Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class
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Dataset Excel:
table_02_39_012825.xlsx (43.74 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; 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 3.16, Summary of Train Accidents With Reportable Damage, Casualties, and Major Causes, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Jan. 21, 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, Highway-rail Incidents by Type Highway User, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Jan. 21, 2025.