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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).
1995-2003: 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.
2004: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics 2008 Annual Report (Washington, DC), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx as of Jun. 9, 2011.
2005: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Dec. 22, 2012.
2006: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2012 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Dec. 22, 2012.
2007: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2013 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.
2008-09: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: July 2013 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.
2010-13: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report, table 3.01, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as of Jan. 12, 2015.
2012-17: 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 May 14, 2018.
Motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle:
2005-09: Ibid., Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57, table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Aug. 1, 2013.
2010-17: Ibid., 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 May 14, 2018.
