Table 2-40,,,,,,,,,,,,, Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,,, Employee fatalities,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Accidents/incidents, total",40,35,34,47,31,34,33,37,27,31,,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,5,1,2,3,1,2,1,0,4,2,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),20,22,23,32,25,27,24,U,U,U,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Employees injured,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Accidents/incidents, total","20,970","19,626","17,755","15,363","13,080","10,777","9,199","8,295","8,398","8,622",,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,169,147,157,143,126,123,79,111,122,140,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),"3,282","3,003","2,274","1,832","1,703","1,500","1,303",U,U,U,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Employee hours (millions),N,530.7,517.0,519.7,518.6,510.3,504.6,R503.9,514.9,510.0,,, Fatality rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,N,0.07,0.07,0.09,0.06,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.05,0.06,,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,N,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.00,0.01,<0.01,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),N,0.04,0.04,0.06,0.05,0.05,0.05,U,U,U,,, Injury rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,N,37.0,34.3,29.6,25.2,21.1,18.2,16.5,16.3,16.9,,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,N,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),N,5.7,4.4,3.5,3.3,2.9,2.6,U,U,U,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Train-miles (millions)a,609,577,594,614,655,670,671,677,683,712,,, Fatality rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,0.07,0.06,0.06,0.08,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.04,0.04,,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.00,0.01,<0.01,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),0.03,0.04,0.04,0.05,0.04,0.04,0.04,U,U,U,,, Injury rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,34.4,34.0,29.9,25.0,20.0,16.1,13.7,12.3,12.3,12.1,,, Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.1,0.2,0.2,0.2,,, Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),5.4,5.2,3.8,3.0,2.6,2.2,1.9,U,U,U,,, "a 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 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 in the transit mode. Commuter rail train-miles are included in Class I rail and Group II rail in this table.,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, "b 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. ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are unavailable; R = revised,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, NOTE: This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, SOURCES: ,,,,,,,,, "1990-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,, "1997: Ibid. Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1997 (Washington, DC: September 1998), table 1-1, 1-3.",,,,,,,,, "1998-99: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Prelim/1999/r01.htm, r02.htm, and r03.htm, as of June 23, 2000.",,,,,,,,, "1999: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, personal communications, July 20, 2000.",,,,,,,,,