Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in May 2019

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

Data extracted June 18, 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 91 85 78 622 501 433
Main-track train collisions 0 0 0 1 2 2
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 1 4 4 30 22 20
Main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 1 1 1 2 4 4
Main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 4 3 3 14 17 12
Crossings 7 15 9 81 73 62
Non-main-track train collisions 5 2 4 56 52 40
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 26 34 28 269 198 171
Non-main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 11 6 8 40 46 36
Non-main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 1 2 3 13 10 13
Collisions/derailments involving track units 6 3 3 21 13 14
Employee/passenger 1 2 1 8 3 5
Trespassers 5 8 8 16 28 24
Fires/explosions 20 3 3 49 13 13
Other 3 2 2 22 20 18
Incidents 19 15 23 142 135 152
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 0 0 2 1 1
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 1 3 5 47 68 61
Dangerous goods leaker ** 0 0 2 0 0 11
Main-track switch in abnormal position 3 0 0 9 5 4
Movement exceeds limits of authority 11 11 12 65 48 53
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 2 0 1 9 4 5
Others 2 1 2 10 9 15
Million train-miles (a)       36.77 35.12 35.04
Accidents/million train-miles       16.92 14.27 12.36
Accidents involving dangerous goods 15 7 10 94 58 56
Main-track train derailments 2 3 2 9 9 6
Crossings 1 0 0 2 5 3
Non-main-track train collisions 4 1 1 25 14 14
Non-main-track train derailments 7 3 6 55 27 30
All others 1 0 0 3 3 3
Accidents with a DG release 0 1 0 3 3 2
Accidents involving passenger trains 3 7 4 25 26 20
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 7 4 3 33 27 17
Fatalities 5 9 6 28 19 20
Crossings 1 5 1 12 8 6
Trespassers 4 4 5 12 11 14
All others 0 0 0 4 0 0
Serious injuries 3 10 6 21 37 26
Crossings 1 3 2 8 17 12
Trespassers 1 3 2 4 14 8
All others 1 4 1 9 6 5

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