Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

July 2018

Table 4. Non main-track train collisions by province
  January to July Collisions with DG involvement
January to July
  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 65 65 56 18 23 20
Newfoundland 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 1 0 1 0 0 0
Quebec 3 7 6 3 2 2
Ontario 14 17 12 4 8 5
Manitoba 3 10 10 1 3 3
Saskatchewan 10 6 7 1 1 2
Alberta 17 11 12 6 6 5
British Columbia 16 13 8 3 3 2
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 August 16, 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.