This document is a summary of selected 2016 railway safety data. It covers federally regulated railways only. Non-federally regulated data reported to the TSB are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses this data during the course of its investigations to analyse safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian transportation system.
This document is a summary of selected 2015 railway safety data. It covers federally regulated railways only. Data concerning non-federally regulated railways reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses these data during the course of its investigations to analyse safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian transportation system.
This document provides Canadians with an annual summary of selected railway safety data. It covers federally regulated railways only. Non-federally regulated data reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report. The TSB gathers and uses this data during the course of our investigations to analyse safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian transportation system.
On 16 February 2024, at about 2200 Pacific Standard Time, the loaded unit coal train 805-339 of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, doing business as CPKC, was proceeding westward at 22.3 mph on the north main track of the Mountain Subdivision when it collided with the trailing car of stationary unit grain train 301-230 at Mile 116.8 near Greely, British Columbia. The 4 head-end locomotives on train 805-339 derailed, 1 of which caught fire. Four cars on train 301-230 derailed, 1 of which also caught fire.
