RAIL STATISTICS - 2006

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Statistical Summary – Railway Occurrences 2006

Table 7 – Crossing Accidents and Casualties by Type of Crossing and Protection, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Accidents
Public Crossings1
Total Passive Warnings (12 138)	109	95	97	85	79	97	73	64	71	82
Flashing Lights and Bells (4193)	113	96	91	95	101	89	85	75	104	73
Gates (2175)	32	34	36	42	43	39	50	42	53	36
Other Automated Warnings (47)	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	8
Total Automated Warnings (6415)	146	132	127	139	145	128	136	117	160	117
Sub-total (18 553)	255	227	224	223	222	223	208	181	231	199
Private Crossings	48	41	49	37	48	33	36	51	33	47
Farm Crossings	4	5	10	3	8	5	6	4	5	2
Total	307	273	283	264	280	263	251	236	269	248
Fatal Accidents	30	38	32	30	35	41	24	21	34	25
Fatalities
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	10	14	19	10	14	16	8	7	7	8
Flashing Lights and Bells	11	11	5	12	11	14	9	10	13	10
Gates	8	9	10	10	10	13	7	8	12	7
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Automated Warnings	19	20	15	22	21	27	16	18	25	17
Sub-total	29	34	34	32	35	43	24	25	32	25
Private Crossings	1	5	3	1	5	3	2	0	4	3
Farm Crossings	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
Total	32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37	28
Serious Injuries
Public Crossings
Total Passive Warnings	21	16	13	6	12	18	15	15	9	9
Flashing Lights and Bells	30	16	21	16	20	13	23	21	23	11
Gates	5	5	6	7	6	6	8	11	14	6
Other Automated Warnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total Automated Warnings	35	21	27	23	26	19	31	32	38	17
Sub-total	56	37	40	29	38	37	46	47	47	26
Private Crossings	3	5	5	3	7	5	6	3	6	2
Farm Crossings	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Total	60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	54	28

1. Figures in brackets denote the number of public grade crossings for federally regulated railways in Canada by warning type as of June 2007. (There are approximately 28 500 private and farm crossings in Canada.) (Source: Transport Canada) ↑

Table 8 – Crossing Accidents and Related Casualties by Province, 1997–2006

		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Accidents1
Newfoundland and Labrador	(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nova Scotia	(160)	5	3	7	3	10	1	2	2	5	4
New Brunswick	(308)	5	2	5	2	8	2	9	2	3	3
Quebec	(1767)	51	48	51	44	43	44	36	62	56	39
Ontario	(4947)	75	65	94	88	80	77	80	69	92	67
Manitoba	(2363)	30	34	19	22	25	36	28	19	18	20
Saskatchewan	(5439)	33	38	30	32	29	24	24	16	19	27
Alberta	(2655)	70	54	52	45	54	55	38	38	56	56
British Columbia	(888)	38	29	24	28	30	24	33	26	18	31
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	(19)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0
Canada	(18 553)	307	273	283	264	280	263	251	236	269	248
Crossing Accidents per MMTTM2		3.43	3.25	3.17	2.91	3.08	2.90	2.90	2.66	2.79	2.55
Crossing Accidents with Derailment		5	5	8	9	12	9	4	9	12	4
Fatalities
Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia		0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
New Brunswick		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Quebec		7	7	6	8	4	9	4	9	7	7
Ontario		10	14	20	12	17	15	15	12	16	12
Manitoba		2	7	2	2	3	5	2	1	2	2
Saskatchewan		1	5	1	5	8	3	4	1	2	2
Alberta		6	4	5	3	5	10	3	2	6	4
British Columbia		4	2	3	2	2	4	0	0	3	1
Northwest Territories/ Yukon		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada		32	39	37	33	41	46	28	25	37	28
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nova Scotia		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
New Brunswick		1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0
Quebec		10	7	4	6	4	6	5	14	11	4
Ontario		11	7	19	7	15	14	19	11	20	8
Manitoba		5	6	3	4	3	3	4	6	1	4
Saskatchewan		6	6	7	3	5	4	4	3	4	2
Alberta		19	13	11	8	13	12	11	9	12	8
British Columbia		6	3	1	5	4	2	8	5	3	1
Northwest Territories/ Yukon		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Canada		60	43	45	33	47	42	52	50	54	28

1. Figures in brackets denote the estimated number of public crossings for federally regulated railways in each province as of June 2007. The Canada total is the actual figure. (Source: Transport Canada) ↑

2. 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, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Accidents
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nova Scotia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0
New Brunswick	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1
Quebec	15	12	26	14	10	13	6	16	14	9
Ontario	47	36	46	41	42	43	38	45	43	43
Manitoba	4	4	1	1	7	3	3	3	6	5
Saskatchewan	4	2	3	2	3	0	2	3	0	2
Alberta	7	10	10	6	9	3	7	16	6	18
British Columbia	21	14	9	14	8	9	9	14	10	14
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	98	78	95	79	80	73	65	100	83	92
Fatal Accidents	69	59	61	54	56	50	45	67	64	68
Fatalities
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
New Brunswick	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0
Quebec	10	11	19	10	9	9	4	10	12	6
Ontario	34	30	31	30	29	33	30	32	33	31
Manitoba	3	3	0	0	2	1	2	3	4	1
Saskatchewan	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4	0	1
Alberta	3	8	7	4	7	1	5	11	5	11
British Columbia	17	8	4	8	5	4	4	7	8	9
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	69	61	62	54	56	50	45	68	64	59
Serious Injuries
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nova Scotia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
New Brunswick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Quebec	5	1	7	3	1	3	2	6	2	3
Ontario	13	8	16	9	12	9	7	13	9	13
Manitoba	1	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	1	3
Saskatchewan	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
Alberta	4	2	3	5	2	2	2	5	1	3
British Columbia	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	8	2	3
Northwest Territories/ Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	30	17	34	23	23	21	19	34	17	27

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