The total number of railway accidental deaths in India during 2015 was 26066. Out of these, the number of males, females and transgenders were 22219 (85.24%), 3839 (14.73%) and 8 (0.03%) respectively. The railway accidental deaths had a weightage of 7.76% out of the total number of Un-Natural deaths (336051) during 2015. The top 5 States/UTs in terms of number of railway accidental deaths during 2015 were: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
Railway accidental deaths reported in Maharashtra was 4719 during 2015, which accounted 18.1% of total railway accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 4719 railway accidental deaths; 4212 (89.26%) were male, 503 (10.66%) were female and 4 (0.08%) were transgender. Railway accidental deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh was 4472 during 2015, which accounted 17.16% of total railway accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 4472 railway accidental deaths; 3737 (83.56%) were male, 734 (16.41%) were female and 1 (0.02%) were transgender. Railway accidental deaths reported in West Bengal was 2545 during 2015, which accounted 9.76% of total railway accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 2545 railway accidental deaths; 2020 (79.37%) were male, 525 (20.63%) were female and 0 (0%) were transgender.
Railway accidental deaths reported in Bihar was 1891 during 2015, which accounted 7.25% of total railway accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 1891 railway accidental deaths; 1502 (79.43%) were male, 389 (20.57%) were female and 0 (0%) were transgender. Railway accidental deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh was 1850 during 2015, which accounted 7.1% of total railway accidental deaths reported in India during the year. Out of these 1850 railway accidental deaths; 1554 (84%) were male, 296 (16%) were female and 0 (0%) were transgender.
The above mentioned top 5 states accounted for 59.38% of the total rail accidental deaths reported in India as a whole during 2015.
Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/accidental-deaths-suicides-india-2015
Resource Title: State/UT and Un-Natural Cause-wise Number of Cases, Persons Injured & Persons Died during 2015