Railroad Passenger Safety Data

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised.

^a Three major train accidents accounted for the increase in the number of deaths in 1993, 2005, and 2008. Two major train accidents accounted for the increase in the number of injuries in 2007. In 1993 a barge struck a rail bridge in Alabama causing an Amtrak train to derail into the waterway below leading to 42 passenger deaths. In 2005, a Southern California Regional Rail Authority train struck a jeep at a non-grade crossing location, derailed and struck a UPRR locomotive, which caused the...

Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accident

KEY:  R = revised.

^a Excludes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.

^b In 2002, 1,441 injures were due to a single derailment in North Dakota involving hazardous materials.

Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class

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.

Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class

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.

Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel (Metric)

KEY:  kWh = kilowatt hour; R = revised; U = data are not available.

Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel (Metric)

KEY:  N = data do not exist; U = data are unavailable.

^a For 1960-80, the total includes a small number of steam and electric units, which are not included in the per locomotive fuel consumption figure.

^b Includes cars owned by Class I railroads, other railroads, car companies, and shippers.

^c Based on the distance run between terminals and / or stations; does not include yard or passenger train-kilometers.

^d Excludes passenger and work trains.

Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel (Metric)

KEY:  kJ = kilojoule; N = data do not exist.

^a  Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and smaller systems.

^b 1960 to 1991 data include propane. Series not continuous between 1991 and 1992. 1992 to 1995 data include propane, liquefied natural gas, bio/soy fuel, biodiesel, hydrogen, methanol and ethanol, except compressed natural gas. 1996 to 2001 data include only propane, liquefied natural gas, methanol and ethanol. 2002 to 2012 data include the...

Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel (metric)

Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel (metric)

Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel (metric)

^a Beginning in 1998, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used the Census Bureau's 1997 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) for its baseline estimate of single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more trucks. Prior to 1998, the FHWA used the Census Bureau's 1992 Transportation Inventory and Use Survey (TIUS) for its baseline estimates.  Therefore, post-1997 data may not be comparable to 1997 and earlier years.