RAIL STATISTICS - 2008-07

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for July 2008


		July			Year To Date
		2008	2007	2003-2007	2008	2007	2003-2007
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	2	0	0	4	5	3
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	8	10	8	48	47	56
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	5	11	8	37	53	47
	Crossings	18	23	21	114	125	145
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	6	7	9	54	62	65
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	33	30	43	230	267	317
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	5	18	15	79	99	93
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	5	3	1	14	18	13
	Employee/Passenger	1	1	0	8	8	5
	Trespassers	6	17	10	37	58	47
	Fires/Explosions	3	2	3	8	13	14
	Other	2	3	2	25	19	14
	Total	94	125	121	658	774	817

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	7	13	13	31	53	71
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	2	0	0	5	2	5
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	8	15	10	71	59	56
	Runaway Rolling Stock	2	3	2	9	7	8
	Others	2	2	2	7	6	6
	Total	21	33	27	123	127	147

Million Train-miles*					54.30	53.60	54.10
Accidents/Million Train-miles					12.12	14.44	15.10

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	0	5	4	16	24	21
	Crossings	0	0	0	3	4	4
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	3	1	3	22	25	25
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	4	3	8	50	50	64
	All Others	1	0	1	4	7	6
	Total	8	9	17	95	110	120

Accidents with a DG Release		0	1	1	1	3	4

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		6	12	10	45	45	44

Fatalities
	Crossings	3	6	2	18	18	16
	Trespassers	5	9	7	20	31	31
	All Others	0	0	0	1	1	3
	Total	8	15	9	39	50	50

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	5	0	3	21	13	29
	Trespassers	1	2	2	9	14	13
	All Others	2	0	0	3	2	5
	Total	8	2	5	33	29	47

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of August 19, 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 July 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	2
		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	6	4	3	2	15	20	11	4
		Fatalities	4	1	0	1	6	1	6	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

	ONT	Accidents	24	7	6	0	37	34	18	31
		Fatalities	7	0	0	0	7	9	11	20
		Serious Injuries	6	2	1	0	9	5	6	3

	MAN	Accidents	5	1	0	1	7	15	0	5
		Fatalities	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	4

	SAS	Accidents	7	7	0	0	14	15	0	0
		Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	2	2	0	0	4	3	0	0

	ALT	Accidents	7	12	1	0	21	20	3	7
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	BC	Accidents	7	0	8	1	18	19	3	7
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
		Serious Injuries	1	0	2	0	3	2	2	4

	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	58	31	18	4	114	125	37	58
		Fatalities	15	2	0	1	18	18	20	31
		Serious Injuries	12	5	3	1	21	13	9	14

Figures are preliminary as of August 19, 2008

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Table 3
Main-Track Train Derailments
July 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		6		0		4
	Quebec			11		7		1		4
	Ontario			23		24		8		4
	Manitoba			9		8		1		0
	Saskatchewan			7		11		0		2
	Alberta			19		17		5		6
	British Columbia			15		25		1		4
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		85		100		16		24

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 and two in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of August 19, 2008

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Table 4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
July 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			1		0		0		0
	New Brunswick			2		1		1		0
	Quebec			5		6		1		3
	Ontario			17		19		7		9
	Manitoba			5		9		2		3
	Saskatchewan			6		6		1		2
	Alberta			12		14		8		6
	British Columbia			6		7		2		2
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		54		62		22		25

* 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 19, 2008

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Table 5
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
July 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		1		0		0
	New Brunswick			4		8		2		0
	Quebec			38		36		7		9
	Ontario			78		91		9		13
	Manitoba			26		28		7		5
	Saskatchewan			30		43		2		5
	Alberta			58		88		12		11
	British Columbia			74		69		11		7
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		309		366		50		50

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 or in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of August 19, 2008

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