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Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and
Property Damage Data
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| Fatalities |
a1,440 |
917 |
833 |
582 |
698 |
608 |
579 |
626 |
615 |
579 |
488 |
461 |
431 |
402 |
425 |
421 |
357 |
(R)
334 |
368 |
| Injured
persons |
3,272 |
3,860 |
3,890 |
2,687 |
2,407 |
2,094 |
1,975 |
1,837 |
1,961 |
1,894 |
1,610 |
1,540 |
1,303 |
1,396 |
1,219 |
1,157 |
999 |
(R)
1,031 |
1,083 |
| Accidents |
a3,559 |
12,126 |
10,796 |
7,073 |
5,715 |
5,388 |
4,910 |
4,892 |
4,979 |
4,633 |
4,257 |
3,865 |
3,508 |
3,489 |
3,502 |
3,237 |
3,077 |
(R)
2,977 |
3,067 |
| Property damage, railroad vehicles and property ($
millions) |
N |
6.9 |
6.5 |
8.7 |
13.1 |
13.3 |
8.1 |
10.3 |
11.8 |
10.1 |
8.8 |
15.0 |
14.4 |
23.0 |
14.8 |
8.3 |
9.6 |
(R)
15.8 |
13.2 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a 1970
data are not comparable to later years due to change in reporting system.
SOURCES
Fatalities,
injuries, accidents:
1970: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory
Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
tables S and 11.
1970-2004: Ibid. Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Dec. 2,
2005.
Property damage:
1970: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.
1975-2004: Ibid. Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of Dec. 2,
2005.
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