"Table 2-37:  Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accidenta",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,(R) 2004,(R) 2005,(R) 2006,2007
"Fatalities, total",29,8,10,19,6,67,12,14,25,18,4,9,10,6,15,4,13,33,6,8
Derailments,8,2,2,10,2,53,2,2,6,2,1,1,2,1,7,1,2,2,3,4
Collisions,20,6,8,5,1,14,8,7,16,10,1,7,1,4,4,0,8,6,0,0
Other,1,0,0,4,3,0,2,5,3,6,2,1,7,1,4,3,3,25,3,4
"Injuries, total",665,476,451,326,171,308,262,294,281,185,129,129,275,310,"1,884",232,346,778,208,220
Derailmentsb,286,197,272,174,71,179,120,90,98,111,61,41,121,113,1691,121,160,233,84,66
Collisions,341,223,139,103,59,87,118,151,146,55,32,62,89,145,151,56,142,92,85,108
Other,38,56,40,49,41,42,24,53,37,19,36,26,65,52,42,55,44,453,39,46
"Accidents, total","8,205","3,275","2,879","2,658","2,359","2,611","2,504","2,459","2,443","2,397","2,575","2,768","2,983","3,023","2,738","(R) 3,016","3,380","3,259","2,951","2,580"
Derailments,"6,442","2,495","2,146","1,936","1,734","1,930","1,825","1,742","1,816","1,741","1,757","1,961","2,112","2,234","1,989","(R) 2,130","2,431","2,301","2,171","1,869"
Collisions,"1,201",366,315,261,207,205,240,235,205,202,168,205,238,220,192,198,237,251,198,200
Other,562,414,418,461,418,476,439,482,422,454,650,602,633,569,557,(R) 688,712,707,582,511
KEY:  R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a  Excludes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.,,,,,,,,,,,,
"b In 2002, 1441 injures were due to a single derailment in North Dakota involving hazardous materials.",,,,,,,,,,,,
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Train accidents only.  This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 1-1, 1-3.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"1995-2007: Ibid., http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ Table 3.09 as of Apr. 8, 2008.",,,,,,,,,,,,
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