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Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accident
Dataset Excel:
Notes:
This table includes information for both freight and passenger railroad operations. It is train accidents only.
Description:
KEY: R = revised.
a Excludes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.
b In 2002, 1,441 injures were due to a single derailment in North Dakota involving hazardous materials.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Train Accidents by Type and Major Cause from Form FRA F 6180.54, table 3.16, Accident Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Apr. 9, 2020.
