RAIL STATISTICS - 2009-06

Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for June 2009


			June			Year To Date
			2009	2008	2004-2008	2009	2008	2004-2008
					Average			Average
Accidents
		Main-Track Train Collisions	1	0	0	2	2	3
		Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	1	5	6	25	38	46
		Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	4	2	5	17	30	37
		Crossings	11	14	16	95	99	119
		Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	8	6	8	53	49	53
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	29	25	40	182	207	260
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	7	10	13	49	78	77
		Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	5	1	2	24	10	11
		Employee/Passenger	0	0	0	4	6	5
		Trespassers	6	8	11	33	30	38
		Fires/Explosions	1	0	2	6	4	9
		Other	4	1	1	27	26	15
		Total	77	72	103	517	579	674

Incidents
		Dangerous Goods Leaker	12	4	10	44	25	48
		Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	2	1	3	3	4
		Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	9	15	9	48	64	49
		Runaway Rolling Stock	1	2	1	3	6	6
		Others	2	1	1	5	5	4
		Total	24	24	21	103	103	110

Million Train-miles*						39.60	46.30	46.60
Accidents/Million Train-miles						13.06	12.51	14.46

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
		Main-track Train Derailments	1	1	2	8	16	16
		Crossings	0	0	0	2	3	4
		Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	2	0	3	19	18	22
		Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	5	4	7	37	48	52
		All Others	0	0	0	4	3	5
		Total	8	5	11	70	88	99

Accidents with a DG Release			0	0	0	1	0	2

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains			8	6	7	38	38	36

Fatalities
		Crossings	2	0	2	12	14	14
		Trespassers	4	5	7	24	15	24
		All Others	0	0	0	0	1	2
		Total	6	5	9	36	30	41

Serious Injuries
		Crossings	0	0	2	12	14	22
		Trespassers	2	3	3	8	9	11
		All Others	0	0	1	3	1	4
		Total	2	3	7	23	24	37

*	Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of July 13, 2009
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 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	2
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	QUE	Accidents	12	1	2	1	16	13	5	7
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	4
		Serious Injuries	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0

	ONT	Accidents	18	4	1	0	24	32	15	14
		Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	6	12	7
		Serious Injuries	2	0	0	0	2	7	3	6

	MAN	Accidents	2	4	0	0	6	6	1	0
		Fatalities	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	0
		Serious Injuries	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0

	SAS	Accidents	5	8	1	0	14	9	0	1
		Fatalities	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	0
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1

	ALT	Accidents	9	6	2	0	17	21	1	2
		Fatalities	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0

	BC	Accidents	5	2	6	0	13	17	9	4
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	2

	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	52	26	15	1	95	99	33	30
		Fatalities	8	4	0	0	12	14	24	15
		Serious Injuries	7	5	0	0	12	14	8	9

Figures are preliminary as of July 13, 2009

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Table 3

Main-Track Train Derailments
June 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		5	8	1	1
	Ontario		16	20	5	9
	Manitoba		4	9	0	1
	Saskatchewan		4	6	1	0
	Alberta		6	14	1	4
	British Columbia		5	11	0	1
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	42	68	8	16

*There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008 .
Figures are preliminary as of July 13, 2009

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Table 4

Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
June 2009


			Total Accidents		Accidents with DG Involvement
			2009 To Date	2008 To Date	2009 To Date	2008 To Date

Province
	Newfoudland		0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		0	0	0	0
	New Brunswick		0	1	0	0
	Quebec		4	5	0	1
	Ontario		16	17	7	6
	Manitoba		7	5	3	2
	Saskatchewan		2	6	0	1
	Alberta		10	11	7	7
	British Columbia		14	4	2	1
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	53	49	19	18

*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 July 13, 2009

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Table 5

Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
June 2009


			Total Accidents		Accidents with DG Involvement
			2009 To Date	2008 To Date	2009 To Date	2008 To Date
Province
	Newfoundland		1	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		1	2	0	0
	New Brunswick		1	8	0	2
	Quebec		20	34	4	7
	Ontario		53	66	10	8
	Manitoba		32	24	7	7
	Saskatchewan		19	28	1	2
	Alberta		61	57	8	12
	British Columbia		42	66	6	10
	Northwest Territories		1	0	1	0
		Canada	231	285	37	48

*There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 and none in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of July 13, 2009

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