RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING FATALITIES

Rail and Highway-Rail Fatalities (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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In most years, the overwhelming majority of people killed in train accidents are outside the train. Many are occupants of highway vehicles, pedestrians, or bystanders at highway-rail grade crossings. Railroad workers and others on railroad property (including trespassers) account for most other rail-related fatalities.

Railroad	Feb-01	Feb-02
Rail fatalities	40	64
Rail fatalities percent change from same month previous year	66.67	60.00
Highway-rail fatalities	35	28
Highway-rail fatalities percent change from same month previous year	52.17	-20.00

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety, available at: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety