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Table 2-39. Railroad System Safety and Property Damage Data (Excludes highway-rail grade-crossing accidents)
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CSV
785 |
575 |
584 |
454 |
599 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
d17,934 |
50,138 |
58,696 |
31,617 |
22,736 |
12,546 |
10,948 |
10,227 |
10,156 |
10,304 |
8,095 |
8,041 |
8,205 |
3,275 |
2,879 |
2,459 |
2,443 |
2,397 |
2,575 |
2,768 |
839 |
755 |
718 |
571 |
609 |
670 |
671 |
677 |
683 |
712 |
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94 |
76 |
81 |
80 |
98 |
85 |
82 |
89 |
84 |
74 |
N |
6,640 |
8,180 |
5,540 |
3,740 |
1,870 |
1,630 |
1,511 |
1,487 |
1,446 |
970 |
1,070 |
1,140 |
570 |
470 |
370 |
360 |
354 |
377 |
389 |
121.6 |
177.4 |
267.4 |
179.3 |
198.7 |
189.2 |
212.3 |
210.4 |
R233.1 |
242.3 |
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. For example, in 1999 Group II rail accounted for 75 million train-miles, and other rail for 25 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 1999, Class I yard/switching train-miles totaled 70 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.
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available
NOTE: This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.
SOURCES:
Fatalities, injuries, accidents, and property damage:
1970-96: 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.
1997-98: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1998 (Washington, DC: July 1999).
1999: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/objects/bull99.pdf, as of November 28, 2000.
Train-miles:
1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual issues), form 406.
1990-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Prelim/1999/r02.htm, as of July 10, 2000.
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