Table 2-5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and Property Damage Data,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999
Fatalities,"a1,440",917,833,582,698,608,579,626,615,579,488,461,431,402
Injured persons,"3,272","3,860","3,550","2,687","2,407","2,094","1,975","1,837","1,961","1,894","1,610","1,540","1,303","1,396"
Accidents,"a3,559","12,076","10,612","6,919","5,713","5,386","4,910","4,892","4,979","4,633","4,257","3,865","R3,508","3,489"
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Railroad vehicles and property,N,N,6.5,8.7,13.1,13.3,8.1,10.3,11.8,10.1,8.8,15.0,14.4,23.0
a  1970 data are not comparable to later years due to change in reporting system.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Fatalities, injuries, accidents: ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-91: 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 issues), tables S and 11.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1992-96: Ibid., Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables S, 1, and 11.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1997: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1997 (Washington, DC: September 1998).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1998: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety, as of May 4, 1999, and May 17,2000",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Property damage: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-96:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1996-98: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov, as of Aug. 17, 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1999: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/objects/bull99.pdf, as of Nov. 28, 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,









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