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Figure 2-4: Railroad Trespasser Deaths and Injuries in California

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Figure 2-4: Railroad Trespasser Deaths and Injuries in California

(Excludes highway-rail crossing)

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Year Deaths Injuries
1995 73 43
1996 68 45
1997 81 38
1998 79 56
1999 86 44
2000 72 45

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: As defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, a trespasser is any person on a part of railroad property used in railroad operations whose presence is prohibited, forbidden, or unlawful. Employees who are trespassing on railroad property are reported as trespassers.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Oct. 22, 2001.