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Table 2-39: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class

	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Passengers on trains	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	4	14	4	3	7	3	3	16	2	5	24	3	3
Railroad only	4	3	3	8	3	58	5	0	12	6	2	3	4	3	7	2	3	16	2	5	24	3	3
Grade crossing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Employees on duty	97	46	40	35	34	47	31	34	33	37	27	31	24	22	20	19	25	25	16	17	(R) 26	16	20
Railroad only	97	44	35	34	32	44	30	32	32	37	23	29	22	21	19	18	23	23	12	16	(R) 23	16	20
Grade crossing	0	2	5	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	1	3	0	0
Employees not on duty	4	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	3	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grade crossing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contractor employees	7	4	3	3	11	6	3	7	9	11	5	12	3	4	10	5	4	5	7	5	5	4	3
Railroad only	7	4	3	3	10	6	3	7	9	11	5	11	3	4	9	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	3
Grade crossing	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nontrespassers^a	739	507	551	484	475	489	505	443	365	363	326	305	335	269	267	205	242	250	237	(R) 200	(R) 159	(R) 123	137
Railroad only	16	10	15	16	12	18	44	32	27	15	9	8	19	11	18	8	18	23	2	16	5	(R) 8	8
Grade crossing	723	497	536	468	463	471	461	411	338	348	317	297	316	258	249	197	224	227	235	(R) 184	(R) 154	(R) 115	129
Trespassers	566	474	700	663	646	675	682	660	620	646	644	570	570	673	646	635	621	588	641	(R) 624	(R) 590	(R) 549	577
Railroad only	457	391	543	524	533	523	529	494	471	533	536	479	463	511	540	501	475	458	511	470	(R) 457	(R) 417	445
Grade crossing	109	83	157	139	113	152	153	166	149	113	108	91	107	162	106	134	146	130	130	(R) 154	(R) 133	(R) 132	132
Volunteer employees	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Railroad only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Railroad only and grade crossing, total	1,417	1,036	1,297	1,194	1,170	1,279	1,226	1,146	1,039	1,063	1,008	932	937	971	951	868	895	884	903	(R) 851	(R) 804	(R) 695	740
Railroad only	584	454	599	586	591	653	611	567	551	602	577	530	512	550	594	534	523	525	534	512	(R) 514	(R) 448	479
Grade crossing^b	833	582	698	608	579	626	615	579	488	461	431	402	425	421	357	334	372	359	369	(R) 339	(R) 290	247	261
Motor vehicles^b	748	521	614	535	506	554	542	508	415	419	369	345	361	345	310	281	290	284	305	(R) 265	(R) 221	(R) 180	169
Nonmotor vehicles^b	85	61	84	73	73	72	72	72	72	42	62	57	64	76	47	53	82	75	64	74	69	(R) 67	93

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

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

^b The components of Grade crossing data were revised at a different point in time from the total Grade crossing data and may not sum to the total of Grade crossing data.

NOTES

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. Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

All, except grade crossing total, motor vehicles, nonmotor vehicles:

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual Issues).

1995-2004: Ibid., personal communication, May 14, 2008, and table 4.08, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of Sept. 16, 2009.

2005: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of June 9, 2011.

2006-10: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: May 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of June 9, 2011.

Grade crossing total, motor vehicles, nonmotor vehicles:

1995-2004: Ibid., personal communication, May 14, 2008, and table 4.08, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of Sept. 16, 2009.

2005-10: Ibid., Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57, table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of June 9, 2011.