RAIL STATISTICS - 2005

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Statistical Summary Railway Occurrences 2005

APPENDIX A - RAIL OCCURRENCE TABLES

Table 1 - Railway Occurrences* and Casualties 1996-2005

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Accidents
Main-Track Train Collisions	13	12	14	10	9	7	8	6	5	6
Main-Track Train Derailments	188	172	108	119	121	127	116	149	152	194
Crossing Accidents	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237	269
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	122	113	114	100	113	86	112	104	116	93
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	362	322	388	403	387	385	347	389	450	540
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units	22	19	13	27	16	18	11	23	26	19
Employee/ Passenger Accidents	6	6	10	13	13	8	8	6	12	8
Trespasser Accidents	126	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	99	83
Fires/ Explosions	61	44	51	53	32	36	24	23	15	17
Other	39	23	26	26	30	35	24	17	26	19
Total	1304	1116	1075	1129	1063	1060	984	1032	1138	1248
Reportable Incidents
Dangerous Goods Leaker	330	285	272	167	188	194	167	151	131	124
Main-Track Switch in Abnormal Position	8	12	14	15	17	9	9	11	12	10
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	71	104	107	115	102	95	93	102	90	89
Runaway Rolling Stock	18	16	20	15	9	9	19	13	11	16
Other	36	26	25	21	14	15	15	18	8	5
Total	463	443	438	333	330	322	303	295	252	244
Million Main-Track Train-Miles  (MMTTM)**	76.0	79.5	79.0	78.8	80.1	79.9	81.3	80.6	82.6	85.8
Main-Track Accidents***/ MMTTM	4.2	3.7	2.9	3.0	2.8	3.0	2.5	2.7	2.8	3.1
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
Main-Track Train Derailments	51	32	25	19	30	17	24	38	37	33
Crossing Accidents	9	4	8	8	12	7	6	3	11	15
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	85	61	56	48	50	40	48	37	44	44
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	190	172	136	133	149	128	130	139	106	114
All Others	33	18	15	16	8	13	13	8	10	9
Total	368	287	240	224	249	205	221	225	208	215
Accidents with a Dangerous Goods Release	15	8	5	9	7	5	5	9	6	7
Fatalities
Crossing Accidents	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37
Trespasser Accidents	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64
All Others	4	8	1	7	1	2	0	6	8	2
Total	117	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	101	103
Serious Injuries
Crossing Accidents	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	53
Trespasser Accidents	45	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	33	17
All Others	15	12	15	20	11	21	10	10	10	6
Total	129	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	93	76

*  For federally regulated railways only.

**  2005 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, and accidents on former BC Rail subdivisions between July 1, 2004 and March 31, 2005)

Table 2 - Fatalities and Serious Injuries by Type of Occurrence and Person Type 1996-2005

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Serious Injuries	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	0
Serious Injuries	0	5	0	6	1	9	0	2	0	0
Crossing Accidents
Fatalities	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37
Serious Injuries	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	53
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units
Fatalities	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Employee/ Passenger Accidents
Fatalities	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	5	2
Serious Injuries	6	4	10	10	8	8	6	3	7	4
Trespasser Accidents
Fatalities	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64
Serious Injuries	45	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	33	17
Fires/ Other
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Dangerous Goods Leaker
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Other Incidents
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	1	0	2	1	3	2	3	2	0
Fatalities by Person Type
Employees	3	7	0	7	1	2	0	6	6	2
Passengers	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedestrians	8	7	8	7	8	6	10	6	4	11
Vehicle Occupants	38	24	31	30	28	34	38	23	23	28
Trespassers	67	69	61	61	51	56	48	44	68	62
Other Persons	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	117	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	101	103
Serious Injuries by Person Type
Employees	15	7	12	17	10	16	10	11	9	6
Passengers	1	5	3	7	1	7	0	0	0	1
Pedestrians	3	2	4	5	7	5	6	6	2	2
Vehicle Occupants	65	58	39	38	27	42	36	44	48	50
Trespassers	45	29	16	32	21	20	21	20	32	17
Other Persons	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
Total	129	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	93	76

Table 3 - Rail Accidents by Train Type* 1996-2005

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Freight Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	19	11	19	15	13	9	19	10	7	7
Main-Track Train Derailments	178	164	106	111	114	120	115	150	142	185
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	144	150	141	132	125	105	133	108	119	88
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	330	306	351	367	325	346	319	339	411	485
Crossing	309	267	239	241	225	243	234	220	195	220
Trespasser	92	73	52	70	49	56	44	47	72	58
Other	80	63	70	82	63	59	47	44	39	34
Total	1152	1034	978	1018	914	938	911	918	985	1077
Passenger Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	5	4	1	9	3	5	0	2	3	5
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	5	4
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	4	1	4	3	4	8	7	11	10	10
Crossing	40	30	29	32	18	26	23	18	32	37
Trespasser	29	24	25	23	28	23	29	18	26	24
Other	12	5	9	8	11	13	8	1	4	5
Total	92	69	75	77	65	76	67	59	81	85
Track Unit
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	1	0	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	1	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Crossing	5	5	2	7	4	5	1	5	8	8
Trespasser	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Other	33	22	24	40	28	28	17	37	48	31
Total	38	27	27	49	32	35	18	43	57	39
Single Car/ Cut of Cars
Main-Track Train Collisions	6	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	0	2
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	80	41	39	42	56	35	51	49	61	49
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	23	15	21	20	17	23	22	32	20	35
Crossing	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Trespasser	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	19	15	9	8	6	10	5	10	12	7
Total	130	76	75	74	81	69	81	92	93	93
Other
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Main-Track Train Derailments	4	4	1	3	4	1	2	1	8	4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	5	4	12	3	21	4	7	7	11	7
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	11	10	21	17	42	14	7	16	21	26
Crossing	11	5	3	6	11	4	3	7	2	4
Trespasser	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Other	6	4	1	5	5	1	0	1	2	3
Total	41	27	41	34	85	24	19	32	44	47

*  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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