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Table 2-38: Railroad Passenger Safety Data
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| Passenger fatalitiesa |
3 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
2 |
5 |
24 |
| Injured persons |
473 |
382 |
411 |
559 |
497 |
573 |
513 |
601 |
535 |
481 |
658 |
746 |
877 |
(R) 727 |
(R) 703 |
(R) 949 |
(R) 917 |
(R) 1,500 |
1,239 |
| Train-miles, passenger
trains (millions) |
72 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
82 |
84 |
88 |
90 |
89 |
89 |
90 |
92 |
95 |
98 |
| Fatalities per 100
million passenger train-miles |
4 |
11 |
4 |
77 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
2 |
5 |
25 |
| Injuries per 100
million passenger train-miles |
657 |
516 |
555 |
745 |
663 |
754 |
666 |
770 |
683 |
584 |
781 |
850 |
979 |
(R) 813 |
(R) 787 |
(R) 1,056 |
(R) 997 |
(R) 1,573 |
1,266 |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.
a In 1993 a barge struck a
rail bridge in Alabama causing an Amtrak train to derail into the waterway
below leading to 42 passenger deaths.
NOTES
A
train-mile is the movement of a train (which can consist of many cars) the
distance of 1 mile. A train-mile
differs from a vehicle-mile, which is the movement of 1 car (vehicle) the
distance of 1 mile. A 10-car (vehicle)
train traveling 1 mile would be measured as 1 train-mile and 10
vehicle-miles. Caution should be used
when comparing train-miles to vehicle miles.
Passenger
fatalities and injured persons include passengers on trains only.
SOURCES
Fatalities and injuries:
1990 - 96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1-2,
available at
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as
of August 13, 2009.
1997 - 2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics 2008 Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: July 2009 Issue), table
1-2, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as of
October 28, 2009.
Train-miles, passenger trains:
1990-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics calculations (sum of all commuter rail train-miles
reported to USDOT, Federal Transit Administration, plus Amtrak train-miles).
1997-2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics Annual Report (Washington, DC:
Annual Issues), table 2-4, available at
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as
of August 13, 2009.
2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety, Railroad Safety
Statistics 2008 preliminary Annual Report (Washington,
DC: July 2009 Issue), table 2-4, available at
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as of
October 28, 2009.
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