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Table 2-36: Transit and Grade-Crossing Injuries by Rail Transit Mode

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	(R) 2009	(R) 2010	(P) 2011
All transit rail, total	14,931	14,650	15,760	13,812	12,697	13,969	13,655	6,846	6,294	6,735	6,104	6,806	7,494	9,682	9,887	9,625	9,873
Transit only	14,736	14,466	15,634	13,754	12,538	13,846	13,581	6,738	6,177	6,582	5,910	6,598	7,281	9,503	9,654	9,341	9,626
Grade crossing	195	184	126	58	159	123	74	108	117	153	194	208	213	179	233	284	247
Light rail, total	1,319	1,604	1,087	1,076	1,271	1,338	1,201	557	539	633	618	659	838	950	918	730	870
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	1,227	1,147	481	471	519	458	505	669	782	710	479	667
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	111	54	76	68	114	160	154	169	168	208	251	203
Heavy rail, total	11,238	11,093	12,285	11,059	9,665	10,848	10,641	4,806	4,158	4,738	3,814	4,721	4,789	7,011	7,161	6,990	7,042
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	10,847	10,634	4,801	4,158	4,738	3,813	4,721	4,773	7,008	7,160	6,988	7,041
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	1	7	5	0	0	1	0	16	3	1	2	1
Commuter rail, total	2,374	1,953	2,388	1,677	1,761	1,783	1,813	1,483	1,597	1,364	1,672	1,426	1,867	1,700	1,808	1,905	1,961
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	1,772	1,800	1,456	1,548	1,325	1,639	1,372	1,839	1,694	1,784	1,874	1,918
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	11	13	27	49	39	33	54	28	6	24	31	43

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

NOTES

Light rail and Heavy rail Grade crossings are regulated by the Federal Transit Administration. The Federal Transit Administration defines two types of Grade crossings: (1) At grade, mixed, and cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which other traffic moving in the same direction or other cross directions may pass. This includes city street right-of-way; (2) At grade with cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which no other traffic may pass, except to cross at grade-level crossings. This can include median strip rights-of-way with grade level crossings at intersecting streets.

Commuter rail Grade crossings are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Federal Railroad Administration defines a Grade crossing as a location where a public highway, road, street, or private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks at grade.

The drop in the number of Injuries beginning from 2002 is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit Administration. The Injury threshold for filing an incident report changed to be two or more Injuries requiring immediate medical transportation away from the scene, or one or more Injuries requiring immediate medical transportation away from the scene in the case of incidents at grade crossings or along rail right-of-ways in 2002. Previously, any Injury was reportable. Further, there were National Transportation Database definition changes made in 2008 to simplify the Injury thresholds for filing an incident report. FTA simplified this threshold to being simply one or more Injuries requiring immediate medical transportation away from the scene. This simplification resulted in larger reported number in Injuries since 2008.

All transit rail, total includes data for other transit rail modes which are not presented in this table (such as monorail), thus details may not add to totals.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Annual Report, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/ as of Apr. 5, 2006, and personal communications on June 8, 2005, Apr. 5, 2006, June 14, 2007, June 18, 2008, Aug. 20, 2010, Apr. 20, 2011, May 22, 2012, and Jun. 22, 2012.

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