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Table 2-10: Rail Accidents/Incidents: 2012

Friday, September 12, 2014

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(Includes freight railroad, Amtrak, and commuter rail operations)

State Accidents/Incidents Fatalities Injuries
Alabama 200 10 98
Alaska 74 0 73
Arizona 94 9 57
Arkansas 169 9 96
California 820 101 680
Colorado 142 4 88
Connecticut 119 6 106
Delaware 61 0 56
District of Columbia 109 0 109
Florida 260 40 196
Georgia 255 21 147
Hawaii 0 0 0
Idaho 49 3 28
Illinois 868 39 659
Indiana 293 26 145
Iowa 166 7 87
Kansas 196 10 108
Kentucky 153 17 96
Louisiana 256 14 174
Maine 16 1 8
Maryland 136 5 101
Massachusetts 198 13 175
Michigan 134 12 120
Minnesota 210 15 137
Mississippi 111 11 71
Missouri 202 14 133
Montana 107 4 75
Nebraska 225 9 135
Nevada 37 2 25
New Hampshire 3 0 3
New Jersey 676 7 1004
New Mexico 78 2 55
New York 1,200 32 1126
North Carolina 164 18 126
North Dakota 131 10 99
Ohio 273 26 131
Oklahoma 162 11 73
Oregon 121 11 83
Pennsylvania 625 35 512
Rhode Island 21 1 18
South Carolina 125 10 76
South Dakota 32 1 13
Tennessee 167 14 82
Texas 800 68 451
Utah 54 5 34
Vermont 20 1 18
Virginia 184 13 123
Washington 195 13 142
West Virginia 106 7 70
Wisconsin 131 5 76
Wyoming 58 3 34
United States, total 10,986 695 8,332

NOTE: Data are preliminary. Accidents/Incidents includes all events reportable to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration under applicable regulations. These include: train accidents, reported on Form F 6180.54, comprised of collisions, derailments, and other events involving the operation of on-track equipment and causing reportable damage above an established threshold ($9,200 for 2010, per 49 CFR 225.19); highway-rail grade crossing incidents, reported on Form F 6180.57, involving impact between railroad on-track equipment and highway users at crossings; and other incidents, reported on Form F 6180.55a, involving all other reportable incidents or exposures that cause a fatality or injury to any person, or an occupational illness to a railroad employee.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, available at safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of June 2014.