RAIL STATISTICS - 2009-04

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for April 2009


			April			Year To Date
			2009	2008	2004-2008	2009	2008	2004-2008
					Average			Average
Accidents
		Main-Track Train Collisions	0	1	1	1	2	2
		Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	2	5	6	23	29	33
		Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	1	2	4	11	24	25
		Crossings	8	15	15	74	67	87
		Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	4	5	7	39	36	39
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	27	33	42	131	150	177
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	9	16	16	35	47	47
		Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	3	3	2	12	7	7
		Employee/Passenger	1	0	1	2	6	4
		Trespassers	4	7	7	15	15	21
		Fires/Explosions	1	0	1	2	4	5
		Other	3	3	2	19	23	12
		Total	63	90	105	364	410	460

Incidents
		Dangerous Goods Leaker	8	5	9	24	18	29
		Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	0	0	2	1	2
		Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	6	10	7	28	39	31
		Runaway Rolling Stock	0	0	1	1	3	4
		Others	1	1	0	1	4	2
		Total	15	16	18	56	65	69

Million Train-miles*						26.50	30.60	30.80
Accidents/Million Train-miles						13.74	13.40	14.94

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
		Main-track Train Derailments	0	0	2	6	13	12
		Crossings	0	2	1	1	3	3
		Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	2	2	3	15	15	17
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	6	8	7	32	39	35
		All Others	0	0	1	4	2	4
		Total	8	12	14	58	72	71

Accidents with a DG Release			0	1	0	1	1	2

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains			2	6	4	21	29	23

Fatalities
		Crossings	0	2	2	9	12	10
		Trespassers	4	2	3	13	6	13
		All Others	0	0	1	0	1	2
		Total	4	4	6	22	19	25

Serious Injuries
		Crossings	2	4	4	11	9	17
		Trespassers	0	3	3	1	3	6
		All Others	1	0	1	3	1	2
		Total	3	7	8	15	13	25

*	Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of May 20, 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 April 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	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

	QUE	Accidents	8	1	1	1	11	11	3	4
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	1
		Serious Injuries	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0

	ONT	Accidents	14	3	1	0	18	24	6	7
		Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	5	6	4
		Serious Injuries	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2

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

	SAS	Accidents	5	8	1	0	14	2	0	0
		Fatalities	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0

	ALT	Accidents	6	6	1	0	13	14	1	1
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0

	BC	Accidents	3	1	5	0	9	10	3	2
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

	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	39	22	12	1	74	67	15	15
		Fatalities	6	3	0	0	9	12	13	6
		Serious Injuries	6	5	0	0	11	9	1	3

Figures are preliminary as of May 20, 2009

Table 3

Main-Track Train Derailments
April 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	7	0	1
	Ontario		13	19	4	9
	Manitoba		2	6	0	1
	Saskatchewan		4	4	1	0
	Alberta		6	9	1	2
	British Columbia		4	8	0	0
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	34	53	6	13

* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of May 20, 2009

Table 4

Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
April 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			3		5		0		1
	Ontario			14		11		6		5
	Manitoba			6		3		3		1
	Saskatchewan			1		4		0		1
	Alberta			4		10		4		6
	British Columbia			11		3		2		1
	Northwest Territories			0		0		0		0
		Canada		39		36		15		15

* 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 May 20, 2009

Table 5

Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
April 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	1	0	0
	New Brunswick		0	3	0	1
	Quebec		13	28	4	6
	Ontario		42	49	6	8
	Manitoba		21	17	8	5
	Saskatchewan		17	21	0	1
	Alberta		42	40	8	10
	British Columbia		30	38	5	8
	Northwest Territories		1	0	1	0
		Canada	166	197	32	39

* There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 and none in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of May 20, 2009