3,000 commuters killed on Mumbai railway tracks in 2017: RTI
As many as 3,014 commuters lost their lives in train accidents in Mumbai in 2017, Government Railway Police's (GRP) response to an RTI query has revealed. Suicide, falling from trains, and being hit by trains while crossing the tracks illegally were the major reasons for the deaths reported. Lives while crossing tracks accounted for the maximum number of deaths (1,651).