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Table 2-37: Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accidenta
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| Fatalities,
total |
29 |
8 |
10 |
19 |
6 |
67 |
12 |
14 |
25 |
18 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
15 |
4 |
| Derailments |
8 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
53 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
| Collisions |
20 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
16 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
| Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Injuries,
total |
665 |
476 |
451 |
326 |
171 |
308 |
262 |
294 |
281 |
185 |
129 |
129 |
275 |
310 |
(R) 1,884 |
224 |
| Derailments |
286 |
197 |
272 |
174 |
71 |
179 |
120 |
90 |
98 |
111 |
61 |
41 |
121 |
113 |
(R)
1,691 |
115 |
| Collisions |
341 |
223 |
139 |
103 |
59 |
87 |
118 |
151 |
146 |
55 |
32 |
62 |
89 |
145 |
(R) 151 |
56 |
| Other |
38 |
56 |
40 |
49 |
41 |
42 |
24 |
53 |
37 |
19 |
36 |
26 |
65 |
52 |
(R) 42 |
53 |
| Accidents,
total |
8,205 |
3,275 |
2,879 |
2,658 |
2,359 |
2,611 |
2,504 |
2,459 |
2,443 |
2,397 |
2,575 |
2,768 |
2,983 |
3,023 |
(R) 2,738 |
2,950 |
| Derailments |
6,442 |
2,495 |
2,146 |
1,936 |
1,734 |
1,930 |
1,825 |
1,742 |
1,816 |
1,741 |
1,757 |
1,961 |
2,112 |
2,234 |
(R)
1,989 |
2,089 |
| Collisions |
1,201 |
366 |
315 |
261 |
207 |
205 |
240 |
235 |
205 |
202 |
168 |
205 |
238 |
220 |
(R) 192 |
202 |
| Other |
562 |
414 |
418 |
461 |
418 |
476 |
439 |
482 |
422 |
454 |
650 |
602 |
633 |
569 |
(R) 557 |
659 |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.
a Excludes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.
NOTE
Train accidents only. This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.
SOURCES
1980-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 1-1, 1-3.
1997-98: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1998 (Washington, DC: September 1998), table 1-1, 1-3, 5-6.
1999-2003: Ibid., http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Query/Default.asp as of June 17, 2004.
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