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Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in May 2022

Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in May 2022
  May Year to date (May)
2022 2021 2017-2021 average  2022 2021 2017-2021 average
Accidents  92 94 88 457 469 496
Main-track train collisions 0 0 0 2 3 2
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 2 2 3 12 20 23
Main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 1 0 0 2 0 2
Main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 5 2 4 13 14 13
Crossings 10 10 10 67 61 63
Non-main-track train collisions  7 5 5 34 27 44
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 22 25 29 158 179 204
Non-main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 7 6 8 28 18 34
Non-main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 2 1 2 11 3 10
Collisions/Derailments involving track units 2 3 4 23 16 15
Employee/Passenger  0 1 1 2 5 5
Trespassers 4 3 6 22 20 23
Fires/Explosions 25 32 14 54 76 37
Other 5 4 3 29 27 22
Incidents  22 14 17 148 73 117
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 1 0 0 1 1 1
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 0 0 0 2 0 0
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 11 2 2 78 10 38
Dangerous goods leaker** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Main-track switch in abnormal position 0 1 1 0 4 5
Movement exceeds limits of authority 7 9 12 55 47 56
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 2 1 6 5 7
Others 0 0 1 6 6 9
Million train-miles (a)     32.54 34.46 35.09
Accidents/Million train-miles     14.04 13.61 14.14
Accidents involving dangerous goods 10 7 8 57 38 56
Main-track train derailments 0 1 1 4 5 6
Crossings 2 0 0 3 2 3
Non-main-track train collisions 4 1 2 15 9 15
Non-main-track train derailments 3 5 5 32 19 31
All others  1 0 0 3 3 2
Accidents with a DG release 1 0 0 1 0 2
Accidents involving passenger trains 5 4 4 25 14 20
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 2 4 18 12 21
Fatalities 5 5 6 22 20 23
Crossings  2 1 2 7 4 6
Trespassers  3 3 4 15 14 15
All others  0 1 0 0 2 1
Serious Injuries 1 1 5 24 15 23
Crossings 1 1 2 16 8 10
Trespassers 0 0 1 4 4 7
All others 0 0 1 4 3 6

Data extracted 15 June 2022

All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

New TSB regulations came into effect on August 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

  1. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)

* Under new reporting requirements all derailments are reportable. The TSB has reviewed derailments and collisions back to January 1, 2014 and recategorized occurrences with minimal consequences as reportable incidents including: derailments involving 1 to 2 cars, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires,and no release of dangerous goods; Non-main-track collisions, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires, no release of dangerous goods, and did not foul the main track.

** TSB Regulations have been harmonized with Section 8.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, under which TSB DG leaker incidents are only reportable if they result in death or serious injury, evacuation, or the closure of a DG loading facility, a road, a main railway line, or a main waterway.

Note: This is preliminary information subject to year-end validation and reconciliation.