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| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
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July 2010
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| Table 1
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| Railway Occurrence and Casualty
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July
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January to July
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2010
|
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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105
|
96
|
118
|
|
601
|
621
|
752
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Main-Track Train Collisions
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1
|
0
|
0
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|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
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Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars
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|
1
|
2
|
7
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|
21
|
27
|
48
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|
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Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars
|
|
7
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0
|
7
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|
22
|
16
|
39
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Crossings
|
|
17
|
12
|
21
|
|
100
|
109
|
134
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|
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Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
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|
9
|
7
|
7
|
|
54
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60
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59
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Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars
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|
38
|
39
|
42
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|
246
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227
|
283
|
|
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Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars
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12
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16
|
14
|
|
58
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65
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85
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Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units
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2
|
8
|
4
|
|
11
|
34
|
17
|
|
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Employee/Passenger
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|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
Trespassers
|
|
9
|
6
|
9
|
|
53
|
41
|
46
|
|
|
Fires/Explosions
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|
5
|
3
|
4
|
|
13
|
9
|
12
|
|
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Other
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|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
12
|
26
|
20
|
| Incidents
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|
8
|
19
|
25
|
|
100
|
121
|
131
|
|
|
Dangerous Goods Leaker
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|
2
|
6
|
10
|
|
33
|
49
|
53
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|
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Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position
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0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority
|
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
|
59
|
58
|
60
|
|
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Runaway Rolling Stock
|
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0
|
3
|
2
|
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
|
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Others
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0
|
0
|
2
|
|
3
|
5
|
6
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| Million Train-miles
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a
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|
|
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48.8
|
46
|
53
|
| Accidents/Million Train-miles
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|
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|
12.3
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13.5
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14.2
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| Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
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|
12
|
12
|
14
|
|
76
|
83
|
105
|
|
|
Main-track Train Derailments
|
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
|
6
|
8
|
16
|
|
|
Crossings
|
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
14
|
21
|
23
|
|
|
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments
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|
7
|
10
|
8
|
|
50
|
47
|
56
|
|
|
All Others
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|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
1
|
5
|
6
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| Accidents with a DG Release
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|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
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| Accidents Involving Passenger Trains
|
|
9
|
5
|
9
|
|
40
|
43
|
45
|
| Fatalities
|
|
8
|
4
|
9
|
|
49
|
41
|
50
|
|
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Crossings
|
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
|
15
|
13
|
18
|
|
|
Trespassers
|
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
|
32
|
28
|
31
|
|
|
All Others
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|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Serious Injuries
|
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
|
37
|
31
|
37
|
|
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Crossings
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|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
10
|
14
|
21
|
|
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Trespassers
|
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
14
|
12
|
12
|
|
|
All Others
|
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
13
|
5
|
4
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| Data extracted August 18, 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 |
July 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* |
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
6 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
|
14 |
17 |
|
11 |
8 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
3 |
| Ontario |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
17 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
24 |
28 |
|
20 |
20 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
15 |
15 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
5 |
| Manitoba |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
7 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Saskatchewan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
3 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 |
14 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Alberta |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
9 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 |
22 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
5 |
|
3 |
0 |
| British Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accidents |
|
9 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
12 |
16 |
|
11 |
9 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
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 |
|
47 |
40 |
13 |
0 |
|
100 |
109 |
|
53 |
41 |
|
|
Fatalities |
|
9 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
13 |
|
32 |
28 |
|
Serious Injuries |
|
3 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
10 |
14 |
|
14 |
12 |
|
| Data extracted August 18, 2010. |
| Year to date is from January to July. |
|
| Transportation Safety Board of Canada |
Table 2 |
| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
July 2010
|
|
|
| Table 3
|
| Main-track train derailments by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derailments with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to July
|
|
January to July
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
43
|
43
|
87
|
|
6
|
8
|
16
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
4
|
5
|
11
|
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
12
|
17
|
26
|
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
7
|
6
|
14
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
9
|
5
|
17
|
|
2
|
0
|
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 August 18, 2010.
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|
|
|
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
|
Table 3
|
| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
July 2010
|
|
|
| Table 4
|
| Non main-track train collisions by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collisions with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to July
|
|
January to July
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
54
|
60
|
59
|
|
14
|
21
|
23
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
9
|
4
|
8
|
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
7
|
19
|
18
|
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
14
|
15
|
9
|
|
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 August 18, 2010.
|
| *Number of collisions with no derailments.
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
|
Table 4
|
| Monthly Railway Occurrence Statistics
|
July 2010
|
|
|
| Table 5
|
| Non main-track train derailments by province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derailments with DG Involvement
|
|
|
|
|
January to July
|
|
January to July
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
2010
|
2009
|
2005-2009 Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
304
|
292
|
368
|
|
50
|
47
|
56
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
New Brunswick
|
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Quebec
|
|
33
|
24
|
51
|
|
4
|
5
|
11
|
|
|
Ontario
|
|
62
|
66
|
98
|
|
10
|
13
|
13
|
|
|
Manitoba
|
|
36
|
46
|
35
|
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
|
27
|
26
|
34
|
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
Alberta
|
|
78
|
71
|
74
|
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
|
|
British Columbia
|
|
58
|
52
|
62
|
|
9
|
7
|
8
|
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| * There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2010 and 2 in 2009.
|
| Data extracted August 18, 2010.
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| Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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Table 5
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