Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

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.

Description:

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 data were revised at a different point in time from the total Grade crossing data and may not sum to the total of Grade crossing data.

Source:

Railroad only and grade crossing:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 4.08, Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses in Train Accidents, Highway-Rail Incidents, and Other Incidents, available at https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/FRA-Safety-Data/dakf-i7zd as of Nov. 24, 2025.

Motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Highway-Rail Crossing Accidents, table 5.14, Public and Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents, Fatalities and Injuries, available at https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/FRA-Safety-Data/dakf-i7zd as of Nov. 24, 2025.