Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

November 2018

Table 2. Railway crossing and trespasser accidents by province
  Crossings with type recorded 2018 - Year to date* All crossings
Year to date*
Trespasser
Year to date*
  Public automated Public passive Private Farm 2018 2017 2018 2017
Data extracted December 17, 2018.
*Year to date is from January to November.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.
Newfoundland
Accidents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia
Accidents 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick
Accidents 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec
Accidents 12 3 7 0 22 21 11 11
Fatalities 3 0 0 0 3 6 7 9
Serious injuries 3 2 5 0 10 2 4 2
Ontario
Accidents 26 11 5 0 42 25 29 36
Fatalities 6 1 0 0 7 7 13 26
Serious injuries 5 3 0 0 8 2 12 8
Manitoba
Accidents 5 8 1 0 14 12 3 3
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Serious injuries 3 5 0 0 8 2 1 2
Saskatchewan
Accidents 8 11 1 0 20 23 1 1
Fatalities 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Serious injuries 2 6 0 0 8 2 1 0
Alberta
Accidents 18 14 2 0 34 25 9 7
Fatalities 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 5
Serious injuries 1 1 0 0 2 5 6 1
British Columbia
Accidents 9 4 6 1 20 15 12 17
Fatalities 2 0 0 1 3 1 7 9
Serious injuries 4 0 0 0 4 7 4 7
Northwest Territories
Accidents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada
Accidents 80 51 26 1 158 124 65 76
Fatalities 14 2 0 1 17 17 32 52
Serious injuries 18 17 5 0 40 20 28 20
Figure 1: Number of Crossing Accidents per month [D]
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Number of Crossing Accidents per month

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