Table 2-36: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	(R) 2007	(R) 2008	2009
Passengers on trains	593	657	473	382	411	559	497	573	513	601	535	481	658	746	877	727	703	(R) 958	(R) 935	1,508	1,289	1,075
Railroad only	569	646	462	360	329	515	413	543	489	558	516	438	648	726	851	653	675	(R) 925	(R) 840	1,437	1,200	1,028
Grade crossing	24	11	11	22	82	44	84	30	24	43	19	43	10	20	26	74	28	33	95	71	89	47
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	6,258	(R) 6,022	(R) 5,823	(R) 5,271	5,446	4,946	4,376
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	6,182	(R) 5,906	(R) 5,712	(R) 5,175	5,341	4,873	4,308
Grade crossing	145	155	169	147	157	143	125	123	79	111	122	140	100	97	110	76	116	(R) 111	96	105	73	68
Employees not on duty	671	419	326	362	310	348	306	252	228	263	219	216	286	209	213	226	200	172	169	178	165	150
Railroad only	669	418	324	362	309	347	305	248	226	260	216	215	283	208	213	226	196	169	167	177	162	150
Grade crossing	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	2	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	4	3	2	1	3	0
Contractor employees	74	110	242	219	226	262	252	269	208	334	380	384	368	383	375	372	360	415	408	445	437	351
Railroad only	74	109	240	216	224	261	251	268	208	333	379	384	367	380	374	370	359	413	408	415	434	348
Grade crossing	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	2	1	2	0	30	3	3
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	1,058	1,247	(R) 1,495	(R) 1,292	1,354	1,365	1,138
Railroad only	384	285	349	423	408	432	475	372	431	370	243	335	381	388	1,732	393	553	(R) 858	(R) 641	785	833	791
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	532	347
Trespassers	728	734	793	769	772	733	764	700	750	728	677	650	606	627	609	616	(R) 657	(R) 684	(R) 705	687	696	583
Railroad only	474	492	560	534	540	509	452	461	474	516	513	445	414	404	395	398	(R) 406	(R) 420	(R) 480	408	431	343
Grade crossing	254	242	233	235	232	224	312	239	276	212	164	205	192	223	214	218	(R) 251	264	225	279	265	240
Volunteer employees	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	6	14	5	8	4	5	7	5	1	7	8	7	6
Railroad only	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	6	13	5	8	4	5	7	5	1	7	8	7	6
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	0	1	0	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	9,264	(R) 9,194	(R) 9,548	(R) 8,787	9,626	8,905	7,679
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	8,229	(R) 8,100	(R) 8,498	(R) 7,718	8,571	7,940	6,974
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	1,035	(R) 1,094	(R) 1,050	1,069	1,055	965	705
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) 1,058	(R) 1,007	1,037	1,020	907	666
Non-motor vehiclesb	151	126	75	65	84	77	76	69	65	46	46	58	50	47	60	35	36	45	34	39	61	40

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a Beginning in 1997, Nontrespassers off railroad property are also included.

^b The components of grade crossing injuries were collected at a different point in time than the total grade crossing injuries and may not sum to the total of grade crossing injuries.

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

Railroad only and grade crossing:

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), and Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

1995-2003: Ibid., personal communication as of Apr. 10, 2008 and table 4.08 available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Sept. 16, 2009.

2004-09: Ibid., Preliminary Railroad Safety Statistics, table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of June 17, 2010.

Motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, table 5.11, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of June 17, 2010.