Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety
| 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | (R) 2006 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalities | a1,440 | 917 | 833 | 582 | 698 | 608 | 579 | 626 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 | 421 | 357 | 334 | 372 | 358 | 369 | 339 |
| Injured persons | 3,272 | 3,860 | 3,890 | 2,687 | 2,407 | 2,094 | 1,975 | 1,837 | 1,961 | 1,894 | 1,610 | 1,540 | 1,303 | 1,396 | 1,219 | 1,157 | 999 | 1,035 | (R) 1,094 | (R) 1,046 | 1,054 | 1003 |
| Accidents | a3,559 | 12,126 | 10,796 | 7,073 | 5,715 | 5,388 | 4,910 | 4,892 | 4,979 | 4,633 | 4,257 | 3,865 | 3,508 | 3,489 | 3,502 | 3,237 | 3,077 | 2,977 | (R) 3,078 | (R) 3,056 | 2,934 | 2,741 |
KEY: R = revised
a 1970 data are not comparable to later years due to a change in the reporting system.
NOTE
The Federal Railroad Administration recommended we no longer report property damage statistics, as we had done in previous editions of NTS, due to inconsistencies in the reporting of data.
SOURCES
1970: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables S and 11.
1970-2006: Ibid. Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Apr. 15, 2008.