Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

September 2018

Table 4. Non main-track train collisions by province
  January to September Collisions with DG involvement
January to September
  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 77 78 70 22 26 23
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 9 8 3 2 2
Ontario 17 22 17 5 9 6
Manitoba 4 11 11 2 3 4
Saskatchewan 11 6 8 2 1 2
Alberta 18 13 14 6 6 5
British Columbia 22 16 11 4 5 3
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 October 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.