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 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | (R) 2005 | (R) 2006 | (R) 2007 | 2008 | |
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Passengers on trains | 593 | 657 | 473 | 382 | 411 | 559 | 497 | 573 | 513 | 601 | 535 | 481 | 658 | 746 | 877 | (R) 727 | (R) 703 | 948 | 915 | 1,499 | 1,234 |
Railroad only | 569 | 646 | 462 | 360 | 329 | 515 | 413 | 543 | 489 | 558 | 516 | 438 | 648 | 726 | 851 | (R) 653 | (R) 675 | 915 | 820 | 1,429 | 1,148 |
Grade crossing | 24 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 82 | 44 | 84 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 74 | (R) 28 | 33 | 95 | 70 | 86 |
Employees on duty | 56,331 | 29,822 | 20,970 | 19,626 | 17,755 | 15,363 | 13,080 | 10,777 | 9,199 | 8,595 | 8,398 | 8,622 | 8,423 | 7,815 | 6,644 | (R) 6,258 | (R) 6,020 | 5,819 | 5,265 | 5,388 | 4,880 |
Railroad only | 56,186 | 29,667 | 20,801 | 19,479 | 17,598 | 15,220 | 12,955 | 10,654 | 9,120 | 8,484 | 8,276 | 8,482 | 8,323 | 7,718 | 6,534 | (R) 6,182 | (R) 5,904 | 5,709 | 5,169 | 5,284 | 4,810 |
Grade crossing | 145 | 155 | 169 | 147 | 157 | 143 | 125 | 123 | 79 | 111 | 122 | 140 | 100 | 97 | 110 | (R) 76 | 116 | 110 | 96 | 104 | 70 |
Employees not on duty | 671 | 419 | 326 | 362 | 310 | 348 | 306 | 252 | 228 | 263 | 219 | 216 | 286 | 209 | 213 | (R) 226 | 200 | 172 | 169 | 176 | 165 |
Railroad only | 669 | 418 | 324 | 362 | 309 | 347 | 305 | 248 | 226 | 260 | 216 | 215 | 283 | 208 | 213 | (R) 226 | 196 | 169 | 167 | 175 | 162 |
Grade crossing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Contractor employees | 74 | 110 | 242 | 219 | 226 | 262 | 252 | 269 | 208 | 334 | 380 | 384 | 368 | 383 | 375 | 372 | 360 | 415 | 408 | 443 | 332 |
Railroad only | 74 | 109 | 240 | 216 | 224 | 261 | 251 | 268 | 208 | 333 | 379 | 384 | 367 | 380 | 374 | 370 | 359 | 413 | 408 | 413 | 330 |
Grade crossing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
Nontrespassersa | 3,849 | 2,562 | 2,339 | 2,110 | 1,909 | 1,856 | 1,913 | 1,869 | 1,660 | 1,540 | 1,236 | 1,342 | 1,294 | 1,201 | 2,380 | (R) 1,058 | (R) 1,247 | 1476 | 1265 | 1348 | 1288 |
Railroad only | 384 | 285 | 349 | 423 | 408 | 432 | 475 | 372 | 431 | 370 | 243 | 335 | 381 | 388 | 1,732 | (R) 393 | (R) 553 | 839 | 614 | 779 | 765 |
Grade crossing | 3,465 | 2,277 | 1,990 | 1,687 | 1,501 | 1,424 | 1,438 | 1,497 | 1,229 | 1,170 | 993 | 1,007 | 913 | 813 | 648 | 665 | 694 | 637 | 651 | 569 | 523 |
Trespassers | 728 | 734 | 793 | 769 | 772 | 733 | 764 | 700 | 750 | 728 | 677 | 650 | 606 | 627 | 609 | 616 | (R) 657 | 683 | 704 | 685 | 688 |
Railroad only | 474 | 492 | 560 | 534 | 540 | 509 | 452 | 461 | 474 | 516 | 513 | 445 | 414 | 404 | 395 | 398 | (R) 405 | 419 | 479 | 406 | 429 |
Grade crossing | 254 | 242 | 233 | 235 | 232 | 224 | 312 | 239 | 276 | 212 | 164 | 205 | 192 | 223 | 214 | 218 | 252 | 264 | 225 | 279 | 259 |
Volunteer employees | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Railroad only | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Grade crossing | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Railroad only and grade crossing, total | 62,246 | 34,304 | 25,143 | 23,468 | 21,383 | 19,121 | 16,812 | 14,440 | 12,558 | 12,067 | 11,459 | 11,700 | 11,643 | 10,985 | 11,103 | (R) 9,264 | (R) 9,192 | 9,514 | 8,733 | 9,547 | 8,590 |
Railroad only | 58,356 | 31,617 | 22,736 | 21,374 | 19,408 | 17,284 | 14,851 | 12,546 | 10,948 | 10,527 | 10,156 | 10,304 | 10,424 | 9,828 | 10,104 | (R) 8,229 | (R) 8,097 | 8,465 | 7,664 | 8,494 | 7,647 |
Grade crossing | 3,890 | 2,687 | 2,407 | 2,094 | 1,975 | 1,837 | 1,961 | 1,894 | 1,610 | 1,540 | 1,302 | 1,396 | 1,219 | 1,157 | 999 | (R) 1,035 | (R) 1,095 | 1,049 | 1,069 | 1,053 | 943 |
Motor vehiclesb | 3,739 | 2,561 | 2,332 | 2,029 | 1,891 | 1,760 | 1,885 | 1,825 | 1,545 | 1,494 | 1,257 | 1,338 | 1,169 | 1,110 | 939 | 1,000 | (R) 1,059 | 1,006 | 1,037 | 1,016 | 887 |
Non-motorvehiclesb | 151 | 126 | 75 | 65 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 65 | 46 | 46 | 58 | 50 | 47 | 60 | 35 | 36 | 45 | 34 | 41 | 59 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a Beginning in 1997, nontrespassers off railroad property are also included.
b The breakout of grade crossing injures was collected at a different point in time than the total grade crossing injuries and may not sum to the total of grade crossing injures.
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).
1995-2008: Ibid., personal communication as of Apr. 10, 2008 and Tables 4.08 and 5.11 available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Sept. 16, 2009.