Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class
Embedded Dataset Excel:
Dataset Excel:
table_02_39_081922.xlsx (43.46 KB)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; P = preliminary; 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:
1975-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 4.08, Casualties by Type Person and Primary Event, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Mar. 5, 2020.
2000-21: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 3.01, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Aug. 17, 2022.
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, Highway-rail Incidents by Type Highway User, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Aug. 17, 2022.