BTS | Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and Property Damage Data

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Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and Property Damage Data

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	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Fatalities	^a1,440	917	833	582	698	608	579	626	615	579	488	461	431	402	425
Injured persons	3,272	3,860	3,550	2,687	2,407	2,094	1,975	1,837	1,961	1,894	1,610	1,540	1,303	1,396	1,219
Accidents	^a3,559	12,076	10,612	6,919	^R5,715	^R5,388	4,910	4,892	4,979	4,633	4,257	3,865	3,508	3,489	3,502
Property damage ($ millions)
Railroad vehicles and property	N	N	6.5	8.7	13.1	13.3	8.1	10.3	11.8	10.1	8.8	15.0	14.4	23.0	14.8

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

^a 1970 data are not comparable to later years due to change in reporting system.

SOURCES:

Fatalities, injuries, accidents:

1970–89: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables S and 11.

1990–2000: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 1.1.

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), table 5.

1997–2000: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.6.