Table 2. Railway crossing and trespasser accidents by province, September 2025
| Crossings with type recorded | All crossings | Tresspasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Public | Private | |||||
Rail transportation
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Rail transportation safety investigation report
Table 1. Railway occurrences and casualties, September 2025
| September | Year to date (September) | ||||
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2025 | 2024 | 2020-2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2020-2024 | |
Not following signal indications
Train crews do not consistently recognize and follow railway signal indications.
Substance use: an emerging safety issue
Substance use in the marine and rail industries is an emerging safety issue on the Watchlist.
Rail transportation safety investigation R25T0177
The occurrence
On 14 July 2025, at about 08:09 Eastern Daylight Time, a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPKC) intermodal freight train travelling west at 56 mph on the Belleville Subdivision struck a southbound pickup truck as it was traversing the Hunt Road public grade crossing (Mile 115.64) in Cramahe, a rural township in southern Ontario. The crossing was equipped with a standard crossing sign and a stop sign.