Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in September 2020

Table 1. Railway occurrences and casualties, September 2020
  September Year to date (September)
2020 2019 2015-2019
average 		2020 2019 2015-2019
average
Accidents 80 92 86 743 1014 834
Main-track train collisions 0 1 1 5 3 3
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 5 2 2 34 47 36
Main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 0 0 0 2 5 6
Main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 1 3 2 24 24 22
Crossings 16 11 10 92 137 112
Non-main-track train collisions 6 9 7 55 92 73
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 32 33 37 298 399 335
Non-main-track train derailments - 3-5 cars 5 8 6 51 63 61
Non-main-track train derailments - 6 or more cars 3 3 1 19 25 21
Collisions/Derailments involving track units 0 8 5 25 37 31
Employee/Passenger 0 1 1 4 12 11
Trespassers 5 10 7 46 46 53
Fires/Explosions 6 2 3 65 90 38
Other 1 1 2 23 34 34
Incidents 16 13 19 172 206 222
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 0 0 0 2 2
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 1 0 0 1 0 2
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 1 1 3 29 53 71
Dangerous goods leaker** 0 0 1 0 0 7
Main-track switch in abnormal position 0 2 1 3 14 8
Movement exceeds limits of authority 9 8 10 103 112 101
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 2 1 17 12 9
Others 2 0 2 19 13 21
Million train-miles (a)       61.08 67.21 63.42
Accidents/Million train-miles       12.16 15.09 13.15
Accidents involving dangerous goods 9 10 7 69 140 97
Main-track train derailments 0 2 1 6 17 12
Crossings 0 0 0 2 6 4
Non-main-track train collisions 2 2 2 10 37 25
Non-main-track train derailments 7 5 4 48 75 53
All others 0 1 0 3 5 4
Accidents with a DG release 0 2 1 3 8 4
Accidents involving passenger trains 2 3 5 27 42 41
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 2 3 4 20 58 37
Fatalities 10 10 6 49 60 48
Crossings 8 2 2 16 23 14
Trespassers 2 8 4 31 32 32
All others 0 0 0 2 5 1
Serious Injuries 5 4 5 33 45 49
Crossings 2 0 2 13 18 19
Trespassers 3 2 2 15 13 18
All others 0 2 2 5 14 13

Data extracted 16 October 2020

All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

  1. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)

* 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.

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