Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class
Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers on trains | 593 | 657 | 473 | 382 | 411 | 559 | 497 | 573 | 513 | 601 | 535 | 481 | 658 | 715 |
Railroad only | 569 | 646 | 462 | 360 | 329 | 515 | 413 | 543 | 489 | 558 | 516 | 438 | 648 | 689 |
Grade crossing only | 24 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 82 | 44 | 84 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 19 |
Employees on duty | 56,331 | 29,822 | 20,970 | 19,626 | 17,755 | 15,363 | 13,080 | 10,777 | 9,199 | 8,295 | 8,398 | 8,622 | 8,423 | 7,769 |
Railroad only | R56,186 | 29,667 | 20,801 | 19,479 | 17,598 | 15,220 | 12,955 | 10,654 | 9,120 | 8,184 | 8,276 | 8,482 | 8,323 | 7,674 |
Grade crossing only | R145 | 155 | 169 | 147 | 157 | 143 | 125 | 123 | 79 | 111 | 122 | 140 | 100 | 95 |
Employees not on duty | 671 | 419 | 326 | 362 | 310 | 348 | 306 | 252 | 228 | 263 | 219 | 216 | 286 | 206 |
Railroad only | R669 | 418 | 324 | 362 | 309 | 347 | 305 | 248 | 226 | 260 | 216 | 215 | 283 | 205 |
Grade crossing only | R2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Contractor employees | a74 | a110 | a242 | a219 | 226 | 262 | 252 | 269 | 208 | 334 | 380 | 384 | 368 | 383 |
Railroad only | a74 | a109 | a240 | a216 | 224 | 261 | 251 | 268 | 208 | 333 | 379 | 384 | 367 | 380 |
Grade crossing only | a0 | a1 | a2 | a3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Nontrespassersb | R,a3,849 | R,a2,562 | R,a2,339 | R,a2,110 | 1,909 | 1,856 | 1,913 | 1,869 | 1,660 | 1,540 | 1,236 | 1,342 | 1,294 | 1,189 |
Railroad only | R,a384 | R,a285 | R,a349 | R,a423 | 408 | 432 | 475 | 372 | 431 | 370 | 243 | 335 | 381 | 374 |
Grade crossing only | R,a3,465 | R,a2,277 | R,a1,990 | R,a1,687 | 1,501 | 1,424 | 1,438 | 1,497 | 1,229 | 1,170 | 993 | 1,007 | 913 | 815 |
Trespassers | 728 | 734 | 793 | 769 | 772 | 733 | 764 | 700 | 750 | 728 | 677 | 650 | 606 | 627 |
Railroad only | R474 | 492 | 560 | 534 | 540 | 509 | 452 | 461 | 474 | 516 | 513 | 445 | 414 | 405 |
Grade crossing only | R254 | 242 | 233 | 235 | 232 | 224 | 312 | 239 | 276 | 212 | 164 | 205 | 192 | 222 |
Volunteer employees | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Railroad only | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Grade crossing only | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Railroad and grade crossing only, total | 62,246 | 34,304 | 25,143 | 23,468 | 21,383 | 19,121 | 16,812 | 14,440 | 12,558 | 11,767 | 11,459 | 11,700 | 11,643 | 10,893 |
Railroad only | R58,356 | 31,617 | 22,736 | 21,374 | 19,408 | 17,284 | 14,851 | 12,546 | 10,948 | 10,227 | 10,156 | 10,304 | 10,424 | 9,731 |
Grade crossing only | R3,890 | 2,687 | 2,407 | 2,094 | 1,975 | 1,837 | 1,961 | 1,894 | 1,610 | 1,540 | 1,303 | 1,396 | 1,219 | 1,155 |
Motor vehicles | R3,739 | 2,561 | 2,332 | 2,029 | 1,891 | 1,760 | 1,885 | 1,825 | 1,545 | 1,494 | 1,257 | 1,338 | 1,169 | 1,108 |
Nonmotor vehicles | R151 | 126 | 75 | 65 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 65 | 46 | 46 | 58 | 50 | 47 |
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.
NOTES
"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 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.