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Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in December 2022

Table 1. Railway occurrence and casualty in December 2022
  December Year to date (December)
2022 2021 2017-2021
average
2022 2021 2017-2021
average
Accidents 90 63 81 1082 1041 1108
Main-track train collisions 3 0 0 8 3 4
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 4 4 3 32 39 44
Main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 1 0 0 8 3 5
Main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 5 4 3 28 34 32
Crossings 19 13 14 159 135 151
Non-main-track train collisions  5 3 7 63 62 89
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* 21 19 29 360 327 425
Non-main-track train derailments -  3-5 cars 2 7 8 57 58 78
Non-main-track train derailments -  6 or more cars 2 1 2 23 15 24
Collisions/Derailments involving track units 6 1 2 64 50 46
Employee/Passenger  2 0 1 10 11 13
Trespassers 9 5 4 73 64 65
Fires/Explosions 6 4 4 133 189 87
Other 5 2 3 64 51 44
Incidents 23 15 18 295 194 237
Main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 0 0 0 1 2 3
Non-main-track train collisions* (no derailment, no damage) 0 0 0 4 2 1
Non-main-track train derailments - 1-2 cars* (no damage) 13 4 4 120 39 58
Dangerous goods leaker** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Main-track switch in abnormal position 0 2 1 7 13 10
Movement exceeds limits of authority 7 8 10 136 109 131
Uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 2 1 1 9 13 15
Others 0 0 1 17 16 19
Million train-miles (a) . . . 81.02 79.62 83.93
Accidents/Million train-miles . . . 13.35 13.07 13.20
Accidents involving dangerous goods 5 9 11 107 86 116
Main-track train derailments 1 4 1 11 16 14
Crossings 0 0 0 4 2 5
Non-main-track train collisions 1 1 3 28 19 30
Non-main-track train derailments 2 4 7 59 45 62
All others  1 0 0 5 4 5
Accidents with a DG release 1 1 1 2 2 5
Accidents involving passenger trains 6 4 4 56 42 50
Accidents involving an uncontrolled movement of rolling stock 3 3 3 35 33 44
Fatalities 9 3 4 66 60 65
Crossings  2 1 1 14 16 20
Trespassers  7 2 2 52 42 41
All others 0 0 1 0 2 4
Serious Injuries 5 4 5 57 52 63
Crossings 1 1 1 27 24 26
Trespassers 2 3 2 16 17 21
All others 2 0 1 14 11 15

Data extracted 16 January 2023

All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

New TSB regulations came into effect on August 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.

  1. Train-miles estimated. (Source: Transport Canada)

* Under new reporting requirements all derailments are reportable. The TSB has reviewed derailments and collisions back to January 1, 2014 and recategorized occurrences with minimal consequences as reportable incidents including: derailments involving 1 to 2 cars, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires,and no release of dangerous goods; Non-main-track collisions, with no equipment or track damage, no injuries, no fires, no release of dangerous goods, and did not foul the main track.

** TSB Regulations have been harmonized with Section 8.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, under which TSB DG leaker incidents are only reportable if they result in death or serious injury, evacuation, or the closure of a DG loading facility, a road, a main railway line, or a main waterway.

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