Rail accident rates

2015 to 2020

The following graphs depict rail accidents by cause as assigned by the TSB per million train miles.

Human factors accidents

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
4.73 3.81 5.27 4.99 4.71 3.39

Track related accidents

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2.65 2.36 2.36 2.44 2.14 1.67

Equipment related accidents

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1.09 1.04 1.17 0.98 1.12 0.72

Grade Crossings related accidents

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1.94 1.67 1.72 1.89 1.95 1.28

Main track derailments

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
4.33 4.02 4.39 4.42 4.68 3.43

Non Main track derailments

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
8.0 7.3 8.8 8.9 9.0 6.4

Trespassing accidents as a rate

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6