Table 2-38: Railroad Passenger Safety Data
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Passenger
fatalities |
3 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
Injured
persons |
473 |
382 |
411 |
559 |
497 |
573 |
513 |
601 |
535 |
481 |
658 |
746 |
(R)
877 |
639 |
Train-miles,
passenger trains (millions) |
72 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
82 |
84 |
88 |
90 |
90 |
Fatalities
per 100 million passenger train-miles |
4 |
11 |
4 |
77 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
Injuries
per 100 million passenger train-miles |
660 |
520 |
560 |
750 |
660 |
750 |
663 |
770 |
683 |
584 |
781 |
850 |
(R) 979 |
710 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTE
A train-mile is the movement of a train (which can consist of many cars) the distance of 1 mile. A train-mile differs from a vehicle-mile, which is the movement of 1 car (vehicle) the distance of 1 mile. A 10-car (vehicle) train traveling 1 mile would be measured as 1 train-mile and 10 vehicle-miles. Caution should be used when comparing train-miles to vehicle miles.
SOURCES
Fatalities and injuries:
1990-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2001 (Washington, DC: August 2002), table 1-2.
2002-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Railroad Safety Statistics Interim Report 2003 (Washington, DC: July 2004), table 1-2.
Train-miles, passenger trains:
1990-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics calculations (sum of all commuter rail train-miles reported to USDOT, Federal Transit Administration, plus Amtrak train-miles).
1997-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2001 (Washington, DC: August 2002), table 2-4.
2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Railroad Safety Statistics Report 2002 (Washington, DC: March 2004), table 2-4.
2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Railroad Safety Statistics Interim Report 2003 (Washington, DC: July 2004), table 2-4.
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