Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

January 2018

Table 4. Non main-track train collisions by province
  Year to date (January) Collisions with DG involvement
Year to date (January)
  2018 2017 2013-2017 average 2018 2017 2013-2017 average
* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2018 or in 2017.
Canada 13 11 9 1 6 4
Newfoundland 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ontario 3 2 2 0 1 1
Manitoba 2 4 3 0 2 1
Saskatchewan 0 1 1 0 1 1
Alberta 3 2 2 1 1 1
British Columbia 5 1 1 0 0 0
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0 0 0
Figure 1: Number of non main-track train collisions per month [D]
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Number of non main-track train collisions per month
Figure 2: Number of non main-track train collisions per total number of car derailed [D]
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Number of non main-track collisions per total number of car derailed
Data extracted February 15, 2018.
*Number of collisions with no derailments.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

Note: This is preliminary information subject to year-end validation and reconciliation.