FACTS

1. Negligence
2. Human error
3. Reckless pedestrians and drivers
4. Mechanical failure
5. Speedy trains
6. Defective tracks
7. Derailments
8. Unprotected railroad crossings
9. Stalled cars on the track
10. Suicides

STATS

• In 2019, 1246 rail accidents were reported to the TSB.
• Freight trains accounted for 33% of all trains involved in rail accidents in 2019. Three percent (47 in total) were passenger trains, with the remaining 64% comprising mainly single cars/cuts of cars, locomotives, and track units.
• The largest proportion of reported rail accidents comprised non-main-track derailments (48%). Typically, most non-main-track accidents are minor, occurring during switching operations at speeds […]

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