RAIL STATISTICS - 2004

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Statistical Summary Railway Occurrences 2004

Table 7 - Crossing Accidents and Casualties by Type of Crossing and Protection 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Accidents
Public Crossings*
Total Passive Warnings (12 501)	136	140	109	95	98	84	77	95	72	65
Flashing Lights & Bells(4 147)	136	135	113	96	91	95	101	89	85	75
Gates(2 007)	44	33	32	34	35	42	43	39	50	42
Other Automated Warnings(23)	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0
Total Automated Warnings (6 177)	180	168	146	132	126	139	145	128	136	117
Sub-total (18 678)	316	308	255	227	224	223	222	223	208	182
Private Crossings	56	50	48	41	49	37	48	33	36	51
Farm Crossings	7	7	4	5	10	3	8	5	6	4
Total	379	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237
Fatal Accidents	39	39	30	38	32	30	35	41	24	21
Fatalities
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	17	14	10	14	20	10	14	16	8	7
Flashing Lights & Bells	26	17	11	11	5	12	11	14	9	10
Gates	7	10	8	9	9	10	10	13	7	8
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Automated Warnings	33	27	19	20	14	22	21	27	15	18
Sub-total	50	41	29	34	34	32	35	43	23	25
Private Crossings	3	5	1	5	3	1	5	3	2	0
Farm Crossings	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Total	53	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25
Serious Injuries
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	27	31	21	16	13	6	12	18	15	15
Flashing Lights & Bells	32	24	30	16	21	16	20	13	23	21
Gates	10	10	5	5	6	7	6	6	8	11
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Automated Warnings	42	34	35	21	27	23	26	19	30	31
Sub-total	69	65	56	37	40	29	38	37	45	46
Private Crossings	4	3	3	5	5	3	7	5	6	3
Farm Crossings	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Total	75	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50

*  Figures in parentheses denote the number of public grade crossings for federally regulated railways in Canada by warning type as of February 2005.(There are approximately 28 500 private and farm crossings in Canada.) (Source: Transport Canada)

Table 8 - Crossing Accidents and Related Casualties by Province 1995-2004

		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Accidents*
Newfoundland & Labrador	(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	(119)	4	7	5	3	7	3	10	1	2	2
New Brunswick	(190)	12	6	5	2	5	2	8	2	9	2
Quebec	(1 680)	58	61	51	48	51	44	43	44	36	62
Ontario	(4 772)	121	91	75	65	94	88	80	77	80	70
Manitoba	(2 372)	33	46	30	34	19	21	25	36	28	19
Saskatchewan	(5 764)	44	49	33	38	30	32	29	24	24	16
Alberta	(3 484)	66	71	70	54	52	45	54	55	38	38
British Columbia	(883)	40	33	38	29	24	28	28	22	32	26
Northwest Territories	(19)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
Canada	(18 678)	379	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237
Crossing Accidents per MMTTM**		4.55	4.51	3.43	3.25	3.17	2.90	3.05	2.84	2.89	2.71
Crossing Accidents with Derailment		6	6	5	5	8	9	12	9	4	9
Fatalities
Newfoundland & Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia		0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
New Brunswick		1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec		11	6	7	7	6	8	4	9	4	9
Ontario		14	19	10	14	20	12	17	15	15	12
Manitoba		4	1	2	7	2	2	3	5	2	1
Saskatchewan		14	5	1	5	1	5	8	3	4	1
Alberta		8	5	6	4	5	3	5	10	3	2
British Columbia		1	8	4	2	3	2	2	4	0	0
Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada		53	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland & Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia		0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Brunswick		1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2
Quebec		15	13	10	7	4	6	4	6	5	14
Ontario		26	13	11	7	19	7	15	14	19	11
Manitoba		3	13	5	6	3	4	3	3	4	6
Saskatchewan		13	8	6	6	7	3	5	4	4	3
Alberta		14	16	19	13	11	8	13	12	11	9
British Columbia		3	4	6	3	1	5	4	2	8	5
Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Canada		75	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50

* Figures in parentheses denote the estimated number of public crossings for federally regulated railways in each province as of February 2005. (Source: Transport Canada)

**  Includes crossing accidents on main track or on spurs per million main-track train-miles (MMTTM). (Source: Transport Canada)

Table 9 - Trespasser Accidents and Related Casualties by Province 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Accidents
Newfoundland & Labrador	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nova Scotia	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
New Brunswick	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
Quebec	27	31	15	12	26	14	10	13	6	16
Ontario	41	55	47	36	46	41	42	43	38	45
Manitoba	13	1	4	4	1	1	7	3	3	3
Saskatchewan	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	0	2	3
Alberta	13	8	7	10	10	6	9	3	7	16
British Columbia	9	21	21	14	9	14	8	9	9	13
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	112	126	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	99
Fatal Accidents	63	67	69	59	61	54	56	50	45	66
Fatalities
Newfoundland & Labrador	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
New Brunswick	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
Quebec	16	14	10	11	19	10	9	9	4	10
Ontario	26	35	34	30	31	30	29	33	30	32
Manitoba	5	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	2	3
Saskatchewan	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3
Alberta	7	2	3	8	7	4	7	1	5	11
British Columbia	2	11	17	8	4	8	5	4	4	7
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	64	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	67
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland & Labrador	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nova Scotia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
New Brunswick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec	10	10	5	1	7	3	1	3	2	6
Ontario	13	15	13	8	16	9	12	9	7	13
Manitoba	5	1	1	0	1	1	5	2	1	0
Saskatchewan	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1
Alberta	6	4	4	2	3	5	2	2	2	5
British Columbia	6	11	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	7
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	41	45	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	34

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