evidence: Official figures have shown that the Indian Railways had the best safety record in five decades during the 2017-18 fiscal, reports the Indian Express. 73 accidents were reported till 30 March this year, down from last year’s 104. [...] 2017-18 also saw the longest distance traveled by trains at 1,170.7 million train km. Train km is a unit used to measure the corresponding distance traveled by a train per km. The total distance traveled by trains in 1960-61 was a mere 388.1 million train km. [...] When compared to the previous fiscal, data shows the number of accidents have dropped drastically. 2016-17 saw 607 people killed or injured in railway accidents, 74 derailments and 30 accidents at railway crossings while 2017-18 saw these figures go down to 254, 54 and 13 respectively.