF MANNED LC Vs TVU

NO. OF LC

OTHER MEASURES

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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONACDTAWD

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC: School Syllabus include Chapter on LC

SAFETY CAMPAIGNS Media- TV, Cinema, Radio Advertisement Media SMS, Posters, Nukkad-Natak

SAFETY DRIVES & AMBUSH  Joint Check with Police

THANKYOU

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