RAIL STATISTICS - 2006

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Statistical Summary – Railway Occurrences 2006

Appendix A – Rail Occurrence Tables

Table 1 – Railway Occurrences¹ and Casualties, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Accidents
Main-Track Train Collisions	12	14	10	9	7	8	6	5	6	3
Main-Track Train Derailments	172	108	119	121	127	116	149	152	194	134
Crossing Accidents	307	273	283	264	280	263	251	236	269	248
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	113	114	100	113	86	112	104	116	93	108
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	322	388	403	387	385	347	389	450	540	481
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units	19	13	27	16	18	11	23	26	19	16
Employee/ Passenger Accidents	6	10	13	13	8	8	6	12	8	15
Trespasser Accidents	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	100	83	92
Fires/ Explosions	44	51	53	32	36	24	23	15	17	25
Other	23	26	26	19	31	22	14	22	18	21
Total	1116	1075	1129	1054	1058	984	1030	1134	1247	1143
Reportable Incidents
Dangerous Goods Leaker	285	272	167	188	194	167	151	131	123	86
Main-Track Switch in Abnormal Position	12	14	15	17	9	9	11	12	10	7
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	104	107	115	102	95	93	102	90	89	101
Runaway Rolling Stock	16	20	15	9	9	18	13	11	16	13
Other	26	25	21	14	15	15	18	8	5	18
Total	443	438	333	330	322	302	295	252	243	225
Million Main-Track Train-Miles  (MMTTM)2	79.5	79.0	78.8	80.1	79.9	81.3	80.6	82.6	85.8	86.8
Main-Track Accidents3/ MMTTM	3.7	2.9	3.0	2.7	2.9	2.4	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
Main-Track Train Derailments	32	25	19	30	17	24	38	37	33	19
Crossing Accidents	4	8	8	12	7	6	3	11	15	4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	61	56	48	50	40	48	37	44	44	40
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	172	136	133	149	128	130	139	106	113	108
All Others	18	15	16	8	13	13	8	10	9	11
Total	287	240	224	249	205	221	225	208	214	182
Accidents with a Dangerous Goods Release	8	5	9	7	5	5	9	7	7	2
Fatalities
Crossing Accidents	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37	28
Trespasser Accidents	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64	59
All Others	8	1	7	1	2	0	6	8	2	8
Total	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	101	103	95
Serious Injuries
Crossing Accidents	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	54	28
Trespasser Accidents	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	34	17	27
All Others	12	15	20	11	21	10	10	9	6	14
Total	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	93	77	69

1. For federally regulated railways only. ↑

2. 2006 main-track train-miles are estimated (Source: railways annual reports submitted to Transport Canada). ↑

3. Accidents that occurred on main tracks or spurs, excluding crossing and trespasser accidents. ↑

Table 2 – Fatalities and Serious Injuries by Type of Occurrence and Person Type, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	3	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	3
Serious Injuries	5	0	6	1	9	0	2	0	0	2
Crossing Accidents
Fatalities	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37	28
Serious Injuries	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	54	28
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Collisions/ Derailments Involving Track Units
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Employee/ Passenger Accidents
Fatalities	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	5	2	4
Serious Injuries	4	10	10	8	8	6	3	7	4	8
Trespasser Accidents
Fatalities	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64	59
Serious Injuries	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	34	17	27
Fires/ Other
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Dangerous Goods Leaker
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Other Incidents
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
Serious Injuries	1	0	2	1	3	2	3	2	0	2
Fatalities by Person Type
Employees	7	0	7	1	2	0	6	6	2	6
Passengers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Pedestrians	7	8	7	8	6	10	6	4	11	9
Vehicle Occupants	24	31	30	28	34	38	23	23	28	16
Trespassers	69	61	61	51	56	48	44	68	62	59
Other Persons	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total	109	101	106	88	99	96	79	101	103	95
Serious Injuries by Person Type
Employees	7	12	17	10	16	10	11	9	6	13
Passengers	5	3	7	1	7	0	0	0	1	1
Pedestrians	2	4	5	7	5	6	6	2	2	5
Vehicle Occupants	58	39	38	27	42	36	44	48	51	24
Trespassers	29	16	32	21	20	21	20	32	17	25
Other Persons	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
Total	102	75	99	67	91	73	81	93	77	69

Table 3 – Rail Accidents by Train Type¹, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Freight Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	11	19	15	13	9	19	10	7	7	3
Main-Track Train Derailments	164	106	111	114	120	115	150	142	185	128
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	150	141	132	125	105	133	108	119	88	116
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	306	351	367	327	346	319	339	411	485	399
Crossing	267	239	241	229	245	236	221	194	220	201
Trespasser	73	52	70	49	56	44	47	73	58	69
Other	63	70	82	55	55	45	41	36	34	48
Total	1034	978	1018	912	936	911	916	982	1077	964
Passenger Train
Main-Track Train Collisions	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	4	1	9	3	5	0	2	3	5	3
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	5	4	1
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	1	4	3	4	8	7	11	10	10	10
Crossing	30	29	32	18	26	23	18	32	37	35
Trespasser	24	25	23	29	23	29	18	26	24	17
Other	5	9	8	9	13	8	1	3	4	6
Total	69	75	77	64	76	67	59	80	84	72
Track Unit
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	1	0	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	1	0	0	0
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Crossing	5	2	7	5	5	1	5	8	8	7
Trespasser	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Other	22	24	40	28	28	17	37	48	31	34
Total	27	27	49	33	35	18	43	57	39	42
Single Car/ Cut of Cars
Main-Track Train Collisions	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	1	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	2	1
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	41	39	42	56	35	51	49	61	49	59
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	15	21	20	17	23	22	32	20	35	39
Crossing	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Trespasser	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	15	9	8	5	10	5	10	12	7	3
Total	76	75	74	81	69	81	92	93	93	103
Other
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Main-Track Train Derailments	4	1	3	4	1	2	1	8	4	2
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	4	12	3	21	4	7	7	11	7	11
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	10	21	17	42	14	7	16	21	26	31
Crossing	5	3	6	11	4	3	7	2	4	6
Trespasser	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Other	4	1	5	5	1	0	1	2	3	3
Total	27	41	34	85	24	19	32	44	47	55

1. Because 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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