On 23 August 2017, the Kaifiyat Express train derailed between the Pata and Achalda railway stations in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh, India, injuring at least 80 people.

[3] The train collided with a dump truck on the line, causing ten coaches of the Kaifiyat Express to derail.

[4] The railway administration lodged a complaint against the truck driver and a contractor with a construction company.

[4] Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu stated that the injured had been shifted to nearby hospitals.

[4] After this accident, he offered to resign his ministership but the sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to wait further.