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Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

table_02_40_012324.xlsx (43.55 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 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.

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. 12, 2024.

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, Hwy/Rail Accident Incidents Summary By Railroad, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Jan. 12, 2024.

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