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1. time.com › 6260906Why Train Derailments Are More Common Than You Think | TIME

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   Mar 7, 2023 · An analysis from the Eno Center for Transportation found that less than 1% of railroad incidents involving fatalities occur because of a derailment; the most common reasons for fatalities are...

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2. usafacts.org › articles › are-train-derailmentsAre train derailments becoming more common in the US? - USAFacts

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   Oct 25, 2023 · The most recent fatalities were in 2022 when 12 people died in train accidents. 1993 had the highest number of train fatalities: 67, including 47 people who died when an Amtrak train derailed on an Alabama bridge, sending passenger cars into the river.

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3. dataportal.orr.gov.uk › media › 1451Rail Safety Statistics - Office of Rail and Road

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   Background. This release contains statistics on rail safety in Great Britain from 2008-09 to 2018-19. It includes information on train accidents and the number of fatalities and injuries...

4. www.statista.com › chart › 1309Fatal Train Crashes Are Rarer in the US than in the EU - Statista

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   Jul 30, 2013 · In the wake of last Tuesday’s tragic derailment near Santiago de Compostela in Spain which claimed 79 lives, two regional trains collided at Granges-près-Marnand in Switzerland yesterday. The...

5. dataportal.orr.gov.uk › statistics › health-andRail safety | ORR Data Portal

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   Sep 28, 2023 · Annual rail safety statistics on mainline rail, London Underground, and other non-mainline networks (trams, metros, other light rail, minor and heritage railways) reporting on fatalities and...

6. www.vox.com › 2015/5/14 › 8606195You're 17 times more likely to die traveling the same ... - Vox

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   May 14, 2015 · The number of rail deaths from year to year ranges widely (because many can happen in large, sporadic accidents), but between 2000 and 2009, a person was about 17 times more likely to die while...

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   How many train derailments are there?

   • By 1990, derailments had reached 2,314, a 75% decrease from 1978. There were 2,117 train derailments in 2007, but the number of incidents have remained below 2,000 since then. In 2022, train derailments were down to 1,259. The number of train derailments peaked in the 1970s. How many people have died from train accidents?

   Are train derailments becoming more common in the US? - USAFacts

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   How many fatalities are caused by derailments?

   • Annual fatalities from derailments have been in single digits since 1993; there were no fatalities caused by derailments from 2018-2020 and in 2021 there were three deaths, according to Department of Transportation data. The agency reported 83 injuries related to derailments in 2021, 28 in 2020 and 21 in 2019.

   Why Train Derailments Are More Common Than You Think | TIME

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   How many people die on a train compared to a car?

   • The most recent comparison was conducted in 2013 by economist Ian Savage. The number of rail deaths from year to year ranges widely (because many can happen in large, sporadic accidents), but between 2000 and 2009, a person was about 17 times more likely to die while traveling in a car, compared with on a train, for the same distance.

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   What is the most common cause of fatal train collisions and derailments?

   • The most frequent cause of fatal train collisions and derailments is signals passed at danger. In contrast to fatal train collisions and derailments, the rate per train-kilometre of severe accidents at level crossings fell slowly and only just statistically significantly in 1990-2019.

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8. www.pacts.org.uk › fatal-train-accidents-inFatal Train Accidents in Britain and Europe 2019 - PACTS

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   Jun 12, 2020 · The estimated accident rate in 2019 is 0.85 fatal collisions or derailments per billion train-kilometres, which represents a fall of 78% since 1990. This gives an estimated mean number of fatal accidents in Europe in 2019 of 3.89.