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| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
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June 2010
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| Table 1
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| Railway Occurrence and Casualty
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June
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January to June
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2010
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2009
|
2005-2009 Average
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2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
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| |
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| Accidents
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76
|
77
|
94
|
|
491
|
525
|
634
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Main-Track Train Collisions
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0
|
1
|
0
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|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
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Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars
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|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
20
|
25
|
41
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|
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Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars
|
|
3
|
3
|
5
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|
15
|
16
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32
|
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Crossings
|
|
14
|
11
|
13
|
|
82
|
97
|
113
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Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
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|
6
|
8
|
8
|
|
45
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53
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52
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Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars
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|
27
|
30
|
37
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|
204
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188
|
242
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|
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Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars
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5
|
7
|
12
|
|
46
|
49
|
71
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Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units
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2
|
5
|
2
|
|
9
|
26
|
13
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|
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Employee/Passenger
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|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Trespassers
|
|
12
|
6
|
8
|
|
44
|
35
|
37
|
|
|
Fires/Explosions
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|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
|
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Other
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0
|
4
|
2
|
|
11
|
24
|
18
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| Incidents
|
|
16
|
24
|
22
|
|
92
|
102
|
106
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|
|
Dangerous Goods Leaker
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0
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12
|
10
|
|
31
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43
|
43
|
|
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Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position
|
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0
|
0
|
1
|
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority
|
|
15
|
9
|
9
|
|
53
|
48
|
50
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Runaway Rolling Stock
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
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Others
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0
|
2
|
1
|
|
3
|
5
|
4
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| Million Train-miles
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a
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|
|
|
42
|
39.6
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45.5
|
| Accidents/Million Train-miles
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|
|
|
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|
11.7
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13.3
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13.9
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| Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
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|
7
|
9
|
12
|
|
64
|
71
|
91
|
|
|
Main-track Train Derailments
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|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
4
|
8
|
13
|
|
|
Crossings
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
13
|
19
|
21
|
|
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Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
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|
5
|
5
|
6
|
|
43
|
37
|
48
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|
|
All Others
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|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
1
|
5
|
5
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| Accidents with a DG Release
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|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
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| Accidents Involving Passenger Trains
|
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
|
31
|
38
|
36
|
| Fatalities
|
|
10
|
6
|
7
|
|
41
|
37
|
41
|
|
|
Crossings
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
|
|
Trespassers
|
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
|
27
|
25
|
25
|
|
|
All Others
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|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Serious Injuries
|
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
|
29
|
24
|
32
|
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|
Crossings
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|
3
|
0
|
2
|
|
7
|
12
|
19
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|
|
Trespassers
|
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
|
|
All Others
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|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
3
|
3
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| Data extracted July 16, 2010.
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| All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.
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| a. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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Table 1
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| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics |
June 2010 |
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| Table 2 |
| Railway crossing and trespasser Accidents by province |
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Crossings with Type Recorded |
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All Crossings |
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Trespasser |
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2010 - Year To Date* |
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Year To Date* |
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Year To Date* |
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Public Automated |
Public Passive |
Private |
Farm |
|
2010 |
2009 |
|
2010 |
2009 |
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|
| Newfoundland |
|
|
|
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|
|
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 |
| Nova Scotia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| New Brunswick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Quebec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
10 |
17 |
|
9 |
6 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
2 |
| Ontario |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
13 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
20 |
25 |
|
15 |
16 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
12 |
13 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
2 |
3 |
| Manitoba |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
6 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Saskatchewan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
2 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
14 |
14 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Alberta |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
7 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
|
17 |
16 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
| British Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
8 |
14 |
|
10 |
9 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
|
4 |
5 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
4 |
| Northwest Territories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
34 |
37 |
11 |
0 |
|
82 |
97 |
|
44 |
35 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 |
12 |
|
27 |
25 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
12 |
|
11 |
9 |
|
| Data extracted July 16, 2010. |
| Year to date is from January to June. |
|
| Transportation Safety Board of Canada |
Table 2 |
| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
June 2010
|
|
|
| Table 3
|
| Main-track train derailments by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derailments with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to June
|
|
January to June
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
35
|
41
|
73
|
|
4
|
8
|
13
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
12
|
16
|
22
|
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
4
|
6
|
12
|
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
7
|
5
|
15
|
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| * There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2010 or in 2009.
|
| Data extracted July 16, 2010.
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|
|
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
|
Table 3
|
| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
June 2010
|
|
|
| Table 4
|
| Non main-track train collisions by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collisions with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to June
|
|
January to June
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
45
|
53
|
52
|
|
13
|
19
|
21
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
7
|
16
|
16
|
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
12
|
14
|
8
|
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| * There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2010 or in 2009.
|
| Data extracted July 16, 2010.
|
| *Number of collisions with no derailments.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
|
Table 4
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| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
June 2010
|
|
|
| Table 5
|
| Non main-track train derailments by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derailments with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to June
|
|
January to June
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
250
|
237
|
312
|
|
43
|
37
|
48
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
27
|
20
|
44
|
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
51
|
53
|
83
|
|
8
|
10
|
11
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
28
|
38
|
29
|
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
24
|
19
|
29
|
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
65
|
61
|
63
|
|
10
|
8
|
10
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
45
|
42
|
53
|
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| * There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2010 and 1 in 2009.
|
| Data extracted July 16, 2010.
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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Table 5
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