Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in June 2020

Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty
  June January to June
  2020 2019 2015-2019
average
2020 2019 2015-2019
average

Data extracted July 16, 2020.

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 75 103 85 497 726 567
Main-track train collisions 0 0 0 3 1 2
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 2 4 4 23 34 25
Main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 0 0 0 0 2 4
Main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 6 4 2 18 18 15
Crossings 10 16 13 55 99 78
Non-main-track train collisions 4 9 7 40 65 51
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 24 27 30 199 296 225
Non-main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 5 5 6 33 45 43
Non-main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 3 4 2 13 17 15
Collisions/derailments involving track units 6 3 3 16 22 19
Employee/passenger 2 1 1 3 10 7
Trespassers 3 7 8 31 23 33
Fires/explosions 8 19 5 44 68 25
Other 2 4 3 19 27 24
Incidents 17 18 19 121 164 162
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 0 0 0 2 2
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) 1 1 5 24 51 58
Dangerous goods leaker ** 0 0 0 0 0 4
Main-track switch in abnormal position 1 2 1 3 11 6
Movement exceeds limits of authority 10 14 11 73 79 69
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 1 1 12 9 6
Others 2 0 1 9 11 15
Million train-miles (a)       40.69 44.8 42.32
Accidents/million train-miles       12.21 16.21 13.4
Accidents involving dangerous goods 6 11 9 50 108 74
Main-track train derailments 1 3 1 5 12 8
Crossings 1 0 0 2 3 3
Non-main-track train collisions 0 6 3 8 31 19
Non-main-track train derailments 4 2 5 34 59 41
All others 0 0 0 1 3 3
Accidents with a DG release 0 1 0 3 4 3
Accidents involving passenger trains 2 5 4 16 30 27
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 2 5 4 12 41 25
Fatalities 6 10 7 30 38 30
Crossings 2 6 2 5 18 9
Trespassers 2 4 5 23 16 20
All others 2 0 0 2 4 1
Serious injuries 4 6 6 18 28 32
Crossings 2 2 2 8 10 13
Trespassers 1 3 3 8 7 11
All others 1 1 1 2 11 8

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