Train accidents in Yen Bai area
Ha Noi - Lao Cai railway route through Yen Bai province from Km
144 + 750 to Km 230 + 000 with the length of 85.25 km, there are
10 stations, passing through 20 communes and wards.
According to statistics, until 15 April, the province has three
railway accidents killed 1 person; injured 2 people. The main
reason is that road users did not observe when passing through
the railway, for instance at 9h05, January 7, when the cargo
train 3702 Lao Cai - Hanoi passed a cross way made by locals hit
and killed a person across the railroad. Another case on 13
April Mrs. Hang Thi Sao (1932, H'Mong ethnic living in Van Yen
district) walking across the railway at Km227 + 200 at Lang Thip
station, she did not hear the whistle sound of the train 2601,
pulling 20 coaches with 814 tons of cargo in the direction of
Yen Bai -
Lao Cai hit dead on the spot.
According to statistics by the railway authorities, the railway
line Hanoi - Lao Cai through Yen Bai province has 25 guarded
crossroads, 262 self-open paths; Of which 121/122 self-open
walkways were marked with "Watch out for trains".
"Most of the
railway accidents happened
in Yen Bai in the past time due to
lack of attention by traffic participants as many of the
accidents occurred at the intersections of roads and railroads
which have been marked as "Attention to the train" said Tran
Xuan Quyet, chief of the traffic police office in Yen Bai
province. From 2016, the People's Committee of Yen Bai province
and the provincial Department of Transportation have directed
the localities to strengthen the work of ensuring the quality of
traffic at roads and railways; Request the People's Committees
of districts, towns and cities to mobilize resources from
localities and people to carry out the construction of the
deceleration ramp, organize the guards at the crossroads, roads
with the railway. "So far, nothing has been done due to lack of
funding. In the coming time, to promote railway traffic safety
in the area, the Provincial Traffic Safety Board will promote
the propaganda of the Railways Law to all classes of people. At
the same time, it is expected that the Government, ministries
and agencies to provide funding for the construction of a road
to remove dangerous intersections; renovation of road surface,
construction of speed reducer, signage and automatic warning
system in dangerous locations, "he added.
