RAIL STATISTICS - 2009-02

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for February 2009

		February			Year To Date
		2009	2008	2004-2008	2009	2008	2004-2008
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	1	1	1
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	6	9	8	19	18	17
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	5	8	7	8	14	13
	Crossings	22	19	24	50	37	53
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	10	11	10	24	20	20
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	27	30	38	65	65	86
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	5	13	9	14	22	19
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	3	3	2	5	3	4
	Employee/Passenger	0	4	2	1	5	2
	Trespassers	3	2	5	4	7	10
	Fires/Explosions	1	2	1	1	2	2
	Other	5	7	2	11	10	7
	Total	87	108	107	203	204	232

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	1	7	7	10	9	14
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	0	1	1	1	1
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	3	13	10	14	22	17
	Runaway Rolling Stock	0	1	0	0	2	2
	Others	0	2	1	0	3	2
	Total	4	23	19	25	37	36

Million Train-miles*					13.10	14.90	14.90
Accidents/Million Train-miles					15.50	13.69	15.57

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	3	7	4	6	10	7
	Crossings	0	1	1	1	1	3
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	5	4	3	9	8	8
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	8	6	9	20	17	16
	All Others	0	0	1	3	2	2
	Total	16	18	17	39	38	37

Accidents with a DG Release		1	0	0	1	0	0

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		4	8	8	13	13	13

Fatalities
	Crossings	1	1	3	4	6	5
	Trespassers	1	1	3	2	3	6
	All Others	0	1	1	0	1	1
	Total	2	3	6	6	10	12

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	3	3	5	6	4	9
	Trespassers	1	0	1	1	0	2
	All Others	1	1	0	2	1	1
	Total	5	4	7	9	5	12

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of March 18, 2009
All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

Table 2
Railway Crossing and Trespasser Accidents for February 2009

			2009 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			2009	2008	2009	2008
	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	0	0	0
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

	QUE	Accidents	8	1	1	0	10	8	1	3
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
		Serious Injuries	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0

	ONT	Accidents	10	1	0	0	11	15	1	2
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0

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

	SAS	Accidents	3	5	1	0	9	0	0	0
		Fatalities	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0

	ALT	Accidents	3	6	0	0	9	6	0	1
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0

	BC	Accidents	1	1	5	0	7	7	2	1
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

	NWT	Accidents	0	1	0	0	1	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	16	8	0	50	37	4	7
		Fatalities	2	2	0	0	4	6	2	3
		Serious Injuries	1	5	0	0	6	4	1	0
Figures are preliminary as of March 18, 2009

Table 3

Main-Track Train Derailments
February 2009

			Total Accidents		Accidents with DG Involvement
			2009 To Date	2008 To Date	2009 To Date	2008 To Date
Province
	Newfoundland		0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		1	0	0	0
	New Brunswick		1	0	0	0
	Quebec		3	1	0	0
	Ontario		10	13	4	8
	Manitoba		2	4	0	0
	Saskatchewan		4	3	1	0
	Alberta		3	7	1	2
	British Columbia		3	4	0	0
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	27	32	6	10

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of March 18, 2009

Table 4

Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
February 2009

			Total Accidents		Accidents with DG Involvement
			2009 To Date	2008 To Date	2009 To Date	2008 To Date
Province
	Newfoundland		0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		0	0	0	0
	New Brunswick		0	0	0	0
	Quebec		2	3	0	0
	Ontario		8	7	2	2
	Manitoba		5	1	3	1
	Saskatchewan		1	2	0	1
	Alberta		2	6	2	4
	British Columbia		6	1	2	0
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	24	20	9	8

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008.
*Number of collisions with no derailments.
Figures are preliminary as of March 18, 2009

Table 5

Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
February 2009

			Total Accidents		Accidents with DG Involvement
			2009 To Date	2008 To Date	2009 To Date	2008 To Date
Province
	Newfoundland		0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		0	0	0	0
	New Brunswick		0	2	0	1
	Quebec		5	6	2	2
	Ontario		20	20	6	2
	Manitoba		10	4	4	1
	Saskatchewan		6	10	0	0
	Alberta		22	22	5	6
	British Columbia		16	23	3	5
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	79	87	20	17

* There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 and none in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of March 18, 2009