Accident/Incident Bulletin: Calendar Year 1996

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad crashes
  • Railroad safety
  • Statistics
  • Data files
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety
• Abstract:
  Railroads must file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Safety. Bulletin 165 is a summary of accident/incident data reported by 704 railroads for calendar year 1996. There are three basic categories of reportable events: train accident; highway-rail accidents; and, any other event that results in a reportable casualty (death, injury, illness). An accident/incident report must be prepared whenever the event results in certain consequences. For example, a train accident must cause reportable damage above $6,300, but a highway-rail collision is reportable regardless of severity. Approximate 3.3% (141) of the 4,257 highway-rail accidents reported in 1996 exceeded the damage threshold required for train accidents. These 141 accidents appear in this publication as well as all reported casualties caused by highwayrail accident/incidents. When possible, the count of these are identified within the table or chart. A complete compilation of all highway-rail incidents, including those that did not result in a casualties nor cause damage above the train accident threshold, can be found in the annual Highway-Rail Intersection Incident and Inventory Bulletin.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Publications.aspx
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5792/dot_5792_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 223.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7d456d86a3198dc555fd3ff2374a6a053009cb5d837039f411a0cdca851ed6d0