Identify the causes of rail accidents?

The following are the causes of rail accidents:

• Railway transportation appeared at earlier times to be safe due to slower speeds, shorter trips and lower density traffic. With the largest network in the world.

• The number of railway accidents has increased in India.

• The most common type of rail accidents is derailment which takes place due to lack of proper maintenance, human error or sabotage.

• This causes huge losses to life and inflicts injuries and disabilities to many more. The transportation of various highly inflammable products like coal, oil etc. also leads to accidents.