RAIL STATISTICS - 2005

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Statistical Summary Railway Occurrences 2005

Table 7 - Crossing Accidents and Casualties by Type of Crossing and Protection 1996-2005

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Accidents
Public Crossings*
Total Passive Warnings (12 060)	140	109	95	98	84	77	95	72	65	72
Flashing Lights and Bells (4059)	135	113	96	91	95	101	89	85	75	104
Gates (2073)	33	32	34	35	42	43	39	50	42	53
Other Automated Warnings (24)	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	3
Total Automated Warnings (6156)	168	146	132	126	139	145	128	136	117	160
Sub-total (18 216)	308	255	227	224	223	222	223	208	182	232
Private Crossings	50	48	41	49	37	48	33	36	51	32
Farm Crossings	7	4	5	10	3	8	5	6	4	5
Total	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237	269
Fatal Accidents	39	30	38	32	30	35	41	24	21	34
Fatalities
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	14	10	14	20	10	14	16	8	7	7
Flashing Lights and Bells	17	11	11	5	12	11	14	9	10	13
Gates	10	8	9	9	10	10	13	7	8	12
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Automated Warnings	27	19	20	14	22	21	27	16	18	25
Sub-total	41	29	34	34	32	35	43	24	25	32
Private Crossings	5	1	5	3	1	5	3	2	0	4
Farm Crossings	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1
Total	46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37
Serious Injuries
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	31	21	16	13	6	12	18	15	15	9
Flashing Lights and Bells	24	30	16	21	16	20	13	23	21	22
Gates	10	5	5	6	7	6	6	8	11	14
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total Automated Warnings	34	35	21	27	23	26	19	31	32	37
Sub-total	65	56	37	40	29	38	37	46	47	46
Private Crossings	3	3	5	5	3	7	5	6	3	6
Farm Crossings	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Total	69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	53

*  Figures in parentheses denote the number of public grade crossings for federally regulated railways in Canada by warning type as of April 2006. (There are approximately 28 500 private and farm crossings in Canada.) (Source: Transport Canada)

Table 8 - Crossing Accidents and Related Casualties by Province 1996-2005

		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Accidents*
Newfoundland and Labrador	(7)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nova Scotia	(119)	7	5	3	7	3	10	1	2	2	5
New-Brunswick	(190)	6	5	2	5	2	8	2	9	2	3
Quebec	(1660)	61	51	48	51	44	43	44	36	62	56
Ontario	(4768)	91	75	65	94	88	80	77	80	70	92
Manitoba	(2360)	46	30	34	19	21	25	36	28	19	18
Saskatchewan	(5462)	49	33	38	30	32	29	24	24	16	19
Alberta	(2791)	71	70	54	52	45	54	55	38	38	56
British Columbia	(840)	33	38	29	24	28	28	22	32	26	18
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	(19)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1
Canada	(18 216)	365	307	273	283	263	278	261	250	237	269
Crossing Accidents per MMTTM**		4.51	3.43	3.25	3.17	2.90	3.05	2.84	2.89	2.68	2.78
Crossing Accidents with Derailment		6	5	5	8	9	12	9	4	9	12
Fatalities
Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia		1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
New Brunswick		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Quebec		6	7	7	6	8	4	9	4	9	7
Ontario		19	10	14	20	12	17	15	15	12	16
Manitoba		1	2	7	2	2	3	5	2	1	2
Saskatchewan		5	1	5	1	5	8	3	4	1	2
Alberta		5	6	4	5	3	5	10	3	2	6
British Columbia		8	4	2	3	2	2	4	0	0	3
Northwest Territories/ Yukon		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada		46	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nova Scotia		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
New Brunswick		1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0
Quebec		13	10	7	4	6	4	6	5	14	11
Ontario		13	11	7	19	7	15	14	19	11	20
Manitoba		13	5	6	3	4	3	3	4	6	1
Saskatchewan		8	6	6	7	3	5	4	4	3	4
Alberta		16	19	13	11	8	13	12	11	9	11
British Columbia		4	6	3	1	5	4	2	8	5	3
Northwest Territories/ Yukon		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Canada		69	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	53

* Figures in parentheses denote the estimated number of public crossings for federally regulated railways in each province as of April 2006. (Source: Transport Canada)

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

Table 9 - Trespasser Accidents and Related Casualties by Province 1996-2005

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Accidents
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nova Scotia	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2
New Brunswick	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2
Quebec	31	15	12	26	14	10	13	6	16	14
Ontario	55	47	36	46	41	42	43	38	45	43
Manitoba	1	4	4	1	1	7	3	3	3	6
Saskatchewan	3	4	2	3	2	3	0	2	3	0
Alberta	8	7	10	10	6	9	3	7	16	6
British Columbia	21	21	14	9	14	8	9	9	13	10
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	126	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	99	83
Fatal Accidents	67	69	59	61	54	56	50	45	67	64
Fatalities
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
New Brunswick	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
Quebec	14	10	11	19	10	9	9	4	10	12
Ontario	35	34	30	31	30	29	33	30	32	33
Manitoba	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	2	3	4
Saskatchewan	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4	0
Alberta	2	3	8	7	4	7	1	5	11	5
British Columbia	11	17	8	4	8	5	4	4	7	8
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	67	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nova Scotia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
New Brunswick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Quebec	10	5	1	7	3	1	3	2	6	2
Ontario	15	13	8	16	9	12	9	7	13	9
Manitoba	1	1	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	1
Saskatchewan	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Alberta	4	4	2	3	5	2	2	2	5	1
British Columbia	11	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	7	2
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	45	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	33	17

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