Table 2-35: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class
Table 2-35: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers on trains | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
Railroad only | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Grade crossing only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Employees on duty | 97 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 47 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 22 |
Railroad only | 97 | 44 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 21 |
Grade crossing only | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Employees not on duty | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Railroad only | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Grade crossing only | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contractor employees | a7 | a4 | a3 | a3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
Railroad only | a7 | a4 | a3 | a3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
Grade crossing only | a0 | a0 | a0 | a0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nontrespassersb | R,a739 | R,a507 | R,a551 | R,a484 | 475 | 489 | 505 | 443 | 365 | 363 | 326 | 305 | 335 | 269 |
Railroad only | R,a16 | R,a10 | R,a15 | R,a16 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 11 |
Grade crossing only | R,a723 | a497 | a536 | a468 | 463 | 471 | 461 | 411 | 338 | 348 | 317 | 297 | 316 | 258 |
Trespassers | 566 | 474 | 700 | 663 | 646 | 675 | 682 | 660 | 620 | 646 | 644 | 570 | 570 | 669 |
Railroad only | R457 | 391 | 543 | 524 | 533 | 523 | 529 | 494 | 471 | 533 | 536 | 479 | 463 | 509 |
Grade crossing only | R109 | 83 | 157 | 139 | 113 | 152 | 153 | 166 | 149 | 113 | 108 | 91 | 107 | 160 |
Volunteer employees | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Railroad only | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grade crossing only | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Railroad and grade crossing only, total | 1,417 | 1,036 | 1,297 | 1,194 | 1,170 | 1,279 | 1,226 | 1,146 | 1,039 | 1,063 | 1,008 | 932 | 937 | 967 |
Railroad only | R584 | 454 | 599 | 586 | 591 | 653 | 611 | 567 | 551 | 602 | 577 | 530 | 512 | 548 |
Grade crossing only | R833 | 582 | 698 | 608 | 579 | 626 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 | 419 |
Motor vehicles | R748 | 521 | 614 | 535 | 506 | 554 | 542 | 508 | 415 | 419 | 369 | 345 | 361 | 343 |
Nonmotor vehicles | R85 | 61 | 84 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 42 | 62 | 57 | 64 | 76 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a The NTS 2001 report grouped contractor employees and nontrespassers together for 1980-92. A breakdown of this data is now available and was used to separate the two categories.
b Beginning in 1997, nontrespassers off railroad property are also included.
NOTE
"Railroad only" includes fatalities from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents (excludes highway-rail grade crossings). This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations.
SOURCES
1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual issues).
1995-2001: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Query/Default.asp as of July 25, 2002.