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Transportation in Canada 2002

Table of Contents

Report Highlights

1. Introduction

2. Transportation and the Economy

3. Government Spending on Transportation

4. Transportation Safety and Security

5. Transportation and the Environment

6. Rail Transportation

7. Road Transportation

8. Marine Transportation

9. Air Transportation

Minister of Transport

List of Tables

List of Figures

Addendum

TABLE A4-2: ACCIDENTS - RAILWAYS UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION, 1997 - 2002
Accidents
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	1997 - 2001 Average
Main-track train collisions	12	14	10	9	7	8	10.4
Main-track train derailments	172	108	119	121	127	117	129.4
Crossings	307	273	283	263	278	261	280.8
Non main-track train collisions	113	114	100	113	86	113	105.2
Non main-track train derailments	322	388	403	387	385	346	377.0
Collisions/derailments involving track units	19	13	27	16	18	11	18.6
Employee/passenger	6	10	13	13	8	8	10.0
Trespassers	98	78	95	79	79	72	85.8
Fires/explosions	44	51	53	32	36	24	43.2
Rolling stock with object	5	11	14	7	14	8	10.2
Rolling stock with abandoned vehicle	3	1	1	12	5	3	4.4
Rolling stock damage without derail./coll.	15	14	11	12	17	14	13.8
Total	1,116	1,075	1,129	1,064	1,060	985	1,088.8
Incidents
Dangerous goods leaker	285	272	167	188	194	167	221.2
Main-track switch in abnormal position	12	14	15	17	9	9	13.4
Movement exceeds limits of authority	104	107	115	102	94	94	104.4
Runaway rolling stock	16	20	15	9	10	19	14.0
Signal less restricted than required	1	9	8	2	7	3	5.4
Unprotected overlap of authorities	24	16	11	11	4	5	13.2
Crew member incapacitated	1	0	2	1	4	6	1.6
Total	443	438	333	330	322	303	373.2
Million train-miles¹	91.3	89.7	88.8	90.2	89.5	90.6	89.9
Accidents/million train-miles	12.2	12.0	12.7	11.8	11.8	10.9	12.1
Fatalities
Crossings	32	39	37	33	41	46	36.4
Trespassers	69	61	62	53	56	49	60.2
All others	8	1	7	1	2	1	3.8
Total	109	101	106	87	99	96	100.4
Serious Injuries
Crossings	60	43	44	33	47	42	45.4
Trespassers	30	17	34	23	22	20	25.2
All others	11	15	18	10	19	8	14.6
Total	101	75	96	66	88	70	85.2
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (DG)	286	239	221	247	203	223	239.2
Accidents with a DG Release	7	5	7	6	4	3	5.8
Accidents Involving Passenger Trains	62	68	71	61	76	66	67.6
Passenger Train Accidents per PTM²	4.2	8.3	8.5	7.0	8.5	7.5	7.3
Federal Railroad Companies	32	38	38	38	38	38
Federal Track Miles	42,112	41,266	39,916	39,244	39,145	39,009

Million train-miles include main track miles and yard switching miles. Numbers are estimated for 2002.
PTM = Passenger Train-Miles; estimated for 2002.

Notes: The reported occurrences cover only the federal jurisdiction. Canada's rail network was restructured in the mid-1990s. In 2002, the rail network accounted for 83 per cent (with 37 federally regulated companies and 42 provincially), while the remaining 17 per cent were under provincial jurisdiction. Figures are preliminary as of January 29, 2003. For accident and reportable incident definitions, see Transportation Safety Board Regulation Web site:http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-23.4/SOR-92-446/72208.html.

Source: Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada

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