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Table
2-35: Railroad and Grade-Crossing
Fatalities by Victim Class
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Passengers
on trains |
4 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
Railroad
only |
4 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
Grade
crossing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Employees
on duty |
97 |
46 |
40 |
35 |
34 |
47 |
31 |
34 |
33 |
37 |
27 |
31 |
24 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
25 |
25 |
16 |
17 |
Railroad
only |
97 |
44 |
35 |
34 |
32 |
44 |
30 |
32 |
32 |
37 |
23 |
29 |
22 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
23 |
23 |
12 |
16 |
Grade
crossing |
0 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Employees
not on duty |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Railroad
only |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Grade
crossing |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Contractor
employees |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
Railroad
only |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
Grade
crossing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Nontrespassersa |
739 |
507 |
551 |
484 |
475 |
489 |
505 |
443 |
365 |
363 |
326 |
305 |
335 |
269 |
267 |
205 |
242 |
(R)
249 |
(R)
237 |
200 |
Railroad
only |
16 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
18 |
44 |
32 |
27 |
15 |
9 |
8 |
19 |
11 |
18 |
8 |
18 |
(R) 23 |
2 |
15 |
Grade
crossing |
723 |
497 |
536 |
468 |
463 |
471 |
461 |
411 |
338 |
348 |
317 |
297 |
316 |
258 |
249 |
197 |
224 |
(R) 226 |
(R) 235 |
185 |
Trespassers |
566 |
474 |
700 |
663 |
646 |
675 |
682 |
660 |
620 |
646 |
644 |
570 |
570 |
673 |
646 |
635 |
621 |
(R)
593 |
(R)
648 |
630 |
Railroad
only |
457 |
391 |
543 |
524 |
533 |
523 |
529 |
494 |
471 |
533 |
536 |
479 |
463 |
511 |
540 |
501 |
475 |
(R) 463 |
(R) 518 |
477 |
Grade
crossing |
109 |
83 |
157 |
139 |
113 |
152 |
153 |
166 |
149 |
113 |
108 |
91 |
107 |
162 |
106 |
134 |
146 |
(R) 130 |
(R) 130 |
153 |
Volunteer
employees |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Railroad
only |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Grade
crossing |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Railroad only and grade crossing, total |
1,417 |
1,036 |
1,297 |
1,194 |
1,170 |
1,279 |
1,226 |
1,146 |
1,039 |
1,063 |
1,008 |
932 |
937 |
971 |
951 |
868 |
895 |
(R) 888 |
(R) 910 |
856 |
Railroad
only |
584 |
454 |
599 |
586 |
591 |
653 |
611 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
512 |
550 |
594 |
534 |
523 |
(R) 530 |
(R) 541 |
517 |
Grade
crossing |
833 |
582 |
698 |
608 |
579 |
626 |
615 |
579 |
488 |
461 |
431 |
402 |
425 |
421 |
357 |
334 |
372 |
358 |
(R) 369 |
339 |
Motor
vehicles |
748 |
521 |
614 |
535 |
506 |
554 |
542 |
508 |
415 |
419 |
369 |
345 |
361 |
345 |
310 |
281 |
290 |
(R) 283 |
304 |
263 |
Nonmotor
vehicles |
85 |
61 |
84 |
73 |
73 |
72 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
42 |
62 |
57 |
64 |
76 |
47 |
53 |
82 |
(R) 75 |
(R) 65 |
76 |
KEY: N = data do not
exist; R = revised.
a Beginning in 1997, nontrespassers off railroad property are
also included.
NOTE
"Railroad only" includes fatalities from train
accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents (excludes highway-rail
grade crossings). This table includes
information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.
SOURCES
1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory
Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual issues).
1995-2007: Ibid. Table 4.08 and personal communication, Internet
site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of May 14, 2008.
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