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 RAIL STATISTICS - 2003

APPENDIX A - TABLES

Table 1 - Railway Occurrences* and Casualties 1993-2002

  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Accidents
Main-Track Train Collisions 11 15 13 12 14 10 9 7 8 6
Main-Track Train Derailments 157 151 188 172 108 119 121 127 116 148
Crossing Accidents 391 379 365 307 273 283 263 278 261 247
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions 118 116 122 113 114 100 113 86 112 104
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments 365 417 362 322 388 403 387 385 347 388
Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units 13 14 22 19 13 27 16 18 11 23
Employee/Passenger Accidents 7 6 6 6 10 13 13 8 8 6
Trespasser Accidents 99 112 127 98 78 95 79 79 73 68
Fires/Explosions 27 39 61 44 51 53 32 36 24  
Other 25 27 39 23 26 26 31 36 24 17
Total 1 213 1 276 1 304 1 116 1 075 1 129 1 063 1 060 984 1 030
Reportable Incidents
Dangerous Goods Leaker 332 352 330 285 272 167 188 194 167 151
Main-Track Switch in Abnormal Position 24 15 8 12 14 15 17 9 9 11
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority 90 101 71 104 107 115 102 95 93 103
Runaway Rolling Stock 14 11 18 16 20 15 9 10 19 13
Other 40 23 36 26 25 21 14 15 15 17
Total 500 502 463 443 438 333 330 322 303 295
Million Main-Track Train-miles 
(MMTTM)**		 82.5 78.4 76.0 79.5 79 78.8 80.1 79.9 82.5 80.6
Main-Track Accidents***/MMTTM 3.1 3.6 4.3 3.7 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.7
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
Main-Track Train Derailments 33 35 51 32 25 19 30 17 24 38
Crossing Accidents 9 7 9 4 8 8 12 7 6 3
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions 72 62 85 61 56 48 50 40 48 37
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments 202 190 190 172 136 133 149 128 130 139
Other 17 14 33 18 15 16 8 13 13 8
Total 333 308 368 287 240 224 249 205 221 225
Accidents with a Dangerous Goods Release 7 5 15 8 5 9 7 5 5 8
Fatalities
Crossing Accidents 54 53 46 32 39 37 33 41 46 27
Trespasser Accidents 57 64 67 69 61 62 53 56 50 46
Other 2 4 4 8 1 7 1 2 0 6
Total 113 121 117 109 101 106 88 99 96 79
Serious Injuries
Crossing Accidents 64 75 69 60 43 44 33 47 42 50
Trespasser Accidents 28 41 45 30 17 34 23 22 21 21
Other 31 16 15 12 15 20 11 21 10 10
Total 123 132 129 102 75 99 67 91 73 81

*  For federally regulated railways only.

**  2002 main-track train-miles are estimated. (Source: Railways' annual reports submitted to Transport Canada)

***  Accidents that occurred on main-track or spurs, excluding crossing and trespasser accidents.

Please refer to the Table of Contents for other sections of this summary.

Date Modified: 2008-11-13

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