Accident is an occurrence in the course of
working of Railway which does or may affect the safety of the Railway, its
engine, rolling stock, permanent way and works, fixed installations, passengers
or servant or which affect the safety of others or which does or may cause
delay to trains or loss to the railway.
Serious Accident: Accident to a
train carrying passengers which is attended with loss of life or grievous hurt
to a passenger or passengers, or with serious damage to railway property of the
value exceeding Rs.2 Crores and any other accident which in the opinion of the
CRS requires the holding of an inquiry by CRS.
Averted Collision: An averted
collision is a circumstance in which but for the vigilance shown by any person
or persons, a collision would have occurred, either in the block section or
within the station limits between two trains or between a train and an
obstruction.
An
occurrence may not be treated as an averted collision:-
a) Outside the station limits, if the distance
between two trains or a train and an
obstruction at the time the train or the trains have come to a stop, is 400 mts
or more.
b) Within the station limits, if there is an
intervening stop signal at danger governing the moving train, and compliance by
the moving train with the indication conveyed by the stop signal averted the
collision between the trains or between the train and obstruction.
Grievous injury
The injuries are defined in section 320 of the
Indian Penal Code.
Threshold value: The minimum value
beyond which the accident will be treated as having serious repercussion on the
basis of loss to railway property or interruption to communication.
Threshold value of Railway property loss is
fixed at one lakh rupees.
Threshold value of
interruption to communication is as under.
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Interruption
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BG-A,B,C or D spl
route
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BG-D,E spl or MG-Q,R route
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BG-E, MG-S or
NG-route
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Total
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3 hours
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4 hours
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6 hours
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Total + Partial
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6 hours
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8 hours
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12 hours
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