evidence: New Delhi: With 40 deaths in 75 accidents between September 2017 and August 2018, the railways has registered its best safety figures in five years for the corresponding 12-month period, a ministry official has said, quoting official data.> [...] Another aspect which has contributed to better safety figures is removal of unmanned level-crossings – the railways plans to eliminate them completely by March 2020.> The national transporter has been aggressively removing unmanned level crossings (UMLC) – 1,565 of them were eliminated in 2017-18 which resulted in fewer accidents. The target is of removing 1,600 such UMLCs in 2018-19, the official said.