According to data shared by the minister, consequential train accidents fell from 135 in 2014-15 to just 16 in 2025-26 — an 88 percent reduction — with only 2 such accidents recorded up to June 2026 in the current fiscal year. The Consequential Accident Index, which measures accidents as a ratio of total train kilometres run, also dropped from 0.11 in 2014-15 to 0.01 in 2025-26, a 91 percent improvement. The minister attributed the improvement to a steady rise in safety-related expenditure, which has grown from Rs 39,200 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 1,20,389 crore budgeted for 2026-27. More than 94,000 technicians, operators and engineers — including around 57,000 loco pilots and assistant loco pilots — have been trained on Kavach technology in collaboration with IRISET. Funds utilised on Kavach works stood at Rs 3,874 crore up to June 2026, with an allocation of Rs 2,066 crore for the current financial year.