RAIL STATISTICS - 2008-06

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for June 2008


		June			Year To Date
		2008	2007	2003-2007	2008	2007	2003-2007
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	2	5	3
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	5	2	7	40	37	48
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	3	9	5	32	42	39
	Crossings	12	12	16	96	102	123
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	5	8	9	48	55	56
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	23	31	44	197	237	274
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	8	14	15	74	81	78
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	1	0	2	9	15	11
	Employee/Passenger	0	0	1	7	7	5
	Trespassers	7	13	11	31	41	37
	Fires/Explosions	0	2	2	5	11	11
	Other	1	2	1	23	16	12
	Total	65	93	113	564	649	697

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	2	8	11	25	40	58
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	2	0	1	3	2	5
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	15	8	7	63	44	46
	Runaway Rolling Stock	2	0	1	7	4	7
	Others	1	1	1	5	4	4
	Total	22	17	21	103	94	120

Million Train-miles*					46.40	45.70	46.30
Accidents/Million Train-miles					12.16	14.20	15.05

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	1	3	2	16	19	17
	Crossings	0	1	0	3	4	4
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	0	6	4	19	24	22
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	3	4	7	46	47	56
	All Others	0	0	0	3	7	5
	Total	4	14	14	87	101	103

Accidents with a DG Release		0	0	1	1	2	4

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		6	11	7	39	33	35

Fatalities
	Crossings	0	0	2	15	12	14
	Trespassers	5	8	7	15	22	24
	All Others	0	0	1	1	1	3
	Total	5	8	9	31	35	41

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	1	1	3	16	13	25
	Trespassers	2	2	4	7	12	12
	All Others	0	0	1	1	2	5
	Total	3	3	8	24	27	42

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of August 6, 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 June 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	0	1	0	1
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

	QUE	Accidents	5	4	3	1	13	17	9	4
		Fatalities	4	1	0	0	5	0	4	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

	ONT	Accidents	18	6	6	0	31	26	15	20
		Fatalities	4	0	0	0	5	6	8	13
		Serious Injuries	5	1	1	0	7	5	5	2

	MAN	Accidents	4	1	0	0	5	14	0	4
		Fatalities	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	4

	SAS	Accidents	5	5	0	0	10	12	0	0
		Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0

	ALT	Accidents	7	10	1	0	19	13	2	5
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

	BC	Accidents	5	0	8	1	16	18	3	5
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	3

	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	46	26	18	2	96	102	31	41
		Fatalities	12	2	0	0	15	12	15	22
		Serious Injuries	10	3	3	0	16	13	7	12

Figures are preliminary as of August 6, 2008

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Table 3

Main-Track Train Derailments
June 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		1		0		0
	New Brunswick			1		5		0		3
	Quebec			8		3		1		3
	Ontario			20		20		8		4
	Manitoba			9		5		1		0
	Saskatchewan			6		8		0		0
	Alberta			17		13		5		5
	British Columbia			11		23		1		4
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		72		79		16		19

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 and one in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of August 6, 2008

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Table 4

Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
June 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			1		1		0		0
	Quebec			5		6		1		3
	Ontario			16		18		7		9
	Manitoba			5		8		2		3
	Saskatchewan			6		5		1		2
	Alberta			11		11		7		5
	British Columbia			4		6		1		2
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		48		55		19		24

*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 August 6, 2008

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Table 5

Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
June 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			1		0		0		0
	New Brunswick			4		8		2		0
	Quebec			32		31		7		9
	Ontario			62		78		7		11
	Manitoba			24		27		7		5
	Saskatchewan			28		35		2		5
	Alberta			53		76		11		11
	British Columbia			67		61		10		6
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		271		318		46		47

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 or in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of August 6, 2008

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