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Table 2-38: Railroad Passenger Safety Data
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| Passenger
fatalitiesa |
3 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
| Injured
persons |
473 |
382 |
411 |
559 |
497 |
573 |
513 |
601 |
535 |
481 |
658 |
746 |
877 |
(R)
726 |
679 |
(R)
935 |
761 |
938 |
| Train-miles,
passenger trains (millions) |
72 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
82 |
84 |
88 |
90 |
89 |
89 |
90 |
92 |
95 |
| Fatalities
per 100 million passenger train-miles |
4 |
11 |
4 |
77 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
2 |
4 |
| Injuries
per 100 million passenger train-miles |
(R) 657 |
(R) 516 |
(R) 555 |
(R) 745 |
(R) 663 |
(R) 754 |
(R) 666 |
770 |
683 |
584 |
781 |
850 |
979 |
(R) 812 |
760 |
(R) 1,040 |
828 |
990 |
KEY: R = revised.
a In 1993 a barge struck a
rail bridge in Alabama causing an Amtrak train to derail into the waterway
below leading to 42 passenger deaths.
NOTE
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.
SOURCES
Fatalities and injuries:
1990-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report 2001 (Washington,
DC: August 2002), table 1-2.
2002-07: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1-2.
Train-miles, passenger trains:
1990-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics calculations (sum of all commuter rail train-miles
reported to USDOT, Federal Transit Administration, plus Amtrak train-miles).
1997-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report 2001 (Washington,
DC: August 2002), table 2-4.
2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington,
DC: March 2004), table 2-4.
2003-04: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report 2003 (Washington,
DC: October 2005), table 2-4.
2005-07: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2-4.
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