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Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class
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.
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 injuries were revised at a different point in time from the total Grade crossing injuries and may not sum to the total of Grade crossing injuries.
Railroad only and grade crossing:
1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), and Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1995-1999: Ibid., personal communication as of Apr. 10, 2008 and table 4.08 available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Sept. 16, 2009.
2000-18: Ibid., Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 3.01, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Jul. 31, 2019.
Motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57, table 5.14, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Jul. 31, 2019.
