TABLE A4-2: RAILWAYS UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION, 1999 - 2004

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	1999 - 2003 Average
Accidents
Main-track train collisions	10	9	7	8	6	5	8.0
Main-track train derailments	119	121	127	116	149	152	126.4
Crossings	283	263	278	261	250	237	267.0
Non-main-track train collisions	100	113	86	112	104	114	103.0
Non-main-track train derailments	403	387	385	347	389	444	382.2
Collisions/derailments involving track units	27	16	18	11	23	26	19.0
Employee/passenger	13	13	8	8	6	11	9.6
Trespassers	95	79	80	73	65	99	78.4
Fires/explosions	53	32	36	24	23	15	33.6
Rolling stock with object	14	6	12	5	6	7	8.6
Rolling stock with abandoned vehicle	1	12	5	3	3	5	4.8
Rolling stock damage without derailment/collision	11	12	18	16	8	13	13.0
Total	1,129	1,063	1,060	984	1,032	1,128	1,053.60
Incidents
Dangerous goods leaker	167	188	194	167	151	132	173.4
Main-track switch in abnormal position	15	17	9	9	11	12	12.2
Movement exceeds limits of authority	115	102	95	93	102	90	101.4
Runaway rolling stock	15	9	9	19	13	10	13.0
Signal less restricted than required	8	2	7	3	2	1	4.4
Unprotected overlap of authorities	11	11	4	6	10	5	8.4
Crew member incapacitated	2	1	4	6	6	2	3.8
Total	333	330	322	303	295	252	316.6
Million train-miles 1	88.8	90.2	89.5	89.6	89.7	90.6	89.6
Accidents/million train-miles	12.7	11.8	11.8	11	11.5	12.4	11.8
Fatalities
Crossings	39	37	33	41	46	27	39.2
Trespassers	61	62	54	56	49	46	56.6
All others	1	7	1	2	1	4	2.2
Total	101	106	88	99	96	77	98.0
Serious Injuries
Crossings	45	33	47	42	52	50	43.8
Trespassers	34	23	23	21	19	34	24.0
All others	18	10	18	8	6	8	12.0
Total	97	66	88	71	77	92	79.8
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (DG)	221	247	203	220	224	208	223.0
Accidents with a DG Release	7	6	4	5	8	4	6.0
Accidents Involving Passenger Trains	71	61	76	67	53	79	65.6
Passenger Train Accident per PTM 2	8.5	7	8.6	7.6	6	9	7.5
Federal Railroad Companies	37	38	38	39	40	38	38.4
Federal Track Miles	39,833	39,169	39,067	38,839	39,047	39,047	39,191.0

Note: The reported occurrences cover only the federal jurisdiction. Canada's rail network was restructured in the mid-1990s. In 2004, the provincial railways continued to account for a small portion of the total national rail network (12.5 per cent, with 41 companies under provincial jurisdiction), while federal railways accounted for most of the network (87.5 per cent, with 38 companies regulated federally). Figures are preliminary as of January 11, 2005. Final figures over preliminary and estimated figures historically have changed less than one per cent. Fatalities and serious injuries involved in incidents are not included in the Fatality and Serious Injury totals. For accident and reportable incident definitions, see Transportation Safety Board Regulation Web site: http://www.tsb.gc.ca.

1 Million train-miles include main track miles and yard switching miles.

Numbers are estimated for 2004.

2 PTM = Passenger Train-miles; estimated for 2004.

Source: Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada (activity data)