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Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 (P) 2003
Passengers on trains 593 657 473 382 411 559 497 573 513 601 535 481 658 746 (R) 877 639
Railroad only 569 646 462 360 329 515 413 543 489 558 516 438 648 726 (R) 851 580
Grade crossing only 24 11 11 22 82 44 84 30 24 43 19 43 10 20 26 59
Employees on duty 56,331 29,822 20,970 19,626 17,755 15,363 13,080 10,777 9,199 8,295 8,398 8,622 8,423 7,815 (R) 6,644 6,024
Railroad only 56,186 29,667 20,801 19,479 17,598 15,220 12,955 10,654 9,120 8,184 8,276 8,482 8,323 7,718 (R) 6,534 5,950
Grade crossing only 145 155 169 147 157 143 125 123 79 111 122 140 100 97 110 74
Employees not on duty 671 419 326 362 310 348 306 252 228 263 219 216 286 209 (R) 213 231
Railroad only 669 418 324 362 309 347 305 248 226 260 216 215 283 208 (R) 213 231
Grade crossing only 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 0 0
Contractor employees 74 110 242 219 226 262 252 269 208 334 380 384 368 383 (R) 375 363
Railroad only 74 109 240 216 224 261 251 268 208 333 379 384 367 380 (R) 374 361
Grade crossing only 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
Nontrespassersa 3,849 2,562 2,339 2,110 1,909 1,856 1,913 1,869 1,660 1,540 1,236 1,342 1,294 1,201 (R) 2,380 989
Railroad only 384 285 349 423 408 432 475 372 431 370 243 335 381 388 (R) 1,732 353
Grade crossing only 3,465 2,277 1,990 1,687 1,501 1,424 1,438 1,497 1,229 1,170 993 1,007 913 813 (R) 648 636
Trespassers 728 734 793 769 772 733 764 700 750 728 677 650 606 627 (R) 609 621
Railroad only 474 492 560 534 540 509 452 461 474 516 513 445 414 404 (R) 395 395
Grade crossing only 254 242 233 235 232 224 312 239 276 212 164 205 192 223 (R) 214 226
Volunteer employees N N N N N N N N N 6 14 5 8 4 5 5
Railroad only N N N N N N N N N 6 13 5 8 4 5 5
Grade crossing only N N N N N N N N N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Railroad and grade crossing only, total 62,246 34,304 25,143 23,468 21,383 19,121 16,812 14,440 12,558 11,767 11,459 11,700 11,643 10,985 (R) 11,103 8,872
Railroad only 58,356 31,617 22,736 21,374 19,408 17,284 14,851 12,546 10,948 10,227 10,156 10,304 10,424 9,828 (R) 10,104 7,875
Grade crossing only 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 (R) 999 b997
Motor vehicles 3,739 2,561 2,332 2,029 1,891 1,760 1,885 1,825 1,545 1,494 1,257 1,338 1,169 1,110 (R) 939 951
Nonmotor vehicles 151 126 75 65 84 77 76 69 65 46 46 58 50 47 60 47

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.

a Beginning in 1997, nontrespassers off railroad property are also included.

b This total does not add to the sum of its parts because of a discrepancy with the number of injuries resulting from one grade crossing incident. The Federal Railroad Administration is attempting to resolve this problem with the reporting railroad and will revise the data accordingly.

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 Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

1995-2003: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of June 17, 2004.
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