BTS | Table 2-35: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class

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Table 2-35: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Passengers on trains	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	4	14	4	3	7	3	3	16	2	4
Railroad only	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	2	3	4	3	7	2	3	16	2	4
Grade crossing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Employees on duty	97	46	40	35	34	47	31	34	33	37	27	31	24	22	20	19	25	25	16	17
Railroad only	97	44	35	34	32	44	30	32	32	37	23	29	22	21	19	18	23	23	12	16
Grade crossing	0	2	5	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	1
Employees not on duty	4	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	3	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Grade crossing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contractor employees	7	4	3	3	11	6	3	7	9	11	5	12	3	4	10	5	4	5	7	5
Railroad only	7	4	3	3	10	6	3	7	9	11	5	11	3	4	9	4	4	5	7	5
Grade crossing	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nontrespassers^a	739	507	551	484	475	489	505	443	365	363	326	305	335	269	267	205	242	(R) 249	(R) 237	200
Railroad only	16	10	15	16	12	18	44	32	27	15	9	8	19	11	18	8	18	(R) 23	2	15
Grade crossing	723	497	536	468	463	471	461	411	338	348	317	297	316	258	249	197	224	(R) 226	(R) 235	185
Trespassers	566	474	700	663	646	675	682	660	620	646	644	570	570	673	646	635	621	(R) 593	(R) 648	630
Railroad only	457	391	543	524	533	523	529	494	471	533	536	479	463	511	540	501	475	(R) 463	(R) 518	477
Grade crossing	109	83	157	139	113	152	153	166	149	113	108	91	107	162	106	134	146	(R) 130	(R) 130	153
Volunteer employees	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Railroad only and grade crossing, total	1,417	1,036	1,297	1,194	1,170	1,279	1,226	1,146	1,039	1,063	1,008	932	937	971	951	868	895	(R) 888	(R) 910	856
Railroad only	584	454	599	586	591	653	611	567	551	602	577	530	512	550	594	534	523	(R) 530	(R) 541	517
Grade crossing	833	582	698	608	579	626	615	579	488	461	431	402	425	421	357	334	372	358	(R) 369	339
Motor vehicles	748	521	614	535	506	554	542	508	415	419	369	345	361	345	310	281	290	(R) 283	304	263
Nonmotor vehicles	85	61	84	73	73	72	73	71	73	42	62	57	64	76	47	53	82	(R) 75	(R) 65	76

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a Beginning in 1997, nontrespassers off railroad property are also included.

NOTE

"Railroad only" includes fatalities from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents (excludes highway-rail grade crossings). This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.

SOURCES

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual issues).

1995-2007: Ibid. Table 4.08 and personal communication, Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of May 14, 2008.