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Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

December 2018

Table 4. Non main-track train collisions by province
  January to December Collisions with DG involvement
January to December
  2018 2017 2013-2017 average 2018 2017 2013-2017 average
* There were no occurrences with dangerous goods release to date in 2018 or in 2017.
Canada 103 105 96 33 39 31
Newfoundland 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 2 1 1 0 0 0
Quebec 5 11 9 4 2 3
Ontario 20 25 21 6 10 7
Manitoba 8 14 15 3 5 5
Saskatchewan 13 7 11 3 1 3
Alberta 27 23 22 10 12 7
British Columbia 27 23 17 7 9 5
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0 0 0
Figure 1: Number of non main-track train collisions per month [D]
Number of non main-track train collisions per month
Figure 2: Number of non main-track train collisions per total number of car derailed [D]
Number of non main-track collisions per total number of car derailed
Data extracted February 25, 2019.
*Number of collisions with no derailments.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

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