In 2023, the United States registered 995 rail fatalities and around 6,700 non-fatal injuries on the railroads. Injury and fatality numbers had fallen during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, but 2022 saw a resurgence of accidents above pre-pandemic levels. Positive Train Control (PTC) Ever since the enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA), the U.S. rail industry has been working on implementing the Positive Train Control (PTC) technology on over 60,000 miles of the rail network. The original deadline of December 31, 2015 was extended to 2018 after several railroads have stated they are unable to meet the deadline due to technical and legal complications. At the end of 2020, PTC had been implemented on railway routes that were required to do so. The Positive Train Control consists of a bundle of state-of-the-art technologies is meant to avoid accidents caused by human error, track or equipment malfunction, faulty movement of trains through a grade crossing, breaches on railroad tracks and other types of train operator errors. More precisely, PTC aims to prevent train-on-train collisions, deflections caused by excessive speed or other derailments on tracks where maintenance operations are underway. The technology uses a number of factors like weight and length of the train, track composition, train speed and train authorization in order to calculate the adequate stopping distance for a train. The PTC system includes an onboard locomotive system that monitors the position and speed of the train and triggers braking in case of speeding or unapproved train movement; a wayside system to check track signals, switches and track circuits for movement authorization; and a back office server that stores all relevant rail traffic information. Until 2015, 6.4 billion U.S. dollars have been spent for the PTC deployment on over more than 2,300 of track miles and more than 4,500 locomotives. By 2020, the total costs had risen to more than 10 billion U.S. dollars.

In the United States, the number of rail fatalities in 2020 decreased to 767 in total. By comparison, the number of rail accidents and injuries saw a decline between 2019 and 2020 and was overall at its lowest in 2020 since 2013. Fatalities through modes of transport

Generally, over the past few years, rail fatalities have constituted a small proportion of the overall fatalities occurring from transportation; highway fatalities surpassed rail fatalities by far back in 2017. Car accidents represent the leading cause of death for young adults between the ages of 20 and 24 in the U.S., with over 5,000 reported fatal crashes within this age group in 2018. Rail safety in the U.S.

Following the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, positive train control (PTC) technology is currently being installed nationwide across the rail network, with the deadline now pushed back to December 31, 2020. To date, PTC was fully implemented and in operation on Class I railroads. This PTC system sets out to prevent rail collisions, derailments due to excessive speed, and accidents caused by track switch errors. This Safety Act also regulates working hours for railroad workers, certifications held by certain members of the railroad workforce, and other safety measures.

This is the landing page for data for Form 6180.54 Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents.

This file contains reported cases of impacts between on-track equipment and any user of a public or private highway-rail intersection. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

"This file contains reported cases of collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, acts of God, or other events involving the operation of railroad on-track equipment and involving damages exceeding the reporting threshold for the year reported. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

This file contains reported cases of impacts between on-track equipment and any user of a public or private highway-rail intersection. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

This dataset is in a user-friendly human-readable format. To download the source dataset that contains raw data values, go here: https://data.transportation.gov/dataset/Form-54-Source-Table/aqxq-n5hy.

In 2022, there were ** railway accidents in Indonesia. Train derailment is often the cause of railways accidents in the archipelago. It represents more than ** percent of all railway accidents in Indonesia in the past seven years.

Curated FRA Safety data pertaining to Rail Equipment Accidents (Form 54) Unique Train Accidents

Please note that this dataset displays unique train accidents. When an accident involves multiple railroads, each railroad must report its data. As a result, there can be multiple records for one accident. This dataset has been modified to pull and display one record for each accident.

Highway-rail crossing incidents have also been removed from this dataset because they are not considered train accidents.

To see the full dataset with all reports with all data for all accidents, please visit https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Rail-Equipment-Accident-Incident-Data/85tf-25kj

This dataset is the source dataset and contains raw data values. It will replace the current data download (https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/on_the_fly_download.aspx) when the safetydata.fra.dot.gov site is decommissioned in 2024. To download data that contains data in a user-friendly human-readable format, please reference https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Rail-Equipment-Accident-Incident-Data/85tf-25kj.

This file contains reported cases of impacts between on-track equipment and any user of a public or private highway-rail intersection. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

In 2022, more railway accident fatalities occurred in Europe compared to the previous year. In 2022, 805 people were killed in railway accidents in the EU, with Poland being the country with the highest number at 165 fatalities, followed by Germany at 151 fatalities.

This file contains reported cases of impacts between on-track equipment and any user of a public or private highway-rail intersection. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

The number of train accidents across India was 48 at the end of financial year 2023. The industry has recorded the lowest accident figures over the last decade due to increased infrastructure developments and technological advancements. Road accidents, however, have been a major cause for concern across the south Asian country.

Other Railway Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data was reported at 29,419.000 Unit in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 28,360.000 Unit for 2014. Other Railway Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data is updated yearly, averaging 28,889.500 Unit from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2015, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31,612.000 Unit in 2012 and a record low of 27,479.000 Unit in 2008. Other Railway Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Crime Records Bureau. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TB015: Railway Statistics: Other Railway Accidents.

Railroad Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data was reported at 2,669.000 Unit in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,547.000 Unit for 2014. Railroad Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data is updated yearly, averaging 2,134.000 Unit from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,843.000 Unit in 2010 and a record low of 1,388.000 Unit in 2013. Railroad Accidents: Number of Cases: All India data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Crime Records Bureau. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TB012: Railway Statistics: Railroad Accidents.

Total reportable fatalities. Fatalities may be reclassified upon subsequent reporting. The Federal Railroad Administration collects accident/incident and operational data from railroads.

This is the landing page for rail safety overview reports, which contain summary-level data about train accidents, highway-rail accidents, casualties and operational data.

In the fiscal year 2022, most railroad fatalities were personal accidents not attributable to either train collisions, train derailments, fire outbreaks, grade crossings, or railroad track crossings, adding up to ***. The total number of railway accidents amounted to ***.