RAIL STATISTICS - 2008-08

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for August 2008


		August			Year To Date
		2008	2007	2003-2007	2008	2007	2003-2007
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	4	5	4
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	8	4	6	56	51	62
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	7	6	6	42	59	53
	Crossings	24	13	19	137	141	164
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	10	6	8	65	68	72
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	40	35	48	269	302	365
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	11	15	14	91	114	107
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	0	4	4	15	22	16
	Employee/Passenger	0	4	1	8	12	6
	Trespassers	7	11	11	44	69	58
	Fires/Explosions	1	2	2	9	15	16
	Other	1	4	1	28	23	15
	Total	109	104	120	768	881	938

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	4	6	12	35	59	83
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	3	1	0	8	3	6
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	8	9	9	80	68	65
	Runaway Rolling Stock	0	1	1	9	8	9
	Others	2	0	1	10	6	7
	Total	17	17	23	142	144	170

Million Train-miles*					63.20	62.50	62.00
Accidents/Million Train-miles					12.15	14.10	15.13

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	2	0	3	18	24	24
	Crossings	0	0	0	3	4	5
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	5	3	3	27	28	28
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	4	15	10	54	65	75
	All Others	0	0	1	4	7	6
	Total	11	18	18	106	128	138

Accidents with a DG Release		0	0	1	1	3	5

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		6	6	7	51	51	51

Fatalities
	Crossings	1	1	4	18	19	20
	Trespassers	4	5	7	25	36	38
	All Others	0	0	0	1	1	3
	Total	5	6	11	44	56	61

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	1	3	2	21	16	31
	Trespassers	3	4	3	13	18	17
	All Others	0	2	1	3	4	6
	Total	4	9	6	37	38	53

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of September 10, 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 August 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	3	2	2
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

	QUE	Accidents	8	7	4	2	21	22	9	6
		Fatalities	4	1	0	1	6	1	6	3
		Serious Injuries	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2

	ONT	Accidents	30	11	8	0	49	36	25	36
		Fatalities	8	0	0	0	8	10	15	24
		Serious Injuries	6	2	1	0	9	7	9	4

	MAN	Accidents	6	1	0	1	8	16	0	5
		Fatalities	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	4

	SAS	Accidents	6	8	1	0	15	17	1	0
		Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	1	2	0	0	3	3	1	0

	ALT	Accidents	7	13	1	0	22	25	3	9
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2

	BC	Accidents	9	0	8	1	20	21	4	9
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1
		Serious Injuries	1	0	2	0	3	2	2	6

	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	68	40	22	4	137	141	44	69
		Fatalities	15	2	0	1	18	19	25	36
		Serious Injuries	11	6	3	1	21	16	13	18

Figures are preliminary as of September 10, 2008

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Table 3
Main-Track Train Derailments
August 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			12		7		1		4
	Ontario			28		27		9		4
	Manitoba			12		8		1		0
	Saskatchewan			8		14		0		2
	Alberta			22		19		6		6
	British Columbia			15		27		1		4
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		98		110		18		24

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 and two in 2007 .
Figures are preliminary as of September 10, 2008

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Table 4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
August 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			3		1		1		0
	Quebec			5		7		1		3
	Ontario			21		20		10		9
	Manitoba			5		10		2		4
	Saskatchewan			6		6		1		2
	Alberta			17		15		10		7
	British Columbia			7		9		2		3
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		65		68		27		28

* 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 September 10, 2008

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Table 5
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
August 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		2		0		1
	New Brunswick			4		9		2		0
	Quebec			45		41		9		11
	Ontario			92		107		10		17
	Manitoba			29		32		7		6
	Saskatchewan			34		46		2		6
	Alberta			67		100		13		15
	British Columbia			88		77		11		9
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		360		416		54		65

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2008 and or in 2007.
Figures are preliminary as of September 10, 2008

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