Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety
| 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | (R) 2007 | (R) 2008 | (R) 2009 | (R) 2010 | (R) 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalitiesa | 1,440 | 917 | 833 | 582 | 698 | 608 | 579 | 626 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 | 421 | 357 | 334 | 371 | 359 | 369 | 339 | 290 | 249 | 257 | 251 |
| 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 | 1,035 | 1,094 | 1,053 | 1,070 | 1,059 | 989 | 741 | 853 | 977 |
| Accidentsa | 3,559 | 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 | 2,977 | 3,085 | 3,066 | (R) 2,942 | 2,778 | 2,429 | 1,931 | 2,017 | 1,963 |
KEY: R = revised.
a 1970 data are not comparable to later years due to a change in the reporting system.
NOTE
The Federal Railroad Administration recommended not to report property damage statistics, which had been done in previous editions of NTS, due to inconsistencies in the reporting of data.
SOURCES
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 Issue), tables S and 11.
1975-1998: FRA Accident/Incident Database, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of June 28, 2010.
1999-2011: Ibid., Office of Safety Analysis, 2010 Preliminary Railroad Safety Statistics (Washington, DC: April 2012), table 1-1, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Apr. 20, 2012.