RAIL STATISTICS - 2009-09


Table 1
Railway Occurrence and Casualty Statistics for September 2009


		September			Year To Date
		2009	2008	2004-2008	2009	2008	2004-2008
				Average			Average
Accidents
	Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	2	4	4
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	5	4	7	35	58	67
	Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	3	1	4	21	43	55
	Crossings	18	20	17	138	163	177
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	7	8	10	75	72	80
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	38	27	47	294	322	399
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	12	8	13	85	102	117
	Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	5	4	2	44	21	19
	Employee/Passenger	0	0	1	5	8	8
	Trespassers	7	10	12	53	54	69
	Fires/Explosions	5	0	1	16	9	15
	Other	3	1	2	30	30	21
	Total	103	83	116	798	886	1,030

Incidents
	Dangerous Goods Leaker	13	9	8	68	47	76
	Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	1	1	4	9	6
	Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	11	11	9	85	90	77
	Runaway Rolling Stock	1	1	1	8	9	9
	Others	0	0	1	5	10	7
	Total	25	22	19	170	165	176

Million Train-miles*					59.40	69.20	70.00
Accidents/Million Train-miles					13.43	12.80	14.71

Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
	Main-track Train Derailments	0	0	1	10	19	23
	Crossings	0	0	1	2	3	5
	Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	2	1	3	27	27	32
	Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	6	5	7	57	62	76
	All Others	0	0	1	4	4	7
	Total	8	6	13	100	115	142

Accidents with a DG Release		0	0	0	2	1	4

Accidents Involving Passenger Trains		5	5	5	55	56	58

Fatalities
	Crossings	2	3	3	16	21	23
	Trespassers	7	5	7	40	30	44
	All Others	0	0	0	0	1	3
	Total	9	8	9	56	52	69

Serious Injuries
	Crossings	1	6	2	17	26	29
	Trespassers	0	5	4	12	18	20
	All Others	0	0	1	5	4	6
	Total	1	11	7	34	48	56

* Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Figures are preliminary as of October 19, 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 September 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	1
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

	NB	Accidents	0	0	3	0	3	2	3	2
		Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
		Serious Injuries	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

	QUE	Accidents	15	1	4	1	21	23	8	10
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	6	5	7
		Serious Injuries	1	2	0	0	3	3	2	0

	ONT	Accidents	24	9	5	0	38	51	29	28
		Fatalities	1	1	1	0	3	10	24	16
		Serious Injuries	2	0	0	0	2	10	5	11

	MAN	Accidents	9	6	0	0	15	10	1	1
		Fatalities	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	0
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	4	0

	SAS	Accidents	6	10	1	0	17	19	2	2
		Fatalities	2	3	0	0	5	1	1	1
		Serious Injuries	2	1	0	0	3	4	1	1

	ALT	Accidents	10	10	4	0	24	31	1	5
		Fatalities	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2
		Serious Injuries		3	0	0	5	1	0	2

	BC	Accidents	7	2	8	0	17	27	9	5
		Fatalities	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
		Serious Injuries	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	2

	NWT	Accidents	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

	CAN	Accidents	72	39	26	1	138	163	53	54
		Fatalities	9	6	1	0	16	21	40	30
		Serious Injuries	10	7	0	0	17	26	12	18

Figures are preliminary as of October 19, 2009

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Table 3
Main-Track Train Derailments
September 2009

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

Province
	Newfoundland		0	1	0	0
	Nova Scotia		1	0	0	0
	New Brunswick		1	1	0	0
	Quebec		7	12	2	1
	Ontario		20	29	5	10
	Manitoba		3	12	0	1
	Saskatchewan		7	8	1	0
	Alberta		10	23	2	5
	British Columbia		7	15	0	2
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	56	101	10	19

There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of October 19, 2009

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Table 4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
September 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		5	5	0	1
	Ontario		22	23	8	9
	Manitoba		10	6	3	2
	Saskatchewan		4	7	1	1
	Alberta		17	18	12	10
	British Columbia		17	9	3	3
	Northwest Territories		0	0	0	0
		Canada	75	72	27	27

There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 or in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of October 19, 2009

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Table 5
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
September 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		4	2	1	0
	New Brunswick		6	12	1	3
	Quebec		34	52	5	11
	Ontario		89	102	18	12
	Manitoba		59	48	9	8
	Saskatchewan		34	38	1	2
	Alberta		85	78	13	15
	British Columbia		66	92	8	11
	Northwest Territories		1	0	1	0
		Canada	379	424	57	62

There were 2 occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2009 and none in 2008.
Figures are preliminary as of October 19, 2009

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