Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

August 2011

Table 1 Railway Occurrence and Casualty

	August			January to August
	2011	2010	2006-2010 Average	2011	2010	2006-2010 Average
Data extracted September 16, 2011. All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages. a. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
Accidents	91	97	103	722	701	802
Main-Track Train Collisions	0	0	0	1	3	3
Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	1	6	6	38	28	44
Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	1	7	5	45	30	37
Crossings	18	15	17	107	116	139
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	14	5	7	64	60	67
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 1-2 cars	27	34	39	268	281	302
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments - 3 or more cars	17	10	11	80	67	90
Collisions/Derailments Involving Track Units	4	10	4	22	21	21
Employee/Passenger	2	0	1	11	7	8
Trespassers	4	6	9	41	59	56
Fires/Explosions	0	4	3	17	17	14
Other	3	0	1	26	12	21
Incidents	13	11	18	139	113	138
Dangerous Goods Leaker	7	2	5	39	35	50
Main-track Switch in Abnormal Position	0	1	1	3	4	4
Movement Exceeds Limits of Authority	6	6	10	81	65	70
Runaway Rolling Stock	0	1	1	7	4	7
Others	0	1	1	8	5	7
Million Train-miles (a)				55.9	56.08	57.74
Accidents/Million Train-miles				12.92	12.5	13.89
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods	12	11	14	94	91	111
Main-track Train Derailments	0	3	2	18	10	15
Crossings	0	0	0	1	6	4
Non-Main-Track Train Collisions	1	1	3	14	15	24
Non-Main-Track Train Derailments	9	8	8	56	59	62
All Others	1	0	0	5	1	5
Accidents with a DG Release	0	0	0	2	1	2
Accidents Involving Passenger Trains	5	3	6	45	43	49
Fatalities	8	7	8	45	56	55
Crossings	5	1	2	19	16	18
Trespassers	3	6	6	25	38	35
All Others	1	0	0	5	1	5
Serious Injuries	4	1	5	36	39	39
Crossings	3	1	2	12	11	17
Trespassers	1	0	2	15	14	15
All Others	0	0	1	9	13	7