USA Banner

Official US Government Icon

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure Site Icon

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation Icon United States Department of Transportation United States Department of Transportation

Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2006

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2006

(All transit modes)

Excel | CSV

State Collision Noncollision Total property damage ($ thousands)
Number of incidents Fatalities Injuries Number of incidents Fatalities Injuries
Alabama 17 0 24 21 0 17 181
Alaska 12 0 13 28 0 26 98
Arizona 48 2 56 28 0 33 435
Arkansas 36 0 6 62 0 2 21
California 1,133 56 1,195 1,603 22 1,523 4,598
Colorado 46 2 87 18 1 17 161
Connecticut 73 0 130 67 1 77 376
Delaware 140 0 140 0 0 0 152
District of Columbia 216 14 355 510 2 388 28
Florida 539 17 778 417 3 391 2,937
Georgia 255 1 238 425 1 401 1,646
Hawaii 43 4 48 83 0 85 452
Idaho 28 0 0 0 0 0 12
Illinois 580 29 953 998 2 1,054 2,828
Indiana 74 0 77 49 0 46 1,900
Iowa 10 0 4 2 0 1 95
Kansas 5 0 5 2 0 2 47
Kentucky 11 0 20 12 0 12 52
Louisiana 62 1 109 8 0 6 464
Maine 12 0 1 3 0 3 28
Maryland 211 0 283 102 3 116 781
Massachusetts 114 2 149 686 9 626 935
Michigan 768 6 174 140 2 27 5,563
Minnesota 52 3 56 56 0 50 946
Mississippi 1 0 0 3 0 1 30
Missouri 119 4 240 104 0 103 634
Montana 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
Nebraska 6 0 14 0 0 0 10
Nevada 36 1 60 87 0 88 560
New Hampshire 3 0 6 3 0 3 15
New Jersey 189 16 144 370 8 359 1,131
New Mexico 24 0 21 35 0 9 42
New York 895 33 1,297 5,341 4 3,957 6,134
North Carolina 121 1 152 85 0 84 593
North Dakota 4 0 1 0 0 0 84
Ohio 223 6 309 200 1 189 1,349
Oklahoma 34 0 21 12 0 11 222
Oregon 46 1 58 138 0 127 853
Pennsylvania 3,999 1 682 2,546 8 1,531 2,425
Rhode Island 6 0 14 37 0 41 45
South Carolina 39 0 48 14 0 15 196
South Dakota 3 0 4 6 0 6 18
Tennessee 66 2 119 36 0 38 901
Texas 351 9 552 253 1 231 3,165
Utah 26 1 33 22 0 20 463
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 92 0 109 82 0 79 1,117
Washington 133 3 154 213 1 195 2,098
West Virginia 7 2 20 4 0 6 131
Wisconsin 327 0 417 76 0 88 592
Wyoming 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
United States, total 11,237 217 9,378 14,989 69 12,086 47,546

NOTES: Collision includes at-grade crossings and suicides. Noncollision includes: 1) derailments/buses going off road; 2) personal casualties in parking facilities, inside vehicles, on right of way, boarding/alighting, and in station/bus stops; 3) evacuations for life safety; and 4) nonarson fires. For an incident to be reportable it must involve a transit vehicle or occur on transit property and either: 1) result in a fatality, injury or transit property damage greater than $7,500; 2) involve a nonarson fire; 3) involve a mainline derailment; or 4) involve an evacuation due to life safety.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2006 National Transit Database; 2006 Federal Railroad Administration, Rail Accident/Incident Reporting System, personal communication, Dec. 7, 2007.