Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics
December 2018
| January to December | Derailments with DG involvement January to December |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2017 | 2013-2017 average | 2018 | 2017 | 2013-2017 average | |
| * There was 1 occurrence with dangerous goods release to date in 2018 and 4 in 2017. | ||||||
| Canada | 91 | 84 | 82 | 17 | 10 | 14 |
| Newfoundland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Quebec | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ontario | 14 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Manitoba | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Saskatchewan | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Alberta | 21 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| British Columbia | 19 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Figure 1: Number of main-track train derailments per month [D]
Figure 2: Number of main track derailments per total number of car derailed [D]
Data extracted February 25, 2019.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.
* Under new reporting requirements all derailments are reportable
Note: This is preliminary information subject to year-end validation and reconciliation.