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Table 2-41: Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accident^a

	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	(R) 2009	(R) 2010	2011
Fatalities, total	29	8	10	19	6	67	12	14	25	18	4	9	10	6	15	4	13	33	6	9	27	4	8	6
Derailments	8	2	2	10	2	53	2	2	6	2	1	1	2	1	7	1	2	2	3	1	0	1	2	1
Collisions	20	6	8	5	1	14	8	7	16	10	1	7	1	4	4	0	8	6	0	4	26	0	1	4
Other	1	0	0	4	3	0	2	5	3	6	2	1	7	1	4	3	3	25	3	4	1	3	5	1
Injuries, total	665	476	451	326	171	308	262	294	281	185	129	129	275	310	1,884	232	347	790	222	(R) 312	(R) 321	121	105	199
Derailments^b	286	197	272	174	71	179	120	90	98	111	61	41	121	113	1,691	121	104	236	97	(R) 72	39	37	48	30
Collisions	341	223	139	103	59	87	118	151	146	55	32	62	89	145	151	56	160	101	85	188	108	37	30	61
Other	38	56	40	49	41	42	24	53	37	19	36	26	65	52	42	55	83	453	40	(R) 52	(R) 174	47	27	108
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	2,738	3,019	3,385	3,266	(R) 2,998	2,692	2,478	1,907	1,897	1,955
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	1,989	2,133	2,435	2,305	(R) 2,197	1,934	1,788	1,366	1,337	1,426
Collisions	1,201	366	315	261	207	205	240	235	205	202	168	205	238	220	192	198	237	274	201	210	191	136	131	152
Other	562	414	418	461	418	476	439	482	422	454	650	602	633	569	557	688	713	687	600	548	499	405	429	377

KEY: R = revised.

^aExcludes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.

^b In 2002, 1,441 injures were due to a single derailment in North Dakota involving hazardous materials.

NOTE

This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations. It is train accidents only.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Train Accidents by Type and Major Cause from Form FRA F 6180.54, table 3.09, Accident Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Apr. 24, 2012.

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Table 2-41: Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accidenta

Table 2-41: Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accident^a