Crossing Collisions & Casualties by Year

Crossing Collisions & Casualties by Year

Below are statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA - part of the U.S. Department of Transportation) showing vehicle-train collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings for the years 1981-2011.

For more federal statistics, visit the Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Safety Analysis.

UPDATED 4/3/12

All Highway-Rail Incidents at Public and Private Crossings, 1981-2011
Source: Federal Railroad Administration

Year	Collisions	Fatalities	Injuries
1981	9,461	728	3,293
1982	7,932	607	2,637
1983	7,305	575	2,623
1984	7,456	649	2,910
1985	7,073	582	2,687
1986	6,513	616	2,458
1987	6,426	624	2,429
1988	6,617	689	2,589
1989	6,526	801	2,868
1990	5,715	698	2,407
1991	5,388	608	2,094
1992	4,910	579	1,975
1993	4,892	626	1,837
1994	4,979	615	1,961
1995	4,633	579	1,894
1996	4,257	488	1,610
1997	3,865	461	1,540
1998	3,508	431	1,303
1999	3,489	402	1,396
2000	3,502	425	1,219
2001	3,237	421	1,157
2002	3,077	357	999
2003	2,977	334	1,035
2004	3,077	372	1,092
2005	3,057	359	1,051
2006	2,936	369	1,070
2007	2,776	339	1,062
2008	2,429	290	992
2009	1,931	249	742
2010*	2,017	257	853
2011*	1,963	265	980

* Preliminary statistics

 

Did You Know?

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at U.S. DOT:

Three out of four crashes occur within 25 miles of a motorist's home.  Fifty percent of all crashes occur within five miles of home.

A calculation of NHTSA statistics on the rate of deaths per collision in vehicle/vehicle crashes versus the FRA statistics of deaths per collision in vehicle/train crashes reveals:

A motorist is almost 20 times more likely to die in a crash involving a train than in a collision involving another motor vehicle.