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Table
2-39: Railroad System Safety and
Property Damage Data
(Excludes highway-rail grade-crossing accidents)
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Fatalities |
785 |
575 |
584 |
454 |
599 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
512 |
550 |
(R) 594 |
531 |
Injured
persons |
d17,934 |
50,138 |
58,696 |
31,617 |
22,736 |
12,546 |
10,948 |
10,227 |
10,156 |
10,304 |
10,424 |
9,828 |
(R) 10,104 |
7,956 |
Accidentsa |
8,095 |
8,041 |
8,205 |
3,275 |
2,879 |
2,459 |
2,443 |
2,397 |
2,575 |
2,768 |
2,983 |
3,023 |
(R) 2,738 |
2,958 |
Train-miles (millions)b,c |
839 |
755 |
718 |
571 |
609 |
670 |
671 |
677 |
683 |
712 |
723 |
712 |
(R) 729 |
744 |
Rate
per 100 million train-miles |
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Fatalities |
94 |
76 |
81 |
80 |
98 |
85 |
82 |
89 |
84 |
74 |
71 |
77 |
(R) 82 |
71 |
Injuries |
N |
6,641 |
8,179 |
5,538 |
3,735 |
1,873 |
1,632 |
1,511 |
1,487 |
1,446 |
1,442 |
1,381 |
(R) 1,387 |
1,069 |
Accidents |
965 |
1,065 |
1,143 |
574 |
473 |
367 |
364 |
354 |
377 |
389 |
413 |
425 |
(R) 376 |
398 |
Property damage (current $ millions) |
121.6 |
177.4 |
267.4 |
179.3 |
198.7 |
189.2 |
212.3 |
210.7 |
233.9 |
245.1 |
263.2 |
314.5 |
(R) 266.5 |
295.8 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a Train accidents only; excludes highway-rail grade-crossing
accidents.
b Train-miles
in this table differ from train-miles in the vehicle-miles table in Chapter
1. Train-miles reported in Chapter 1
include only Class I rail (see glossary for definition), while this table
includes Class I rail, Group II rail, and other rail. In 2003 Group II rail accounted for 82
million train-miles, and other rail for 31 million train-miles. Moreover, the vehicle-miles table in
Chapter 1 includes only train-miles between terminals and/or stations, thus
excluding yard and switching miles. In
2003, Class I yard/switching train-miles totaled 62 million train-miles. Note that commuter rail safety data are
reported in the rail mode and the transit mode. Commuter rail train-miles are included in
Class I rail and Group II rail in this table.
c 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.
d 1970 injuries not comparable to later years due to change
in reporting system.
NOTE
This
table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad
operations.
SOURCES
Fatalities,
injuries, accidents, and property damage:
1970-90: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: annual issues), tables 14 and 15.
1995-2000:
Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report
2000 (Washington, DC: July 2001), tables
1-1 and 3-1.
2001-04:
Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Mar. 7,
2005.
Train-miles:
1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: annual issues), form 406.
1995-99: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Forms/Default.asp as of Aug. 22,
2002.
2000-04:
Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Mar. 7,
2005.
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