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Table 2-40: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

Friday, October 21, 2016

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (R) 2011 (R) 2012 (R) 2013 (P) 2014 (P) 2015
Passengers on trains 593 657 473 382 411 559 497 573 513 601 535 481 658 746 877 727 703 959 935 1,516 1,338 1,208 1,369 1,582 1,588 1,695 1,427 1,605
Railroad only 569 646 462 360 329 515 413 543 489 558 516 438 648 726 851 653 675 926 840 1,444 1,237 1,147 1,255 1,337 1,409 1,586 1,349 1,425
Grade crossing 24 11 11 22 82 44 84 30 24 43 19 43 10 20 26 74 28 33 95 72 101 61 114 245 179 109 78 180
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 6,022 5,822 5,275 5,462 5,000 4,500 4,411 4,228 3,991 4,292 4,471 4,332
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 5,906 5,711 5,179 5,461 4,999 4,498 4,408 4,224 3,986 4,286 4,464 4,324
Grade crossing 145 155 169 147 157 143 125 123 79 111 122 140 100 97 110 76 116 111 96 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Employees not on duty 671 419 326 362 310 348 306 252 228 263 219 216 286 209 213 226 200 172 169 177 160 148 134 124 87 123 131 139
Railroad only 669 418 324 362 309 347 305 248 226 260 216 215 283 208 213 226 196 169 167 176 159 148 134 124 87 122 130 139
Grade crossing 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Contractor employees 74 110 242 219 226 262 252 269 208 334 380 384 368 383 375 372 360 415 209 445 439 359 445 439 360 433 453 417
Railroad only 74 109 240 216 224 261 251 268 208 333 379 384 367 380 374 370 359 413 209 415 436 356 443 437 358 432 452 417
Grade crossing 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 30 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0
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 1,495 1,295 1,373 1,435 1,248 1,391 1,477 1,789 1,512 1,549 1,637
Railroad only 384 285 349 423 408 432 475 372 431 370 243 335 381 388 1,732 393 553 858 597 803 882 865 930 965 1,300 964 1,047 1,166
Grade crossing 3,465 2,277 1,990 1,687 1,501 1,424 1,438 1,497 1,229 1,170 993 1,007 913 813 648 665 694 637 698 570 553 383 461 512 489 548 502 471
Trespassers 728 734 793 769 772 733 764 700 750 728 677 650 606 627 609 616 657 684 707 688 689 569 621 583 634 666 652 688
Railroad only 474 492 560 534 540 509 452 461 474 516 513 445 414 404 395 398 406 420 477 407 432 345 390 366 410 434 424 416
Grade crossing 254 242 233 235 232 224 312 239 276 212 164 205 192 223 214 218 251 264 230 281 257 224 231 217 224 232 228 272
Volunteer employees N N N N N N N N N 6 14 5 8 4 5 7 5 1 6 6 4 5 5 1 2 3 6 3
Railroad only N N N N N N N N N 6 13 5 8 4 5 7 5 1 6 6 4 5 5 1 1 3 6 3
Grade crossing N N N N N N N N N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 9,194 9,548 8,596 9,667 9,065 8,037 8,376 8,434 8,451 8,724 8,689 8,821
Railroad only 58,356 31,617 22,736 21,374 19,408 17,284 14,851 12,546 10,948 10,521 10,143 10,299 10,416 9,824 10,099 8,222 8,095 8,497 7,469 8,706 8,145 7,359 7,560 7,454 7,551 7,827 7,872 7,890
Grade crossingb 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 1,094 1,050 1,121 955 916 673 811 980 899 897 817 931
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 1,058 1,008 1,037 1,022 926 698 820 984 916 900 789 929
Non-motor vehiclesb 151 126 75 65 84 77 76 69 65 46 46 58 50 47 60 35 36 47 35 41 67 46 68 61 59 73 77 74

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

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

b The components of Grade crossing injuries were revised at a different point in time from 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. Details may not add to totals due to different data sources are used.

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: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics 2008 Annual Report (Washington, DC), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as of June 9, 2011.

2005: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Dec. 22, 2012.

2006: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2012 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Dec. 22, 2012.

2007: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2013 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.

2008-09: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: July 2013 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.

2010-13: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report, table 3.01, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Jan. 12, 2015.

2012-15: Ibid., Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 3.01, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of July 30, 2016.

Motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle:

2005-09: Ibid., Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57, table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.

2010-15: Ibid., Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57, table 5.14, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of May 31, 2016.