RAIL STATISTICS - 2004

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Statistical Summary Railway Occurrences 2004

APPENDIX A - RAIL OCCURRENCE TABLES

Table 1 - Railway Occurrences* and Casualties 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Accidents
Main-Track Train Collisions	15	13	12	14	10	9	7	8	6	5
Main-Track Train Derailments	151	188	172	108	119	121	127	116	149	152
Crossing Accidents	379	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	116	122	113	114	100	113	86	112	104	115
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	417	362	322	388	403	387	385	347	389	443
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units	14	22	19	13	27	16	18	11	23	26
Employee/ Passenger Accidents	6	6	6	10	13	13	8	8	6	12
Trespasser Accidents	112	126	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	99
Fires/ Explosions	39	61	44	51	53	32	36	24	23	15
Other	27	39	23	26	26	30	35	24	17	25
Total	1 276	1 304	1 116	1 075	1 129	1 063	1 060	984	1 032	1 129
Reportable Incidents
Dangerous Goods Leaker	352	330	285	272	167	188	194	167	151	131
Main-Track Switch in Abnormal Position	15	8	12	14	15	17	9	9	11	12
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	101	71	104	107	115	102	95	93	102	90
Runaway Rolling Stock	11	18	16	20	15	9	9	19	13	10
Other	23	36	26	25	21	14	15	15	17	40
Total	502	463	443	438	333	330	322	303	295	251
Million Main-Track Train-miles (MMTTM)**	78.4	76.0	79.5	79.0	78.8	80.1	79.9	82.5	80.6	81.1
Main-Track Accidents***/ MMTTM	3.5	4.2	3.7	2.9	3.0	2.8	3.0	2.4	2.7	2.8
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
Main-Track Train Derailments	35	51	32	25	19	30	17	24	38	37
Crossing Accidents	7	9	4	8	8	12	7	6	3	11
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	62	85	61	56	48	50	40	48	37	45
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	190	190	172	136	133	149	128	130	139	107
All Others	14	33	18	15	16	8	13	13	8	10
Total	308	368	287	240	224	249	205	221	225	210
Accidents with a Dangerous Goods Release	5	15	8	5	9	7	5	5	9	5
Fatalities
Crossing Accidents	53	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25
Trespasser Accidents	64	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	67
All Others	4	4	8	1	7	1	2	0	6	8
Total	121	117	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	100
Serious Injuries
Crossing Accidents	75	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50
Trespasser Accidents	41	45	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	34
All Others	16	15	12	15	20	11	21	10	10	10
Total	132	129	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	94

*  For federally regulated railways only.

**  2004 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.

Table 2 - Fatalities and Serious Injuries by Type of Occurrence and Person Type 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Serious Injuries	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	2	2
Serious Injuries	0	0	5	0	6	1	9	0	2	0
Crossing Accidents
Fatalities	53	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25
Serious Injuries	75	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units
Fatalities	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Employee/ Passenger Accidents
Fatalities	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	5
Serious Injuries	6	6	4	10	10	8	8	6	3	7
Trespasser Accidents
Fatalities	64	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	67
Serious Injuries	41	45	30	17	34	23	22	21	19	34
Fires/ Other
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Dangerous Goods
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Other Incidents
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	2	3	2
Fatalities by Person Type
Employees	5	3	7	0	7	1	2	0	6	6
Passengers	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedestrians	8	8	7	8	7	8	6	10	6	4
Vehicle Occupants	45	38	24	31	30	28	34	38	23	23
Trespassers	63	67	69	61	61	51	56	48	44	67
Other Persons	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	121	117	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	100
Serious Injuries by Person Type
Employees	16	15	7	12	17	10	16	10	11	9
Passengers	0	1	5	3	7	1	7	0	0	0
Pedestrians	7	3	2	4	5	7	5	6	6	2
Vehicle Occupants	70	65	58	39	38	27	42	36	44	48
Trespassers	39	45	29	16	32	21	20	21	20	33
Other Persons	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
Total	132	129	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	94

Table 3 - Rail Accidents by Train Type* 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Freight Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	24	19	11	19	15	13	9	19	10	7
Main-Track Train Derailments	140	178	164	106	111	114	120	115	151	142
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	111	144	150	141	132	125	105	133	108	118
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	372	330	306	351	367	325	346	319	339	404
Crossing	333	309	267	239	241	225	243	234	220	195
Trespasser	82	93	73	52	70	49	56	44	47	72
Other	46	80	63	70	82	63	59	47	44	38
Total	1 108	1 152	1 034	978	1 018	914	938	911	919	976
Passenger Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	1
Main-Track Train Derailments	7	5	4	1	9	3	5	0	1	3
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	5
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	1	4	1	4	3	4	8	7	11	10
Crossing	27	40	30	29	32	18	26	23	18	32
Trespasser	24	29	24	25	23	28	23	29	18	26
Other	17	12	5	9	8	11	13	8	1	4
Total	76	92	69	75	77	65	76	67	58	81
Track Unit
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Crossing	3	5	5	2	7	4	5	1	5	8
Trespasser	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Other	23	33	22	24	40	28	28	17	37	48
Total	27	38	27	27	49	32	35	18	43	57
Single Car/ Cut of Cars
Main-Track Train Collisions	4	6	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	0
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	98	80	41	39	42	56	35	51	49	59
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	38	23	15	21	20	17	23	22	32	20
Crossing	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Trespasser	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Other	13	19	15	9	8	6	10	5	10	12
Total	156	130	76	75	74	81	69	81	92	91
Other
Main-Track Train Collisions	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	2	4	4	1	3	4	1	2	1	8
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	13	5	4	12	3	21	4	7	7	11
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	14	11	10	21	17	42	14	7	16	21
Crossing	17	11	5	3	6	11	4	3	7	2
Trespasser	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Other	5	6	4	1	5	5	1	0	1	2
Total	56	41	27	41	34	85	24	19	32	44

*  As some accidents may involve more than one train, the number of trains involved may differ from the total number of accidents.

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