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Table
2-39: Railroad System Safety and
Property Damage Data
(Excludes highway-rail grade-crossing accidents)
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Fatalities |
785 |
575 |
584 |
454 |
599 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
512 |
550 |
594 |
534 |
(R)
523 |
(R)
530 |
(R)
541 |
517 |
Injured
persons a |
17,934 |
50,138 |
58,696 |
31,617 |
22,736 |
12,546 |
10,948 |
10,227 |
10,156 |
10,304 |
10,424 |
9,828 |
10,104 |
(R)
8,217 |
(R)
8,084 |
(R)
8,423 |
(R)
7,389 |
7,575 |
Accidents
b |
8,095 |
8,041 |
8,205 |
3,275 |
2,879 |
2,459 |
2,443 |
2,397 |
2,575 |
2,768 |
2,983 |
3,023 |
2,738 |
(R)
3,017 |
(R)
3,380 |
(R)
3,260 |
(R)
2,957 |
2,593 |
Train-miles (millions) c,d |
839 |
755 |
718 |
571 |
609 |
670 |
671 |
677 |
683 |
712 |
723 |
712 |
729 |
744 |
770 |
790 |
(R) 809 |
792 |
Rate
per 100 million train-miles |
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Fatalities |
94 |
76 |
81 |
80 |
98 |
85 |
82 |
89 |
84 |
74 |
71 |
77 |
82 |
72 |
(R) 68 |
(R) 67 |
(R) 67 |
65 |
Injuries |
N |
6,641 |
8,179 |
5,538 |
3,735 |
1,873 |
1,632 |
1,511 |
1,487 |
1,446 |
1,442 |
1,381 |
1,387 |
(R) 1,105 |
(R) 1,050 |
(R) 1,066 |
(R) 913 |
957 |
Accidents |
965 |
1,065 |
1,143 |
574 |
473 |
367 |
364 |
354 |
377 |
389 |
413 |
425 |
376 |
(R) 406 |
(R) 439 |
(R) 412 |
(R) 365 |
328 |
Property damage (current $ millions) |
121.6 |
177.4 |
267.4 |
179.3 |
198.7 |
189.2 |
212.3 |
210.7 |
233.9 |
245.1 |
263.2 |
314.5 |
266.5 |
298.0 |
325.1 |
337.4 |
305.3 |
305.3 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a 1970 injuries are not
comparable to later years due to a change in reporting system.
b Train accidents only;
excludes highway-rail grade-crossing accidents.
c 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 2005, Group II rail accounted for 78 million train-miles, and other
rail for 29 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 2005, Class I
yard/switching train-miles totaled 67 million train-miles. Note that commuter rail safety data are
reported in the rail mode and the transit mode. Commuter rail train-miles are included in
Class I rail and Group II rail in this table.
d 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.
NOTE
This table includes information for both freight and passenger
railroad operations.
SOURCES
Fatalities,
injuries, accidents, and property damage:
1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: annual issues), tables 14 and 15.
1995-2000: Ibid., Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington,
DC: July 2001), tables 1-1 and 3-1.
2001-07: Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of May 15,
2008.
Train-miles:
1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: annual issues), form 406.
1995-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Forms/Default.asp as of Aug. 22,
2002.
2000-07: Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of May. 15,
2008.
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