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Table 2-39: Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Passengers on trains 4 3 3 8 3 58 5 0 12 6 4 14 4 3 7 3 3 16 2 5 24 3 3Railroad only 4 3 3 8 3 58 5 0 12 6 2 3 4 3 7 2 3 16 2 5 24 3 3Grade crossing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Employees on duty 97 46 40 35 34 47 31 34 33 37 27 31 24 22 20 19 25 25 16 17 (R) 26 16 20Railroad only 97 44 35 34 32 44 30 32 32 37 23 29 22 21 19 18 23 23 12 16 (R) 23 16 20Grade crossing 0 2 5 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 0 0Employees not on duty 4 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Railroad only 3 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Grade crossing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Contractor employees 7 4 3 3 11 6 3 7 9 11 5 12 3 4 10 5 4 5 7 5 5 4 3Railroad only 7 4 3 3 10 6 3 7 9 11 5 11 3 4 9 4 4 5 7 5 5 4 3Grade crossing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nontrespassers a 739 507 551 484 475 489 505 443 365 363 326 305 335 269 267 205 242 250 237 (R) 200 (R) 159 (R) 123 137Railroad only 16 10 15 16 12 18 44 32 27 15 9 8 19 11 18 8 18 23 2 16 5 (R) 8 8Grade crossing 723 497 536 468 463 471 461 411 338 348 317 297 316 258 249 197 224 227 235 (R) 184 (R) 154 (R) 115 129Trespassers 566 474 700 663 646 675 682 660 620 646 644 570 570 673 646 635 621 588 641 (R) 624 (R) 590 (R) 549 577Railroad only 457 391 543 524 533 523 529 494 471 533 536 479 463 511 540 501 475 458 511 470 (R) 457 (R) 417 445Grade crossing 109 83 157 139 113 152 153 166 149 113 108 91 107 162 106 134 146 130 130 (R) 154 (R) 133 (R) 132 132Volunteer employees N N N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Railroad only N N N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Grade crossing N N N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Railroad only and grade crossing, total 1,417 1,036 1,297 1,194 1,170 1,279 1,226 1,146 1,039 1,063 1,008 932 937 971 951 868 895 884 903 (R) 851 (R) 804 (R) 695 740Railroad only 584 454 599 586 591 653 611 567 551 602 577 530 512 550 594 534 523 525 534 512 (R) 514 (R) 448 479Grade crossing b 833 582 698 608 579 626 615 579 488 461 431 402 425 421 357 334 372 359 369 (R) 339 (R) 290 247 261Motor vehicles b 748 521 614 535 506 554 542 508 415 419 369 345 361 345 310 281 290 284 305 (R) 265 (R) 221 (R) 180 169Nonmotor vehicles b 85 61 84 73 73 72 72 72 72 42 62 57 64 76 47 53 82 75 64 74 69 (R) 67 93KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.a Beginning in 1997, Nontrespassers <strong>of</strong>f railroad property are also included.b The components <strong>of</strong> Grade crossing data were revised at a different point in time from the total Grade crossing data and may not sum to the total <strong>of</strong> Grade crossing data.NOTESRailroad only includes fatalities from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents (excludes highway-rail grade crossings). This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations. Details may not add to totals due to rounding.SOURCESAll, except grade crossing total, motor vehicles, nonmotor vehicles:1980-94: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual Issues).1995-2004: Ibid., personal communication, May 14, 2008, and table 4.08, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety as <strong>of</strong> Sept. 16, 2009.2005: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: March 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as <strong>of</strong> June 9, 2011.2006-10: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report (Washington, DC: May 2011 Issue), table 1-3, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as <strong>of</strong> June 9, 2011.Grade crossing total, motor vehicles, nonmotor vehicles:1980-94: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Railroad Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), and the Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington DC: Annual Issues).1995-2004: Ibid., personal communication, May 14, 2008, and table 4.08, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety as <strong>of</strong> Sept. 16, 2009.2005-10: Ibid., Highway-Rail Incidents by Type Major User from Form FRA F 6180.57 , table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety/Default.aspx as <strong>of</strong> June 9, 2011.

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