Monthly Rail Occurrence Statistics

December 2018

Table 2. Railway crossing and trespasser accidents by province
  Crossings with type recorded 2018 - Year to date* All crossings
Year to date*		 Trespasser
Year to date*
  Public automated Public passive Private Farm 2018 2017 2018 2017
Data extracted February 25, 2019.
*Year to date is from January to December.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.
Newfoundland
Accidents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia
Accidents 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 1
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick
Accidents 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec
Accidents 12 3 9 0 24 26 12 12
Fatalities 3 0 0 0 3 7 7 9
Serious injuries 3 2 5 0 10 3 5 3
Ontario
Accidents 27 11 5 0 43 26 31 36
Fatalities 6 1 0 0 7 7 14 26
Serious injuries 5 3 0 0 8 2 13 8
Manitoba
Accidents 6 8 1 0 15 15 3 4
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Serious injuries 3 5 0 0 8 3 1 2
Saskatchewan
Accidents 10 11 1 0 22 26 1 1
Fatalities 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Serious injuries 3 6 0 0 9 2 1 0
Alberta
Accidents 18 15 2 0 35 28 10 8
Fatalities 3 0 0 0 3 2 4 5
Serious injuries 1 1 0 0 2 5 6 2
British Columbia
Accidents 11 4 6 1 22 18 12 18
Fatalities 4 0 0 1 5 1 7 10
Serious injuries 5 0 0 0 5 7 4 7
Northwest Territories
Accidents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serious injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada
Accidents 86 52 28 1 167 143 69 80
Fatalities 16 2 0 1 19 19 34 53
Serious injuries 20 17 5 0 42 22 30 22
Figure 1: Number of Crossing Accidents per month [D]
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Number of Crossing Accidents per month

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