BTS | Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

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Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Passengers on trains	593	657	473	382	411	559	497	573	513	601	535	481	658
Railroad only	569	646	462	360	329	515	413	543	489	558	516	438	648
Grade crossing only	24	11	11	22	82	44	84	30	24	43	19	43	10
Employees on duty	56,331	29,822	20,970	19,626	17,755	15,363	13,080	10,777	9,199	8,295	8,398	8,622	8,423
Railroad only	56,201	29,667	20,801	19,479	17,598	15,220	12,955	10,654	9,120	8,184	8,276	8,482	8,323
Grade crossing only	130	155	169	147	157	143	125	123	79	111	122	140	100
Employees not on duty	671	419	326	362	310	348	306	252	228	263	219	216	286
Railroad only	671	418	324	362	309	347	305	248	226	260	216	215	283
Grade crossing only	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	2	3	3	1	3
Contractor employees	^b	^b	^b	^a	226	262	252	269	208	334	380	384	368
Railroad only	^b	^b	^b	^a	224	261	251	268	208	333	379	384	367
Grade crossing only	^b	^b	^b	^a	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Nontrespassers^a	3,923	2,672	2,581	2,329	1,909	1,856	1,913	1,869	1,660	1,540	1,236	1,342	1,294
Railroad only	775	394	589	639	408	432	475	372	431	370	243	335	381
Grade crossing only	3,148	2,278	1,992	1,690	1,501	1,424	1,438	1,497	1,229	1,170	993	1,007	913
Trespassers	728	734	793	769	772	733	764	700	750	728	677	650	606
Railroad only	480	492	560	534	540	509	452	461	474	516	513	445	414
Grade crossing only	248	242	233	235	232	224	312	239	276	212	164	205	192
Volunteer employees	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	6	14	5	8
Railroad only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	6	13	5	8
Grade crossing only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	1	0	0
Railroad only	58,696	31,617	22,736	21,374	19,408	17,284	14,851	12,546	10,948	10,227	10,156	^R10,304	10,424
Grade crossing only	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
Motor vehicles	N	2,561	2,332	2,029	1,891	1,760	1,885	1,825	1,545	1,494	1,257	1,338	1,169
Nonmotor vehicles	N	126	75	65	84	77	76	69	65	46	46	58	50
Total	62,246	34,304	25,143	23,468	21,383	19,121	16,812	14,440	12,558	11,767	11,459	^R11,700	11,643

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

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

^b Prior to 1992, contractor employees were included with nontrespassers: they include 74 in 1980, 110 in 1985, 242 in1990, and 219 in 1991.

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 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.