RAIL STATISTICS - 2008-03

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for March 2008


		March			Year To Date
		2008	2007	2003-2007	2008	2007	2003-2007
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	2	0	1	3	2	2
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars**	6	8	10	24	22	27
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars**	9	8	8	23	22	21
	Crossings	15	17	21	53	62	77
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	10	14	11	30	32	32
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars**	51	47	52	114	130	142
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars**	7	16	14	28	35	34
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	0	3	2	3	9	6
	Employee/Passenger	1	3	1	7	3	2
	Trespassers	5	9	5	13	16	14
	Fires/Explosions	3	2	2	5	4	4
	Other	4	3	2	15	8	7
	Total	113	130	127	318	345	368

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	5	9	7	15	18	25
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	0	1	1	0	2
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	7	3	7	28	16	23
	Runaway Rolling Stock	1	0	1	3	2	3
	Others	0	0	0	3	2	2
	Total	13	12	17	50	38	56

Million Train-miles*					22.80	22.00	22.80
Accidents/Million Train-miles					13.95	15.68	16.14

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	3	3	3	12	11	11
	Crossings	0	0	0	1	2	3
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	5	8	5	13	12	13
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	13	10	10	31	26	29
	All Others	0	1	1	2	4	3
	Total	21	22	19	59	55	58

Accidents with a DG Release		0	1	1	0	2	2

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		10	5	5	25	13	18

Fatalities
	Crossings	4	2	2	10	7	7
	Trespassers	2	6	4	6	10	10
	All Others	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Total	6	8	6	17	17	18

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	0	3	6	5	8	17
	Trespassers	0	3	1	1	4	3
	All Others	0	2	1	1	2	2
	Total	0	8	8	7	14	22

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
** These statistics (derailments since 2003) have been adjusted in light of clarifications to industry of TSB's reporting requirements.
Figures are preliminary as of April 14, 2008
All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

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Table 2
Railway Crossing and Trespasser Accidents for March 2008


			2008 Year To Date
			For Crossings with Type Recorded
			Public Crossings		Private	Farm	All Crossings		Trespasser
			(by Protection Type)		Crossings	Crossings	Total To Date		Year To Date
			Automated	Passive			2008	2007	2008	2007
Province
	NFL	Accidents	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	NS	Accidents	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	NB	Accidents	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

	QUE	Accidents	4	1	1	1	10	10	6	3
		Fatalities	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

	ONT	Accidents	13	3	4	0	20	14	5	10
		Fatalities	4	0	0	0	4	5	5	7
		Serious Injuries	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	1

	MAN	Accidents	2	0	0	0	2	11	0	0
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

	SAS	Accidents	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

	ALT	Accidents	3	4	1	0	9	7	1	1
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	BC	Accidents	2	0	4	1	8	9	1	2
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2

	NWT	Accidents	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	CAN	Accidents	26	8	10	2	53	62	13	16
		Fatalities	10	0	0	0	10	7	6	10
		Serious Injuries	5	0	0	0	5	8	1	4

Figures are preliminary as of April 14, 2008

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Table 3

Main-Track Train Derailments
March 2008


				Total Accidents			Accidents with DG Involvement
			2008 To Date		2007 To Date		2008 To Date		2007 To Date

Province
	Newfoundland			0		1		0		0
	Nova Scotia			0		0		0		0
	New Brunswick			1		2		0		2
	Quebec			5		3		1		3
	Ontario			17		10		8		2
	Manitoba			6		4		1		0
	Saskatchewan			3		4		0		0
	Alberta			9		6		2		2
	British Columbia			6		14		0		2
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		47		44		12		11

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 and one in 2007 .
Figures are preliminary as of April 14, 2008

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Table 4

Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
March 2008


				Total Accidents			Accidents with DG Involvement
			2008 To Date		2007 To Date		2008 To Date		2007 To Date

Province
	Newfoudland			0		0		0		0
	Nova Scotia			0		0		0		0
	New Brunswick			0		0		0		0
	Quebec			5		5		1		3
	Ontario			10		12		5		5
	Manitoba			3		5		1		1
	Saskatchewan			2		3		1		1
	Alberta			8		5		5		2
	British Columbia			2		2		0		0
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		30		32		13		12

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 or in 2007 .
*Number of collisions with no derailments.
Figures are preliminary as of April 14, 2008

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Table 5

Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
March 2008


				Total Accidents			Accidents with DG Involvement
			2008 To Date		2007 To Date		2008 To Date		2007 To Date
Province
	Newfoundland			0		0		0		0
	Nova Scotia			0		0		0		0
	New Brunswick			3		3		2		0
	Quebec			24		20		6		5
	Ontario			33		38		5		5
	Manitoba			9		17		3		4
	Saskatchewan			12		20		0		4
	Alberta			30		39		8		5
	British Columbia			31		28		7		3
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		142		165		31		26

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 or in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of April 14, 2008

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