RAIL STATISTICS - 2004

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Statistical Summary Railway Occurrences 2004

Table 4a - Main-Track Train Derailments 1995-2004

By Province
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Newfoundland & Labrador	0	3	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	0
Nova Scotia	0	3	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	2
New Brunswick	5	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	1	3
Quebec	24	24	25	21	22	14	19	23	26	21
Ontario	47	55	49	37	30	28	33	35	57	46
Manitoba	17	14	22	12	11	17	14	11	6	10
Saskatchewan	17	24	20	7	10	14	12	10	14	14
Alberta	16	29	18	15	16	15	17	16	17	24
British Columbia	25	33	34	14	26	27	24	19	28	32
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	151	188	172	108	119	121	127	116	149	152
Derailments per MMTTM*	1.83	2.40	2.26	1.36	1.51	1.54	1.59	1.45	1.81	1.89
Derailments per BGTM**	0.46	0.58	0.49	0.32	0.33	0.32	0.33	0.31	0.38
*  MMTTM - Million main-track train-miles (Source: Transport Canada)
**  BGTM - Billion gross ton-miles; 2004 data not yet available (Source: Railway Association of Canada)
By Total Number of Derailed Cars per Accident
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Derailed Cars
1	67	77	71	43	50	43	51	45	68	73
2	21	16	20	20	14	11	15	13	8	14
3	15	10	5	3	8	11	8	4	8	6
4	1	11	5	8	5	6	9	6	5	8
5-10	24	33	37	18	24	24	22	26	35	22
>10	23	41	34	16	18	26	22	22	25	29
Total	151	188	172	108	119	121	127	116	149	152

Table 4b - Main-Track Train Derailments by Assigned Factors* 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Environmental	13	21	11	4	10	0	5	2	4	6
Equipment - Total	66	80	69	43	40	50	46	53	53	45
Axle	26	25	16	9	15	20	16	15	20	12
Brakes	2	9	10	6	2	7	5	9	5	5
Draft System	4	9	5	4	7	8	6	4	3	10
Superstructure	6	7	9	5	2	7	6	7	5	2
Truck	11	10	15	12	8	1	3	10	12	7
Wheel	17	20	14	7	6	7	10	8	8	9
Track - Total	86	70	67	49	54	46	40	39	56	46
Geometry	42	29	38	31	31	20	15	20	26	15
Object on Track	0	1	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	0
Other Track Material	8	6	3	4	5	3	5	2	1	6
Rail	26	21	11	9	9	19	7	10	18	18
Roadbed	3	7	9	3	6	0	5	1	4	3
Switch	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	1
Turnouts	7	6	3	1	2	0	2	4	6	3
Actions - Total	37	41	50	45	23	21	27	18	25	20
Failure to Protect	6	2	10	4	6	6	4	3	5	4
Failure to Secure	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Failure to Use Equipment Properly	6	8	7	10	7	5	9	11	10	6
Improper Loading/ Lifting	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Improper Placement/ Position for Task	1	2	2	4	2	6	2	1	2	3
Inadequate/ Inappropriate Maintenance of Equipment	12	16	19	20	3	1	4	1	2	3
Operating at Improper Speed	9	6	7	5	1	1	5	1	4	1
Vandalism	1	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Other	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Total	202	212	197	141	127	117	118	112	138	117

*  The TSB does not investigate all occurrences; therefore, assigned factors may not represent TSB findings. More than one factor may be assigned to each occurrence.

Table 5a - Non-Main-Track Train Collisions 1995-2004

By Province
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Newfoundland & Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
New Brunswick	1	2	7	0	1	1	2	1	2	1
Quebec	15	26	22	20	19	14	14	15	15	19
Ontario	36	37	30	36	31	42	28	48	44	27
Manitoba	10	17	7	10	13	11	11	11	7	12
Saskatchewan	8	7	8	7	6	4	4	5	7	4
Alberta	26	20	19	31	19	26	15	17	20	33
British Columbia	19	12	18	10	11	14	12	15	7	19
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	116	122	113	114	100	113	86	112	104	115
By Total Number of Derailed Cars per Accident
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Derailed Cars
0*	71	60	50	54	49	55	43	60	61	62
1	19	29	26	35	23	25	22	21	20	25
2	7	14	20	11	13	19	10	16	13	14
3	7	7	4	5	7	7	5	8	1	9
4	7	5	4	2	1	2	3	3	4	2
5-10	5	6	8	7	6	4	3	2	4	3
>10	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
Total	116	122	113	114	100	113	86	112	104	115

*  Number of collisions with no derailment.

Table 5b - Non-Main-Track Train Collisions by Assigned Factors* 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Environmental	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	3	1	3
Equipment - Total	5	1	1	0	4	1	2	2	3	1
Brakes	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Draft System	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0
Superstructure	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Wheel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Track - Total	1	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	5	2
Appurtenances	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	3	1
Geometry	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1
Actions - Total	133	128	125	117	63	85	72	87	71	76
Failure to Protect	66	71	74	67	35	43	47	63	55	47
Failure to Secure	22	23	19	29	11	24	19	15	11	21
Failure to Use Equipment Properly	21	23	12	12	5	7	3	6	2	3
Improper Placement/ Position for Task	7	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	1
Inadequate/ Inappropriate Communications	5	2	3	2	4	2	1	0	0	1
Inadequate/ Inappropriate Maintenance of Equipment	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Operating at Improper Speed	8	8	14	0	4	5	1	1	2	3
Vandalism	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Other	2	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0
Total	140	132	126	119	73	90	76	92	80	82

*  The TSB does not investigate all occurrences; therefore, assigned factors may not represent TSB findings. More than one factor may be assigned to each occurrence.

Table 6a - Non-Main-Track Train Derailments 1995-2004

By Province
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Newfoundland & Labrador	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	2	6	3	2	3	2	5	6	17	10
New Brunswick	16	20	16	11	15	7	15	19	20	13
Quebec	90	62	61	78	74	69	65	53	63	79
Ontario	139	116	102	118	117	108	138	126	126	158
Manitoba	57	61	31	42	37	38	27	17	25	30
Saskatchewan	28	24	21	34	32	26	30	19	30	27
Alberta	44	38	52	64	64	88	50	68	63	85
British Columbia	40	34	36	38	61	48	55	38	45	41
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Canada	417	362	322	388	403	387	385	347	389	443
By Total Number of Derailed Cars per Accident
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Derailed Cars
1	196	173	128	152	175	177	188	136	184	236
2	98	80	79	101	93	93	80	82	87	102
3	51	38	40	52	44	37	49	44	48	36
4	21	28	27	27	34	22	28	26	27	26
5-10	42	39	39	47	54	53	38	53	40	37
>10	9	4	9	9	3	5	2	6	3	6
Total	417	362	322	388	403	387	385	347	389	443

Table 6b - Non-Main-Track Train Derailments by Assigned Factors* 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Environmental	35	43	30	12	15	5	19	10	15	24
Equipment - Total	29	32	16	27	40	25	26	29	30	34
Axle	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Brakes	1	4	3	5	5	7	6	7	3	6
Draft System	7	2	0	2	11	5	2	8	8	7
Superstructure	5	4	2	5	1	2	5	6	6	4
Truck	4	4	4	3	12	1	4	3	5	8
Wheel	12	18	6	12	11	8	8	5	8	9
Track - Total	169	145	138	192	161	154	145	118	121	115
Appurtenances	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	1
Geometry	58	54	67	73	60	62	48	29	43	37
Rail	17	12	11	22	21	17	14	14	16	11
Roadbed	17	13	8	4	5	4	5	2	2	6
Other Track Material	37	28	16	37	14	24	29	21	16	16
Turnouts	33	35	33	53	55	26	31	45	33	30
Object on Track	6	1	1	3	5	5	10	1	6	5
Switch	0	0	0	0	0	15	8	2	4	9
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Actions - Total	264	216	191	238	159	181	138	135	146	137
Failure to Protect	122	95	99	107	96	111	83	68	88	83
Failure to Secure	18	17	9	12	4	10	11	11	17	11
Failure to Use Equipment Properly	50	42	35	35	18	17	15	34	12	19
Improper Loading/Lifting	0	0	2	1	1	13	2	1	2	0
Improper Placement/ Position for Task	6	1	6	8	2	9	5	0	3	4
Inadequate/ Inappropriate Communication	10	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Inadequate/ Inappropriate Maintenance of Equipment	33	36	28	56	17	6	10	10	4	9
Operating at Improper Speed	6	9	3	2	5	7	4	2	9	4
Vandalism	19	12	7	15	12	6	6	7	10	5
Other	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	1
Total	497	436	375	469	375	365	328	292	312	310

*  The TSB does not investigate all occurrences; therefore, assigned factors may not represent TSB findings. More than one factor may be assigned to each occurrence.

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