Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

November 2018

Table 4. Non main-track train collisions by province
  January to November Collisions with DG involvement
January to November
  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 91 98 87 27 36 28
Newfoundland 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 1 0 1 0 0 0
Quebec 4 11 8 3 2 2
Ontario 20 25 19 6 10 7
Manitoba 6 13 13 2 4 5
Saskatchewan 13 7 10 3 1 2
Alberta 21 21 19 7 11 7
British Columbia 25 20 15 6 8 5
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 December 17, 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.