Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in March 2019

Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty
  March January to March
  2019 2018 2014-2018 average 2019 2018 2014-2018 average

Data extracted April 16, 2019.

Notes: 

  • All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.
  • a. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)
  • New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.
  • * Under new reporting requirements all derailments are reportable. The TSB has reviewed derailments and collisions back to January 1, 2014 and recategorized occurrences with minimal consequences as reportable incidents including: derailments involving 1 to 2 cars, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires,and no release of dangerous goods; Non-main-track collisions, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires, no release of dangerous goods, and did not foul the main track.
  • ** TSB Regulations have been harmonized with Section 8.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, under which TSB DG leaker incidents are only reportable if they result in death or serious injury, evacuation, or the closure of a DG loading facility, a road, a main railway line, or a main waterway.
Accidents 144 101 94 441 314 273
Main-track train collisions 0 0 0 1 1 1
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 11 6 4 28 17 13
Main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 1 1 1 1 1 3
Main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 0 0 1 9 9 6
Crossings 18 16 13 61 51 46
Non-main-track train collisions 15 15 11 43 38 29
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 61 39 40 202 123 108
Non-main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 10 10 6 27 30 20
Non-main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 4 2 2 11 7 6
Collisions/derailments involving track units 4 0 2 12 8 8
Employee/passenger 4 0 1 7 0 3
Trespassers 1 5 4 7 12 11
Fires/explosions 7 3 2 13 6 7
Other 7 4 5 18 11 12
Incidents 28 35 35 101 98 107
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 1 0 2 1 1
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 12 18 15 42 60 50
Dangerous goods leaker ** 0 0 2 0 0 8
Main-track switch in abnormal position 2 4 2 5 4 3
Movement exceeds limits of authority 12 9 10 42 25 31
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 1 2 1 6 4 3
Others 1 1 4 4 4 10
Million train-miles (a)       21.66 20.71 20.78
Accidents/million train-miles       20.36 15.16 13.14
Accidents involving dangerous goods 21 12 13 72 37 37
Main-track train derailments 2 1 1 6 5 4
Crossings 1 2 1 2 5 2
Non-main-track train collisions 4 4 3 19 8 11
Non-main-track train derailments 13 4 7 43 18 19
All others 1 1 1 2 1 1
Accidents with a DG release 2 0 0 3 1 1
Accidents involving passenger trains 5 3 3 19 11 12
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 5 7 5 14 15 10
Fatalities 3 1 4 19 6 10
Crossings 1 0 1 9 3 3
Trespassers 1 1 3 6 3 6
All others 1 0 0 4 0 0
Serious injuries 3 7 5 13 22 16
Crossings 0 4 3 4 14 9
Trespassers 0 3 1 1 7 4
All others 3 0 1 8 1 3

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