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Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in September 2022

Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in September 2022
  September Year to date (September)
2022 2021 2017-2021 average  2022 2021 2017-2021 average
Accidents  80 85 88 806 837 863
Main-track train collisions 0 0 0 4 3 3
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 1 5 3 24 34 38
Main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 0 1 0 5 3 5
Main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 0 2 3 22 26 25
Crossings 14 7 10 111 101 110
Non-main-track train collisions  3 4 6 45 46 69
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 22 19 35 261 275 336
Non-main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 5 7 6 43 39 56
Non-main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 2 1 2 19 10 18
Collisions/Derailments involving track units 6 4 4 44 38 34
Employee/Passenger  0 3 1 6 10 9
Trespassers 9 7 8 50 49 52
Fires/Explosions 13 24 7 118 166 74
Other 5 1 1 54 37 32
Incidents  25 24 17 241 151 185
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 1 0 1 2 2
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 1 0 0 4 2 1
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 9 7 3 107 26 48
Dangerous goods leaker** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Main-track switch in abnormal position 2 1 1 5 9 8
Movement exceeds limits of authority 11 11 8 107 86 98
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 0 2 2 6 11 12
Others 2 2 2 11 15 16
Million train-miles (a)       59.64 60.17 62.58
Accidents/Million train-miles       13.51 13.91 13.79
Accidents involving dangerous goods 5 4 7 80 65 88
Main-track train derailments 0 2 2 10 12 12
Crossings 0 0 0 3 2 4
Non-main-track train collisions 3 1 2 21 14 22
Non-main-track train derailments 2 1 3 43 34 47
All others  0 0 0 3 3 4
Accidents with a DG release 0 0 1 1 1 4
Accidents involving passenger trains 3 5 5 42 29 38
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 4 3 26 26 37
Fatalities 7 6 8 45 45 50
Crossings  1 2 3 11 10 15
Trespassers  6 4 5 34 33 33
All others  0 0 0 0 2 2
Serious Injuries 7 6 6 45 34 46
Crossings 2 0 1 23 15 18
Trespassers 3 3 3 12 11 17
All others 2 3 2 10 8 12

Data extracted 17 October 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.