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Accidents at Unmanned Level Crossing

Accidents at Unmanned Level Crossing
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Jul 17, 2015
04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Section 161 of Railway act indicates “If any person driving or leading a vehicle is negligent in crossing an unmanned level crossing, he shall be punishable with imprisonment ...

Section 161 of Railway act indicates “If any person driving or leading a vehicle is negligent in crossing an unmanned level crossing, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year.”

Section 131 of the Motor Vehicle Act indicates that “Every driver of a motor vehicle at the approach of any unguarded railway level crossing shall cause the vehicle to stop and the driver of the vehicle shall cause the conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person in the vehicle to walk up to the level crossing and ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side and then pilot the motor vehicle across such level crossing, and where no conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person is available in the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall get down from the vehicle himself to ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side before the railway track is crossed”

However due to non-following of relevant rules by the road users, many accidents are occurring resulting in loss of precious life  at unmanned level crossings.

Suggest solutions for reducing accidents at unmanned level crossings.

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Tushar Shama
Tushar Shama 11 years 3 months ago
This mainly for much neglected part of Railway. Our mountain Railways like Ooty, Shimal, Dargeeling or Matheran. Please pay attention on infra upgrade. This having lot of tourist potential which is not harvest. New Railway line and engine (with traditional touch) and luxury coaches.
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Bharat Purohit
Bharat Purohit 11 years 3 months ago
desh ke lagbhag sabhi manavrahit rail fhatkon par voice huter evam led light ke sath network connectivity jod di jaye toh kafhi had tak durghtnaon par kabu paya ja sakta hai ?
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DEVASHISH JAIN
DEVASHISH JAIN 11 years 3 months ago
unmanned railway crossings is more of a problem in villages than big cities and towns.certain steps- 1.big neon/red blinking sign boards on both sides of crossings of rail crossing ahead atleast 500m before alongwith monetary implications in case of not following the rules and ensure that language written is understandable to maximum people in vicinity 2. for preventing crossings along the length of tracks(not frequently taken eg.in photo of agenda) side railings/thorns visible from distance
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Venkatachalam Ramalingam
Venkatachalam Ramalingam 11 years 3 months ago
My friend invented a device to avoid accident the two train coming opposite direction in same line if you interested in this please contact me
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Vineet Kini
Vineet Kini 11 years 3 months ago
First of all close all the unnecessary level crossing because it causes unnecessary delay of trains. There should be timebound manning of level crossing in top 300 accident prone districts ,also due to shortage of man power one can also explore the soft ware base manning of level crossing,but yes feasibilty should be checked
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hasyalekha sahu
hasyalekha sahu 11 years 3 months ago
sir railway me brastachar bad raha hai . vo ase ki jab railway karamchari medical ke liye jate hai tab unse risvat li jati hai aur unhe k e deno tak bhatkaya jata hai . pleas interfere in it .
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Jayanta Sarkar
Jayanta Sarkar 11 years 3 months ago
Most of the level crossings are jumbled with buildings/trees/hoardings due to which an approaching train can not be seen from far away when some vehicle is approaching. This lead to assumption that may be vehicle can cross and results an accident. I propose any object more than 5 ft to be cleared from the level crossing area so that any vehicle can see the approaching train from far away ( from 80 to 100mts). This could definitely reduce accidents.
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