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Table 1. Railway occurrences and casualties, August 2020

Table 1. Railway occurrences and casualties, August 2020
  August Year to date (August)
  2020 2019 2015-2019 average 2020 2019 2015-2019 average
Accidents 78 88 86 657 922 749
Main-track train collisions 1 0 1 5 2 3
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 5 6 3 29 45 34
Main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 0 2 1 2 5 6
Main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 2 1 1 23 21 19
Crossings 12 11 11 76 126 102
Non-main-track train collisions 4 10 7 49 83 66
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 31 31 34 262 366 298
Non-main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 7 4 6 45 55 54
Non-main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 2 1 1 16 22 19
Collisions/Derailments involving track units 1 4 4 25 29 26
Employee/Passenger 0 1 1 4 11 10
Trespassers 2 9 7 39 36 46
Fires/Explosions 10 6 4 59 88 35
Other 1 2 3 23 33 31
Incidents 13 20 22 152 193 203
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 0 0 0 2 2
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 1 5 27 52 68
Dangerous goods leaker** 0 0 1 0 0 6
Main-track switch in abnormal position 0 0 1 3 12 7
Movement exceeds limits of authority 9 18 14 93 104 91
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 1 1 1 14 10 8
Others 3 0 1 15 13 18
Million train-miles (a) . . . 54.08 59.99 56.41
Accidents/Million train-miles . . . 12.15 15.37 13.27
Accidents involving dangerous goods 6 8 6 59 130 90
Main-track train derailments 0 3 1 6 15 10
Crossings 0 1 0 2 6 4
Non-main-track train collisions 0 3 2 8 35 23
Non-main-track train derailments 5 1 3 41 70 49
All others 1 0 0 2 4 4
Accidents with a DG release 0 1 0 3 6 4
Accidents involving passenger trains 3 3 3 27 39 36
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 2 9 5 17 55 34
Fatalities 2 10 6 38 50 42
Crossings 1 2 2 8 21 12
Trespassers 1 7 5 28 24 28
All others 0 1 0 2 5 1
Serious Injuries 5 4 6 27 41 44
Crossings 3 2 3 11 18 17
Trespassers 1 2 2 11 11 16
All others 1 0 1 5 12 11

Data extracted 16 September 2020

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 July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

a. 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.

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** 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.