Rail Accidents and Incidents and Highway-Rail Incidents (monthly data)
Rail accidents and incidents include any collision between railroad on-track equipment and
other vehicles or pedestrians at grade crossings; any event involving operation of railroad
on-track equipment that results in damages to railroad property; and any event arising from
railroad operations that results in death or injury, or, in the case of railroad employees,
an occupational illness.
Railroad
Mar-00
Mar-01
Rail accidents and incidents
1340
1278
Rail accidents and incidents percent change from same month previous year
-3.32
-4.63
Highway-Rail Incidents
265
284
Highway-Rail Incidents percent change from same month previous year
-8.62
7.17
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in
the previous year to account for seasonality.
Accidents and incidents differ by the extent, in dollars, of the property damage
resulting from the event.
