Table 2-40: Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees,,,,,,,,,, ,1990 ,1995 ,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 ,2001 ,2002,2003 "Employee fatalities, total",40,34,33,37,27,31,24,22,20, 19 Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,5,2,1,0,4,2,2,1,1, 1 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),35,32,32,37,23,29,22,21,19, 18 "Employee injuries, total","20,970","10,777","9,199","8,295","8,398","8,622","8,423","7,815","(R) 6,644"," 6,073 " Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,169,123,79,111,122,140,100,97,110, 76 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),"20,801","10,654","9,120","8,184","8,276","8,482","8,323","7,718","(R) 6,534"," 5,997 " Employee hours (millions),553.6,510.3,504.6,503.9,514.9,510.0,490.9,475.1,(R) 454.1,450.0 Fatality rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,, All accidents / incidents,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.05,0.06,0.05,0.05,0.04, 0.04 Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01, <0.01 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),0.06,0.06,0.06,0.07,0.04,0.06,0.04,0.04,0.04, 0.04 Injury rates per million employee hours,,,,,,,,,, All accidents / incidents,37.9,21.1,18.2,16.5,16.3,16.9,17.2,16.4,(R) 14.6,13.5 Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),37.6,20.9,18.1,16.2,16.1,16.6,17.0,16.2,(R) 14.4,13.3 "Train-miles (millions)a,b",609,670,671,677,683,712,723,712,729,744 Fatality rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,, All accidents / incidents,0.07,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.04,0.04,0.03,0.03,0.03, 0.03 Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01,<0.01, <0.01 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),0.06,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.03,0.04,0.03,0.03,0.03, 0.02 Injury rates per million train-miles,,,,,,,,,, All accidents/incidents,34.4,16.1,13.7,12.3,12.3,12.1,11.7,11.0,(R) 9.1,8.2 Grade-crossing accidents and incidents,0.3,0.2,0.1,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.1 Train accidents and incidents only (grade-crossing excluded),34.2,15.9,13.6,12.1,12.1,11.9,11.5,10.8,(R) 9.0,8.1 KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, "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 2003, Group II rail accounted for 82 million train-miles, and other rail for 31 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 2003, Class I yard/switching train miles totaled 62 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. ",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, NOTE,,,,,,,,,, This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, SOURCES,,,,,,,, "1990-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: annual issues).",,,,,,,, "1996-99: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: annual issues), tables 1-3, 2-4, and 3-1.",,,,,,,, "2000-04: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Mar. 4, 2005.",,,,,,,,