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
Passengers on trains	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	4	14	4
Railroad only	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	2	3	4
Grade crossing only	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Employees on duty	97	46	40	35	34	47	31	34	33	37	27	31	24
Railroad only	97	44	35	34	32	44	30	32	32	37	23	29	22
Grade crossing only	0	2	5	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	4	2	2
Employees not on duty	4	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1
Railroad only	3	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1
Grade crossing only	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contractor employees	^a	^a	^a	^a	11	6	3	7	9	11	5	12	3
Railroad only	^a	^a	^a	^a	10	6	3	7	9	11	5	11	3
Grade crossing only	^a	^a	^a	^a	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nontrespassers^b	746	511	554	487	475	489	505	443	365	363	326	^R305	335
Railroad only	81	14	18	19	12	18	44	32	27	15	9	8	19
Grade crossing only	665	497	536	468	463	471	461	411	338	348	317	^R297	316
Trespassers	566	474	700	663	646	675	682	660	620	646	644	^R570	570
Railroad only	460	391	543	524	533	523	529	494	471	533	536	479	463
Grade crossing only	106	83	157	139	113	152	153	166	149	113	108	^R91	107
Volunteer employees	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0
Grade crossing only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	645	454	599	586	591	653	611	567	551	602	577	530	512
Grade crossing only	772	582	698	608	579	626	615	579	488	461	431	402	425
Motor vehicles	N	521	614	535	506	554	542	508	415	419	369	345	361
Nonmotor vehicles	N	61	84	73	73	72	73	71	73	42	62	57	64
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

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

^a Prior to 1992, contractor employees were included with nontrespassers. They include 7 in 1980, 4 in 1985, 3 in 1990, and 3 in 1991.

^b Beginning in 1997, nontresspassers off railroad property are also included.

NOTES: "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).

1995-2000: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Aug. 9, 2001.